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Congress Has Every Right to Keep Investigating Trump After He’s Gone

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Thanks to The Crown, I Finally Get Princess Diana

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The Psychology of Being “Over” COVID-19

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Boseman and Viola Davis burn Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’s theatrical origins.

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The Authority: Exploring the Worlds of His Dark Materials

Freddy Adu Was Supposed to Be America’s First Global Soccer Star. What Went Wrong?

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I Finally Get Princess Diana

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The Cabbage Patch Kids Have a Trippy Fictional Backstory, and an Even Stranger True Story

Decoder Ring

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The Absolute Dirtiest Lines on Megan Thee Stallion’s New Album, Ranked

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Tech & Business

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Contact Tracing and Personal Data Protection Face Off in Mexico City

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Pay Americans to Wear Masks

Joshua Barocas and Gregg Gonsalves

The Biden Administration Should Pursue a Digital Trade Agreement

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The Psychology of Being “Over” COVID-19

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So You’re Flying This Thanksgiving? Here’s Which Parts Are the Riskiest.

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Twitter Has Set Itself Up for an Enormous New Content Moderation Problem

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Steve Mnuchin Is Doing His Part to Sabotage the Biden Administration on His Way out the Door

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The People Who Lie to Family and Friends About Whom They Voted For

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It wasn’t only Trump voters.

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I Figured Out an Incredible Sexual Trick—Then It Ruined My Life

Rich Juzwiak

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Dear Care and Feeding: Our 10-Year-Old Has Become a Donald Trump Impersonator

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Trump’s Lost Cause

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The president is all-in on an 1870s strategy of nullifying entire cities’ worth of Black votes.

It Was a Good Day for Democracy

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The Authors of the Dictator’s Handbook on What Trump Is Doing Wrong

Joshua Keating

Congress Has Every Right to Keep Investigating Trump After He’s Gone

Ashwin Phatak

Trump’s Michigan Gambit Appears Doomed, but That Won’t Stop His Extremist State Allies

Tom Perkins

The Real Lesson of Herman Cain’s Death

Julia Craven

Biden Is Building a Foreign Policy Team Out of the Experts He’s Trusted for Years

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The Gist

It Was a Good Day for Democracy

It’s Time to Consider Sanctions for Trump’s Legal Team

The Real Lesson of Herman Cain’s Death

The Authors of the Dictator’s Handbook on What Trump Is Doing Wrong

Reality Forecloses on the Trump Presidency

The U.K.

Thanks to The Crown, I Finally Get Diana

Power Grab

Trump’s Michigan Gambit Appears Doomed, but That Won’t Stop His Extremist Allies

Pandemic

Pay Americans to Wear Masks

Capitol Hill

Can Democrats Win Georgia Without Trump on the Ticket?

Congress Has Every Right to Keep Investigating Trump After He’s Gone

Care and Feeding

Our 10-Year-Old Has Become a Donald Trump Impersonator

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Can We Admit That Nobody’s Thanksgiving Choices Are Clear-Cut This Year?

Delight in 10 Years of Calvin and Hobbes With This Box Set

Intimacy

I Figured Out an Incredible Sexual Trick—Then It Ruined My Life

How to Have an Open Relationship

The Absolute Dirtiest Lines on Megan Thee Stallion’s New Album, Ranked

Is there a way to train myself to enjoy mushy stews?

Help! I Want to Buy My Boyfriend an Ax for Christmas, but I’m Afraid He’ll Maim Himself.

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Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Frightening Fixation

Help! My Husband Failed Two Polygraph Tests About His Infidelity.

I Can’t Believe What My Boyfriend Just Told Me About Sex and Other Women

What Is Dust and Why Is His Dark Materials’ Magisterium Intent on Destroying It?

How To with John Wilson

It Was a Good Day for Democracy

The Authors of the Dictator’s Handbook on What Trump Is Doing Wrong

Congress Has Every Right to Keep Investigating Trump After He’s Gone

Delight in 10 Years of Calvin and Hobbes With This Box Set, Now on Sale

It’s Time to Consider Sanctions for Trump’s Legal Team

Reality Forecloses on the Trump Presidency

Thanks to The Crown, I Finally Get Princess Diana

The Psychology of Being “Over” COVID-19

Chadwick Boseman’s Last Movie Shows He Was Just Getting Started

What Is Dust and Why Is His Dark Materials’ Magisterium Intent on Destroying It?

Freddy Adu Was Supposed to Be America’s First Global Soccer Star. What Went Wrong?

I Finally Get Princess Diana

The Cabbage Patch Kids Have a Trippy Fictional Backstory, and an Even Stranger True Story

There Is No Such Thing as a Neutral Terminator

The Absolute Dirtiest Lines on Megan Thee Stallion’s New Album, Ranked

Contact Tracing and Personal Data Protection Face Off in Mexico City

Pay Americans to Wear Masks

The Biden Administration Should Pursue a Digital Trade Agreement

The Psychology of Being “Over” COVID-19

So You’re Flying This Thanksgiving? Here’s Which Parts Are the Riskiest.

Twitter Has Set Itself Up for an Enormous New Content Moderation Problem

Steve Mnuchin Is Doing His Part to Sabotage the Biden Administration on His Way out the Door

Why I’m Mourning the Death of a Giant Telescope

The People Who Lie to Family and Friends About Whom They Voted For

Delight in 10 Years of Calvin and Hobbes With This Box Set, Now on Sale

I Figured Out an Incredible Sexual Trick—Then It Ruined My Life

Can We Admit That Nobody’s Thanksgiving Choices Are Clear-Cut This Year?

Help! I Hate My Wife’s Cooking.

Dear Care and Feeding: Our 10-Year-Old Has Become a Donald Trump Impersonator

I’m a Turkey Farmer. The Pandemic Has Been Great for Business.

Trump’s Lost Cause

It Was a Good Day for Democracy

The Authors of the Dictator’s Handbook on What Trump Is Doing Wrong

Congress Has Every Right to Keep Investigating Trump After He’s Gone

Trump’s Michigan Gambit Appears Doomed, but That Won’t Stop His Extremist State Allies

The Real Lesson of Herman Cain’s Death

Biden Is Building a Foreign Policy Team Out of the Experts He’s Trusted for Years

How To with John Wilson

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