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Everything You Need to Know About the New COVID-19 Variant

How To’s John Wilson Reveals Why He Almost Didn’t Tell His Story About the NXIVM Cult

One Lonely, Wealthy Man’s Crusade Against the Polio Vaccine

How the Far-Right Deep Web Is Talking About Kyle Rittenhouse Now—and What to Do About It

Music

Did Taylor Swift Just Make Billboard History?

The Duo That Swept the 2007 Grammys Reunite With an Even Better Album

COVID

U.S. Joins Europe in Banning Travel From Southern Africa Amid Fears Over Omicron

How COVID Pulled Nigerian Students Into Cybercrime

The Environment

What Ancient Cities Can Teach Us About Surviving Climate Change

Holiday Help

The Gifts We Wish People Had Actually Bought for Us

A Guide to Gifts Unaffected by Inflation

The Best Harry Potter Novel Isn’t Written by J.K. Rowling

I’m a College Student Who’s Seen Too Many Sex Scandals. Now I’m Worried I Might Cause One.

Movies

Is House of Gucci Might Be the Best Comedy of 2021

Paul Thomas Anderson’s New Movie Is About an Age-Gap Romance. It’s Also a Blast.

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in King Richard, the Will Smith Movie About the Williams Sisters

I feel sick that our friendship is potentially ruined over this, but I also don't feel like I did anything wrong.

Help! My Girlfriend and I Can’t Do Anything Together Without Our Partner Getting Jealous.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “How Would This Work?”

Help! My Wife Thinks Our Gay Son Can Date Straight Guys if He Does One Thing.

Help! My Husband Broke the One Rule I Had.

A Teacher Our Local High School Allowed a Drunken Party at Her House

The Best Harry Potter Novel Isn’t Written by J.K. Rowling

Omicron: South Africa Blasts Travel Bans as Hospitals See Surge of Younger COVID Patients

Fist Bumps for Zelda

The End of the Dislike Button

Omicron: Everything You Need to Know About the New COVID-19 Variant

I’m a College Student Who’s Seen Too Many Sex Scandals. Now I’m Worried I Might Cause One.

One Lonely, Wealthy Man’s Crusade Against the Polio Vaccine

Omicron: Everything You Need to Know About the New COVID-19 Variant

How To’s John Wilson Reveals Why He Almost Didn’t Tell His Story About the NXIVM Cult

U.S. Joins Europe in Banning Travel From Southern Africa Amid Fears Over New COVID Variant Omicron

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in King Richard

The Best Harry Potter Novel Isn’t Written by J.K. Rowling

The End of the Dislike Button

House of Gucci is the Rare Example of True Camp

How To’s John Wilson Reveals Why He Almost Didn’t Tell His Story About the NXIVM Cult

Did Taylor Swift Just Make Billboard Chart History?

The Duo That Swept the 2007 Grammys Reunite—and Produce a Much Better Album

It Should Be Free to Take Your Dog to the Vet

What Can Ancient Cities Teach Us About Surviving Climate Change?

My Daughter Says I’m “Bad With Money”—but She’s Spending All of It

How to Talk to QAnon Loved Ones This Thanksgiving

On Tucker Carlson, Kyle Rittenhouse Was a “Sweet Kid”

You Might Get COVID This Thanksgiving. That’s Not a Moral Failing.

In the Summer, Three Workplace Activists Were Making Waves at Apple. All Three Are Now Gone.

How the Pandemic Pulled Nigerian University Students Into Cybercrime

Practical Stocking Stuffers Are Underrated

I’m a College Student Who’s Seen Too Many Sex Scandals. Now I’m Worried I Might Cause One.

I Just Admitted My Feelings to a Man Back Home. Now I’ve Met Someone Else.

Help! My Girlfriend and I Can’t Do Anything Together Without Our Partner Getting Jealous.

Dear Care and Feeding: My Daughter Is Barely Attending Her College Classes

Dear Care and Feeding: A Teacher Our Local High School Allowed a Drunken Party at Her House

A Holiday Gift Guide Made Only of Things Whose Prices Haven’t Gone Up Because of Inflation

“Well, I’m Outraged About This Map”

Omicron: Everything You Need to Know About the New COVID-19 Variant

A Black Chef’s Secret to Stress Baking for Fun, Fame and Happiness

U.S. Joins Europe in Banning Travel From Southern Africa Amid Fears Over Omicron

One Lonely, Wealthy Man’s Crusade Against the Polio Vaccine

The Best Photos We Didn’t Use This Week: Which President Had the Weirdest Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon?

Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers Now Face Life in Prison

Omicron: South Africa Blasts Travel Bans as Hospitals See Surge of Younger COVID Patients