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Why Pop Culture Consistently Fails to Tell Climate Change Stories

David Wallace-Wells

How Police Departments Try to Force Google to Hand Over Data on Anyone Near a Crime Scene

Aaron Mak

Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?

Rebecca Onion

In the Age of Billionaires Leading Space Exploration, We Should Mourn Mars One

Daniel Engber

Amazon’s Alexa Keeps Quoting Jeff Bezos to Me

Stephen Harrison

New York’s Anti-Amazon Movement Is Now a Blueprint for Critics of Big Tech

April Glaser

Everything You Need to Know About Tuesday’s Super Snow Moon

Aaron Mak

Human Interest

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Which People?

Rachelle Hampton

How “people of color” evolved from a gesture of solidarity and respect to a cover for avoiding the complexities of race.

How to Talk to Your Teens About Sex, Climate Change, and Existential Angst

Dahlia Lithwick

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! I Gave Away My Boyfriend’s Dog and Lied About It.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Help! I Had a Tough Pregnancy, but My Sisters-In-Law Keep Insisting I Have More Kids.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

This $23 Tripod Helps Me Take Photos Like a Semi-Professional Photographer

Strategist Editors

My Brother Died on My Son’s Birthday, and I’m Not Sure How to Celebrate

Carvell Wallace

Dear Care and Feeding: My Teen Daughter Is Dating Her Friend Who Practically Lives With Us

Carvell Wallace

Business

Where the money goes

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Making Child Care Affordable Is an Extremely Obvious Way to Boost the Economy. Elizabeth Warren Gets That.

Jordan Weissmann

Cathy O’Neil Talks About Surviving Overtravel

Felix Salmon

Here’s What It’s Like to Train Horses at Medieval Times

Jordan Weissmann

Withholdings and Refunds in the First Tax Season Under the New Law

Emily Peck, Felix Salmon, and Anna Szymanski

Moderate Democrats Are in Love With a Tepid and Outdated Idea to Fix Health Care

Jordan Weissmann

There’s Nothing Ridiculous About Trains Replacing Planes

Henry Grabar

America’s Lack of Child Care Is a Big Economic Problem

Jordan Weissmann

The Startup That Wants to Sell You a Subscription to Miami Beach Tap Water Explains Itself

Henry Grabar

News & Politics

What really matters

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California’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s Emergency Wall Is Written to Appeal to Neil Gorsuch

Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

Why Stripping a British ISIS Teen of Her Citizenship Is a Bad Idea

Joshua Keating

Tennessee’s Speaker of the House Keeps Criticizing the Women Who Accused His Republican Colleague of Sexual Assault

Molly Olmstead

Why Academia Is Such an Easy Target for Authoritarians

Rosa Schwartzburg

We’re in for a Year-Plus of “Pragmatic” Democrats Overdoing Blue-Collar Signifiers and Making Fun of Hippies, Aren’t We

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Bernie’s Whopping 24-Hour Fundraising Haul Is About More Than Just the Money

Josh Voorhees

No, John Roberts Isn’t a Liberal Now

Dahlia Lithwick

Notable topics

The Clever Legal Plan to Stop Trump’s Wall

Bernie’s Whopping 24-Hour Fundraising Haul Is About More Than Money

We’re in for a Year-Plus of “Pragmatic” Democrats Overdoing Blue-Collar Signifiers

Tennessee’s Speaker Keeps Criticizing Women Accusing His Colleague of Sexual Assault

Media

NYT’s Supposedly Damning Story About Trump’s Flynn Coverup Makes No Sense

Student in Viral Mall Standoff Video Sues Washington Post for $250 Million

Trump World

The GOP’s Five Cynical Excuses for Trump’s “Emergency” Power Grab

Clarence Thomas Just Joined Donald Trump’s Crusade to “Open Up” Libel Laws

Education

We Were America’s Teachers of the Year. Where We’ve Been Since Reveals a National Crisis.

If financial pressures won’t force frats to change, will the courts?

My Teen Is Dating Her Friend Who Practically Lives With Us

Breaking Up Sucks. These Two Women Started a Service to Make It Less Painful.

2020

Every Democrat Should Talk About Health Care Like Klobuchar Does

What Bernie Sanders Can Offer That His Rivals Can’t

Elizabeth Warren Gets It: Child Care Is Key to the Economy

It has gotten to the point where I cry if I see their names on caller ID.

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! I Gave Away My Boyfriend’s Dog and Lied About It.

Help! I Caught My Day Care Provider Breastfeeding My Baby.

Help! My Girlfriend Is Livid That I Rent Out My Family’s Cabin to Hunters.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Hoarder Boyfriend

Why Stripping a British ISIS Teen of Her Citizenship Is a Bad Idea

Tennessee’s Speaker of the House Keeps Criticizing the Women Who Accused His Republican Colleague of Sexual Assault

Why Academia Is Such an Easy Target for Authoritarians

We’re in for a Year-Plus of “Pragmatic” Democrats Overdoing Blue-Collar Signifiers and Making Fun of Hippies, Aren’t We

Bernie’s Whopping 24-Hour Fundraising Haul Is About More Than Just the Money

No, John Roberts Isn’t a Liberal Now

My Boyfriend Is, Uh, Huge. How Can I Make This Work … Physically?

California’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s Emergency Wall Is Written to Appeal to Neil Gorsuch

Gordon Ramsay Changed Everything About How My Kids Eat

My Teen Daughter Is Dating Her Friend Who Practically Lives With Us

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China Is Now Censoring What Movies Come Out in Other Countries, Too

Here’s What’s Disappearing From Netflix in March

Trump’s FDA Declares War on Vampires

The Secret to a Great Oscars Night? Watch Peter Falk Win Emmys Instead.

How Much Would You Pay to See a Rat-Less Version of The Departed?

In 1975, a Cartoon on Sesame Street Traumatized Viewers. And Then It Disappeared.

Lynn Nottage Can Be Funny, Too

Sometimes, You Won’t Feel Better Tomorrow

Why Pop Culture Consistently Fails to Tell Climate Change Stories

How Police Departments Try to Force Google to Hand Over Data on Anyone Near a Crime Scene

Did We Forget to Memorialize Spanish Flu Because Women Were the Heroes?

In the Age of Billionaires Leading Space Exploration, We Should Mourn Mars One

Amazon’s Alexa Keeps Quoting Jeff Bezos to Me

New York’s Anti-Amazon Movement Is Now a Blueprint for Critics of Big Tech

Everything You Need to Know About Tuesday’s Super Snow Moon

Which People?

How to Talk to Your Teens About Sex, Climate Change, and Existential Angst

Dear Prudence Podcast: Help! I Gave Away My Boyfriend’s Dog and Lied About It.

Help! I Had a Tough Pregnancy, but My Sisters-In-Law Keep Insisting I Have More Kids.

This $23 Tripod Helps Me Take Photos Like a Semi-Professional Photographer

My Brother Died on My Son’s Birthday, and I’m Not Sure How to Celebrate

Dear Care and Feeding: My Teen Daughter Is Dating Her Friend Who Practically Lives With Us

Making Child Care Affordable Is an Extremely Obvious Way to Boost the Economy. Elizabeth Warren Gets That.

Cathy O’Neil Talks About Surviving Overtravel

Here’s What It’s Like to Train Horses at Medieval Times

Withholdings and Refunds in the First Tax Season Under the New Law

Moderate Democrats Are in Love With a Tepid and Outdated Idea to Fix Health Care

There’s Nothing Ridiculous About Trains Replacing Planes

America’s Lack of Child Care Is a Big Economic Problem

The Startup That Wants to Sell You a Subscription to Miami Beach Tap Water Explains Itself

California’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s Emergency Wall Is Written to Appeal to Neil Gorsuch

Why Stripping a British ISIS Teen of Her Citizenship Is a Bad Idea

Tennessee’s Speaker of the House Keeps Criticizing the Women Who Accused His Republican Colleague of Sexual Assault

Why Academia Is Such an Easy Target for Authoritarians

We’re in for a Year-Plus of “Pragmatic” Democrats Overdoing Blue-Collar Signifiers and Making Fun of Hippies, Aren’t We

Bernie’s Whopping 24-Hour Fundraising Haul Is About More Than Just the Money

No, John Roberts Isn’t a Liberal Now

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