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Beer Is Officially in Decline. It’s Both Better and Worse Than It Seems.

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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of His Old Movies

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Raiders of the Lost Ark raided all of cinema for inspiration. With Dial of Destiny, the franchise steals only from itself.

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What Apple Did to Hit $3 Trillion

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How America Got Its Surprising New Top Beer

Henry Grabar

Beer Is Officially in Decline. It’s Both Better and Worse Than It Seems.

Michael Stein

I Rode a Submersible to the Deep Sea. After the Titan Implosion, I Keep Thinking About What Happened Before We Launched.

Eden Robins

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Katie Camero

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Athena Valentine

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“This Bridge Is Death Bridge”

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I know why so many young people keep dying the same way in New York. That used to be me.

Help! I Can’t Believe My Friend’s Tacky Request About My Fabulous New Home.

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I’ve Been a Ballpark Beer Vendor for Two Decades. I Have a Theory About My Sales Decline This Year.

Can Tracking Your Metabolism Help You Lose Weight?

Grades Are Rotten to the Core. Now’s the Time to Fix That.

Television

The Idol’s Twist Ending Was Clumsily Hidden in Plain Sight All Along

Two Bad

Why Is the Green Party Like This?

Wish You Had More Political Choice? The Answer Isn’t a Third-Party Candidate.

What Is No Labels’ Plan for 2024? Wrong Question.

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My Mother Seems Hellbent on Sabotaging My New Career

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John Roberts Is Winning. The Rest of Us Are Losing.

The Supreme Court’s YOLO Approach to Guns Is About to Face a Major Test

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Help! I Can’t Believe My Friend’s Tacky Request About My Fabulous New Home.

Alabama Is Confused About Its Own Ability To Carry Out Executions

Help! My Parents Think My Brother’s Fiancée Is a “Genius Tick” That’s Sucking Away All His “Prodigy Juice.”

Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With Our Daily Quiz.

I’ve Been a Ballpark Beer Vendor for Two Decades. I Have a Theory About My Sales Decline This Year.

How America Got Its Surprising New Top Beer

I Rode a Submersible to the Deep Sea. After the Titan Implosion, I Keep Thinking About What Happened Before We Launched.

Why Is the Green Party Like This?

What Is No Labels’ Plan for 2024? Wrong Question.

It’s Been a Weird Couple of Years to Fly the American Flag. But This July Fourth, My Daughter’s Insisting.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of His Old Movies

The Last Profitable Sector of the Music Industry?

The New Indiana Jones Movie Brings More Than Just Nostalgia

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The Idol’s Twist Ending Was Clumsily Hidden in Plain Sight All Along

The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, Max, Amazon Prime, and Hulu in July

The Subreddit Teeming with Crime, Complaints and Candles

What Apple Did to Hit $3 Trillion

How America Got Its Surprising New Top Beer

Beer Is Officially in Decline. It’s Both Better and Worse Than It Seems.

I Rode a Submersible to the Deep Sea. After the Titan Implosion, I Keep Thinking About What Happened Before We Launched.

Can Tracking Your Metabolism Help You Lose Weight?

I Don’t Want My Spendthrift Husband to Get His Hands on My Inheritance

I Confronted Someone Who Removed Me From Find My Friends. It Was Mortifying—but I Learned Something Important.

I’ve Been a Ballpark Beer Vendor for Two Decades. I Have a Theory About My Sales Decline This Year.

“This Bridge Is Death Bridge”

Help! I Can’t Believe My Friend’s Tacky Request About My Fabulous New Home.

Help! My Parents Think My Brother’s Fiancée Is a “Genius Tick” That’s Sucking Away All His “Prodigy Juice.”

My Job Is Draining Away My Will To Live, But I Don’t Think I Could Do Better Elsewhere

My Mother-in-Law Just Told Us What She Really Thinks About Our Nontraditional Lifestyle

My Husband Doesn’t Know About My Secret, Mortifying Fantasy

My Mother Seems Hellbent on Sabotaging My New Career

Big Third-Party Energy

Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With Our Daily Quiz.

Beyond Biden vs. Trump

Think You’re Pretty Smart? Prove It With Our Daily Quiz.

Why Is the Green Party Like This?

What Is No Labels’ Plan for 2024? Wrong Question.

Insurrection Is a Force for Good

Alabama Is Confused About Its Own Ability To Carry Out Executions

Justice Roberts Takes Back the Court