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To Get the Vaccine, I Had to Admit That I Am Obese

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Voting

SCOTUS Will Consider Another Way to Gut the Voting Rights Act

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Merck Will Reportedly Start Manufacturing the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

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The Moment I Hit 35, Men Started Having a Very Different Reaction to Me During Sex

To Get the Vaccine, I Had to Admit That I Am Obese

If Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Isn’t Held Responsible for Murder, He’ll Take It as Permission

Years Ago I Made a Huge Mistake, and It’s Ruined My Sex Life

Will Biden Let MBS Get Away With It?

Feminism, but Make It Funny

The Meaning of Company, From Bread to Corporate Connotations

Taylor Swift’s Pretty Dumb “Sexism” Accusations Against a Pretty Dumb Netflix Show

The Supreme Court Won’t Explain Why It Keeps Blocking COVID Restrictions

The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in March

When the New Guy Came to Afghanistan

Billie Eilish Is the Rare Teen Star We Don’t Have to Worry About—Yet

Taylor Swift’s Pretty Dumb “Sexism” Accusations Against a Pretty Dumb Netflix Show

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Fernando Tatis Jr.’s $340 Million Contract Is a (Mostly) Feel-Good Baseball Story

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How a Classic ’80s Cartoon Got Rebooted for the 21st Century

The Unknowable News Audience

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The Tensions Behind Wikipedia’s New Code of Conduct

Telehealth Has Been Good in the Pandemic. It Could Be Great Long Term.

Who Put Pantone in Charge of Color?

13 Things New York City Could Do if It Took a Quarter of Its Roads Away From Cars

Future Tense Newsletter: The Streaming World Is Looking an Awful Lot Like the Old Hollywood System

To Get the Vaccine, I Had to Admit That I Am Obese

The Rise and Fall of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Marriage, as Told by Her Infamous Instagram Posts

Years Ago I Made a Huge Mistake, and It’s Ruined My Sex Life

The Meaning of Company, From Bread to Corporate Connotations

Help! My Sister Is Secretly Dating a Celebrity and Is Terrified People Will Find Out.

I Can’t Forgive My Parents for Raising Me in a Cult

My Otherwise Sweet MIL Has Unbelievably Bad Body Odor

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Biden Wants to Take On China and Climate Change at the Same Time

Will Biden Let MBS Get Away With It?

Merck Will Reportedly Start Manufacturing Johnson & Johnson Coronavirus Vaccine

Nicolas Sarkozy Anticipated the Rise of Trump—and Perhaps His Downfall

Georgia House Passes Very Real Voting Access Rollback Based on Republican Election Fiction

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SCOTUS Will Consider Another Way to Gut the Voting Rights Act

If Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Isn’t Held Responsible for Murder, He’ll Take It as Permission

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