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Being a White Guy Isn’t a Liability in 2020

Ruth Graham

It’s an advantage—even for Beto.

Democratic Presidential Candidates Should Promise to Appoint This Kind of Judge to the Federal Courts

Kyle C. Barry

Democrats Have Long Feared the White Moderate. Warren Does Not Seem To.

Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Overthinker’s Guide to Filling Out Your NCAA Bracket

Nick Greene

Opioid Crisis

U.K. Portrait Gallery Refuses $1.3M Sackler Donation

Elliot Hannon

Parenting

What a Dad With an Income of $60,000 Spends on His Two Kids During a Week in Wyoming

Rebecca Onion

Alan Krueger

The Rare Economist Whose Work Improved Millions of Lives

Arindrajit Dube

Genes

The U.S. May Soon Have a De Facto National DNA Database

Natalie Ram

Us

So What Does Jeremiah 11:11 Say, Anyway?

Matthew Dessem

The Conversation Starts Here

It’s an accident of history that the Supreme Court has nine seats.

Court Packing Is Not That Extreme

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My Alcoholic Mother Can’t Be Trusted With My Kids

Care and Feeding

I don’t want to keep her grandchildren away from her. What can I do?

Has Star Wars Outgrown the Force?

Marissa Martinelli

The franchise’s latest stories rely less on the once-crucial element in its galaxy.

Streaming TV

Real-Life Death Hangs Over Catastrophe’s Final Season

Inkoo Kang

Sharon and Rob give each other a reason to keep clinging on.

Netflix Is Testing Different Episode Orders on Watchers of Love, Death & Robots

Natalia Winkelman

Here’s What’s Disappearing From Netflix in April

Marissa Martinelli

I know for a fact that her weight has held her career back.

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Help! Is It Wrong That I Don’t Want My Employees Bringing Babies to Work?

Help! Should I Tell My Fiancée I’m Trans?

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Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

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Isaac Butler, Benjamin Frisch, and Dana Stevens

The Inventor Misunderstands What Makes the Theranos Scam Fascinating

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Rebecca Onion

What a Dad With an Income of $60,000 Spends on His Two Kids During a Week in Wyoming

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Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

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Kyle C. Barry

Democratic Presidential Candidates Should Promise to Appoint This Kind of Judge to the Federal Courts

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Carvell Wallace

Should I Be Worried That My Son and His Playmate Don’t Seem to Get Along?

Dear Care and Feeding: I Want My Kids to Know Their Grandma, but She’s an Untrustworthy Alcoholic

Carvell Wallace

Is It Bad That I Constantly Think of My Ex When I Need to “Get There” in Bed?

Stoya

The Meat Stick on 34th Street

Why the Shawarma is the perfect name for the architectural centerpiece of New York’s glitzy Hudson Yards.

Henry Grabar

New York’s Most Elite High School Admits Just Seven Black Students in a Class of 900

Molly Olmstead

Culture

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One Day at a Time’s Cancellation Didn’t Surprise Me. The Uproar Over It Did.

Lili Loofbourow

It’s more clear than ever what the show means.

Technology

How it’s changing us

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The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software

Os Keyes, Nikki Stevens, and Jacqueline Wernimont

Our research shows that any one of us might end up helping the facial recognition industry, perhaps during moments of extraordinary vulnerability.

One of the Eeriest Parts of the Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Is a Commercial for Theranos Gift Cards

Shannon Palus

What Are “Regenerative” Cheerios, and Can They Save Us?

Nathanael Johnson

The U.S. May Soon Have a De Facto National DNA Database

Natalie Ram

Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Back. Can We Trust the Process That Allows Him to Be?

Shannon Palus

The Surprising Problem With Adding Anti-Vaxxers to a Pandemic Video Game

Harrison Cook

Criminal Suspects Deserve Genetic Privacy, Too

Nila Bala

FBI Sought to Use Michael Cohen’s Fingerprints and Face to Unlock Apple Devices

Aaron Mak

Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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Is Sarah Michelle Gellar’s “Mug Cake” a Tribute to Human Ingenuity or a Sign of the End Times?

Heather Schwedel

While you decide, I’ll turn on the microwave.

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

What a Dad With an Income of $60,000 Spends on His Two Kids During a Week in Wyoming

Rebecca Onion

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Should I Be Worried That My Son and His Playmate Don’t Seem to Get Along?

Carvell Wallace

I Scramble Eggs and Fry Bacon With These Metal Chopsticks

Strategist Editors

Dear Care and Feeding: I Want My Kids to Know Their Grandma, but She’s an Untrustworthy Alcoholic

Carvell Wallace

Business

Where the money goes

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Note to David Frum: Americans Actually Really Like Immigrants

Jordan Weissmann

New Yorkers Are Right: Hudson Yards’ Big Tourist Attraction Should Forever Be Called the Shawarma

Henry Grabar

Are Credit Card Points Worth It?

Felix Salmon

Beto O’Rourke’s Health Care Proposal Is Not Medicare for All, but It Is Ambitious

Jordan Weissmann

A Health Insurance CEO Shares His Thoughts on Medicare for All

Seth Stevenson

Here’s What It’s Like to Run the Bar at Medieval Times

Jordan Weissmann

David Wallace-Wells Talks Global Warming

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

Alan Krueger Was the Rare Economist Whose Work Improved the Lives of Millions

Arindrajit Dube

News & Politics

What really matters

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Right-Wing Terrorism Has Gone Global

Daniel Byman

To counter violence like the New Zealand mosque attacks, we need to target white nationalism in the worldwide war on terror.

Democratic Presidential Candidates Should Promise to Appoint This Kind of Judge to the Federal Courts

Kyle C. Barry

Why Are All These Liberals Talking About Adding Seats to the Supreme Court?

Mary Harris

England’s National Portrait Gallery Refuses Million-Dollar Sackler Donation, the First Major Art Institution to Do So Due to Opioid Crisis

Elliot Hannon

Plagiarism is a Disservice to Both Readers and the Original Author. But Should It Doom a Book as a Whole?

Mike Pesca

What the Media Missed in Its Beto Backlash: How Much Americans Still Love White, Male Candidates

Ruth Graham

Democrats Have Long Been Terrified of the White Moderate. Elizabeth Warren Apparently Has No Such Fear.

Ben Mathis-Lilley

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Being a White Guy Isn’t a Liability in 2020

Democratic Presidential Candidates Should Promise to Appoint This Kind of Judge to the Federal Courts

Democrats Have Long Feared the White Moderate. Warren Does Not Seem To.

The Overthinker’s Guide to Filling Out Your NCAA Bracket

Opioid Crisis

U.K. Portrait Gallery Refuses $1.3M Sackler Donation

Parenting

What a Dad With an Income of $60,000 Spends on His Two Kids During a Week in Wyoming

Alan Krueger

The Rare Economist Whose Work Improved Millions of Lives

Genes

The U.S. May Soon Have a De Facto National DNA Database

Us

So What Does Jeremiah 11:11 Say, Anyway?

It’s an accident of history that the Supreme Court has nine seats.

My Alcoholic Mother Can’t Be Trusted With My Kids

Has Star Wars Outgrown the Force?

Streaming TV

Real-Life Death Hangs Over Catastrophe’s Final Season

Netflix Is Testing Different Episode Orders on Watchers of Love, Death & Robots

Here’s What’s Disappearing From Netflix in April

I know for a fact that her weight has held her career back.

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Help! Is It Wrong That I Don’t Want My Employees Bringing Babies to Work?

Help! Should I Tell My Fiancée I’m Trans?

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

The Inventor Misunderstands What Makes the Theranos Scam Fascinating

What a Dad With an Income of $60,000 Spends on His Two Kids During a Week in Wyoming

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Democratic Presidential Candidates Should Promise to Appoint This Kind of Judge to the Federal Courts

Should I Be Worried That My Son and His Playmate Don’t Seem to Get Along?

Dear Care and Feeding: I Want My Kids to Know Their Grandma, but She’s an Untrustworthy Alcoholic

Is It Bad That I Constantly Think of My Ex When I Need to “Get There” in Bed?

The Meat Stick on 34th Street

New York’s Most Elite High School Admits Just Seven Black Students in a Class of 900

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One Day at a Time’s Cancellation Didn’t Surprise Me. The Uproar Over It Did.

The Inventor Misunderstands What Makes the Theranos Scam Fascinating

Catastrophe’s Final Season Ends a Romance for the Ages

So What Does Jeremiah 11:11 Say, Anyway?

Mike Trout’s Big New Contract Should Make Everyone Happy. What Could Go Wrong?

The Overthinker’s Guide to Picking Your Bracket

Netflix Is Testing a New Way of Showing TV Episodes to Its Users

The Government Is Using the Most Vulnerable People to Test Facial Recognition Software

One of the Eeriest Parts of the Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Is a Commercial for Theranos Gift Cards

What Are “Regenerative” Cheerios, and Can They Save Us?

The U.S. May Soon Have a De Facto National DNA Database

Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Back. Can We Trust the Process That Allows Him to Be?

The Surprising Problem With Adding Anti-Vaxxers to a Pandemic Video Game

Criminal Suspects Deserve Genetic Privacy, Too

FBI Sought to Use Michael Cohen’s Fingerprints and Face to Unlock Apple Devices

Is Sarah Michelle Gellar’s “Mug Cake” a Tribute to Human Ingenuity or a Sign of the End Times?

Help! My Friend Wants Me to Hide His Secret From My Wife.

What a Dad With an Income of $60,000 Spends on His Two Kids During a Week in Wyoming

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! My Friend Can’t Afford Our Fancy Dinners, but Still Wants to Be Invited.

Should I Be Worried That My Son and His Playmate Don’t Seem to Get Along?

I Scramble Eggs and Fry Bacon With These Metal Chopsticks

Dear Care and Feeding: I Want My Kids to Know Their Grandma, but She’s an Untrustworthy Alcoholic

Note to David Frum: Americans Actually Really Like Immigrants

New Yorkers Are Right: Hudson Yards’ Big Tourist Attraction Should Forever Be Called the Shawarma

Are Credit Card Points Worth It?

Beto O’Rourke’s Health Care Proposal Is Not Medicare for All, but It Is Ambitious

A Health Insurance CEO Shares His Thoughts on Medicare for All

Here’s What It’s Like to Run the Bar at Medieval Times

David Wallace-Wells Talks Global Warming

Alan Krueger Was the Rare Economist Whose Work Improved the Lives of Millions

Right-Wing Terrorism Has Gone Global

Democratic Presidential Candidates Should Promise to Appoint This Kind of Judge to the Federal Courts

Why Are All These Liberals Talking About Adding Seats to the Supreme Court?

England’s National Portrait Gallery Refuses Million-Dollar Sackler Donation, the First Major Art Institution to Do So Due to Opioid Crisis

Plagiarism is a Disservice to Both Readers and the Original Author. But Should It Doom a Book as a Whole?

What the Media Missed in Its Beto Backlash: How Much Americans Still Love White, Male Candidates

Democrats Have Long Been Terrified of the White Moderate. Elizabeth Warren Apparently Has No Such Fear.

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