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Can We Finally Stop Talking About “Natural” Herd Immunity?

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Former U.S. Attorney Asks Georgia to Investigate Lindsey Graham for Potential Election Crimes

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Give Stocking Stuffers That Are Genuinely Useful

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Maine’s Extremely Detailed Vaccine Distribution Plan Involves a Very Maine Hack

Music

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How BTS Made History With the First Korean-Language No. 1

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Star Trek: Discovery Hit the Reset Button, and It’s Paying Off

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Our Board Game Expert on the Best New Games You’re Sure to Love

The Best, Most Riveting Puzzle Books, From Novice to Expert

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Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Difficult Employee

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My Son’s Beloved Teacher Was Switched to a New Class

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Games and Puzzles to Keep Everyone Happy This Holiday Season

Armenians Refused to Believe They Were Losing a War—Until It Was Too Late

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of Nov. 30

An Interview With a Man Who Just Discovered His Gawky Third-Grade Laser Photo Has Been a Meme for Years

The Undoing Could Have Been Perfect Trash

The Show Is Over

Star Trek: Discovery Hit the Reset Button, and It’s Paying Off

Ready Player Two Is a Horror Story but Doesn’t Know It

How BTS Made History With the First Korean-Language No. 1

Star Trek: Discovery Hit the Reset Button, and It’s Paying Off

The Best Jazz Albums of 2020

An Interview With a Man Who Just Discovered His Gawky Third-Grade Laser Photo Has Been a Meme for Years

The Undoing Could Have Been Perfect Trash

The Star of Lifetime’s New Christmas Movie on Filming a Kiss Scene Through Plexiglass

The Biden Administration Needs to Do Something About Tesla

The Sinister Grift of Spotify’s “2020 Wrapped”

Why Gas Stoves Are More Hazardous Than We’ve Been Led to Believe

How to Convince Skeptics to Trust a COVID Vaccine

Can We Finally Stop Talking About “Natural” COVID-19 Herd Immunity? Please?

A Flu Virus Shut Down the U.S. Economy in 1872—by Infecting Horses

What the CDC’s New Quarantine Guidelines Mean for You

Maine’s Extremely Detailed Vaccine Distribution Plan Involves a Very Maine Hack

Would You Rather Fall Into a Pit Filled With Rats—or Have Rats Rain Down on You From Above?

Dear Care and Feeding: Is There Any Way to Stop Our Toddler From Waking Up at 4:30 a.m. Every Day?

Games and Puzzles to Keep Everyone Happy This Holiday Season

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Give Stocking Stuffers That Are Genuinely Useful

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Difficult Employee

The Voice of Black America?

Armenians Refused to Believe They Were Losing a War—Until It Was Too Late

Perdue’s Share of Pfizer

UPS Temporarily Stops Picking Up Orders From Six Retailers to Cope With Holiday Surge

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Former U.S. Attorney Asks Georgia to Investigate Lindsey Graham for Potential Election Crimes

The Show Is Over. The Horror Is Still Here.

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