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The Lawyer Who Defended Abortion Rights at SCOTUS Shares What It Was Like

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History

What a Single Ship Reveals About the Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

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Celebrities

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Television

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Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

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Digital Life

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The Exploding Market for Devices That Help You Evade Corporate Productivity Trackers

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Omicron Seems to Spread Quickly. But It Hasn’t Caused Any Deaths.

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Dr. Oz Joins a Robust List of Nutso Senate Races Already Underway

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Culture

What it all means

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The Beatles: Get Back Is an Eight-Hour Love Story

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It’s long, long, long—but that’s because it had to be.

Stephen Sondheim Didn’t Just Change Musicals. He Changed Crosswords.

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Anthony Ramos and the Curse of the Wife Guy

ICYMI

Alice Sebold’s Memoir About Her Rape Is Even More Brutal to Read Now

Laura Miller

The Bangles Cracked the Code of the 20-Year Nostalgia Cycle

Hit Parade

Is It Still OK to Hate Kenny G?

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Kenny G Explains Why He Did a Documentary About How Much People Hate Him

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Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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How Morale at Facebook Tumbled After Trump’s “Looting and Shooting” Post

Nitish Pahwa

In Defense of All the Things Jurassic World Gets Wrong About Dinosaurs

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Can Apple Take Down the World’s Most Notorious Spyware Company?

Harry William Baumgarten

Why You Shouldn’t Worry Too Much About the Crummy Jobs Report

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The Exploding Market for Devices That Help You Evade Corporate Productivity Trackers

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One of the Most Unusual Cybersecurity Stories of the Year Is Getting More Complicated

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I Really Don’t Want the House My In-Laws Are Giving Us

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Tennis Diplomacy and Online Freedom

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Human Interest

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Why One Mom’s Viral Video About Her Night Doula Made So Many People So Angry

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A longtime doula explains.

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Dear Care and Feeding: I Can’t Believe Where My Husband Wants to Send Our Daughter Next Summer

Michelle Herman

Dear Care and Feeding: I Can’t Believe What I Read on My Granddad’s Phone

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My Girlfriend Just Revealed the Truth About Her Sexual History. I’m Disgusted.

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How Ghislaine Maxwell’s Lawyers Are Attempting to Discredit Her Accusers

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Very aggressively.

Trump Statement Accidentally Insults Those Who Believe Election Fraud Claims

Daniel Politi

CNN Fires Chris Cuomo After Investigation Into Help He Gave Brother Andrew Cuomo

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U.S. Intelligence Sees Signs Russia Is Planning Massive Military Offensive Against Ukraine

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Omicron Seems to Spread Quickly. But It Hasn’t Caused Any Deaths.

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The Life and Death of an All-American Slave Ship

Joshua D. Rothman and Benjamin Skolnik

Parents of Michigan School Shooting Suspect Arrested After Intense Manhunt

Daniel Politi

GOP Lawmaker Posts Christmas Photo of Family Holding Guns Days After School Shooting

Daniel Politi

The Lawyer Who Defended Abortion Rights at SCOTUS Shares What It Was Like

Omicron Seems to Spread Quickly. But It Hasn’t Caused Any Deaths.

Alice Sebold’s Memoir About Her Rape Is Even More Brutal to Read Now

Parents of Michigan School Shooting Suspect Arrested After Intense Manhunt

The Battle for the Senate Is On, and It’s Already a Doozy

History

What a Single Ship Reveals About the Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

Celebrities

The Brutal Breakup That Proves Being a Wife Guy Is Risky Business

Television

If Yellowjackets Had Dropped on Netflix, It’d Be All Anyone Was Talking About

Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

How Maxwell’s Lawyers Are Attempting to Discredit Her Accusers

Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Black Book Makes Its Courtroom Debut

Digital Life

Why the WTA’s Response to Peng Shuai Is a Win for Online Freedom

The Exploding Market for Devices That Help You Evade Corporate Productivity Trackers

Dinosaurs Don’t Belong to Science

Stephen Sondheim Didn’t Just Change Musicals. He Changed Crosswords.

Weekend Reads

The Wheel of Time Isn’t “the New Game of Thrones.” It’s Better.

Why One Mom’s Viral Video About Her Night Doula Made So Many People So Angry

The Reason the New Beatles Doc Had to Be Eight Hours

The more I've stayed at home, the more I've realized I don't want to go back to work.

Help! The Woman I Bullied in High School is Taking Her Revenge on My Sons.

Help! A Couple From Our Church Says We’re Stealing From Their Dead Daughter.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Blame Game Fail”

Help! I’m a White Person Who’s Tired of Working on Diversity Initiatives at Work.

My Son’s School Called About His Laptop Usage, and I’m Extremely Worried

Help! The Woman I Bullied in High School is Taking Her Revenge on My Sons.

GOP Lawmaker Posts Christmas Photo of Family Holding Guns Days After School Shooting

Dear Care and Feeding: I Can’t Believe Where My Husband Wants to Send Our Daughter Next Summer

Dear Care and Feeding: I Can’t Believe What I Read on My Granddad’s Phone

Trump Statement Accidentally Insults Those Who Believe Election Fraud Claims

Inside Super Yaki, the Merch Company for Movie Lovers

The Lawyer Who Defended Abortion Rights at SCOTUS Explains What It Was Like

Parents of Michigan School Shooting Suspect Arrested After Intense Manhunt

Omicron Seems to Spread Quickly. But It Hasn’t Caused Any Deaths.

Dr. Oz Joins a Robust List of Nutso Senate Races Already Underway

The Beatles: Get Back Is an Eight-Hour Love Story

Stephen Sondheim Didn’t Just Change Musicals. He Changed Crosswords.

Anthony Ramos and the Curse of the Wife Guy

Alice Sebold’s Memoir About Her Rape Is Even More Brutal to Read Now

The Bangles Cracked the Code of the 20-Year Nostalgia Cycle

Is It Still OK to Hate Kenny G?

Kenny G Explains Why He Did a Documentary About How Much People Hate Him

How Morale at Facebook Tumbled After Trump’s “Looting and Shooting” Post

In Defense of All the Things Jurassic World Gets Wrong About Dinosaurs

Can Apple Take Down the World’s Most Notorious Spyware Company?

Why You Shouldn’t Worry Too Much About the Crummy Jobs Report

The Exploding Market for Devices That Help You Evade Corporate Productivity Trackers

One of the Most Unusual Cybersecurity Stories of the Year Is Getting More Complicated

I Really Don’t Want the House My In-Laws Are Giving Us

Tennis Diplomacy and Online Freedom

Why One Mom’s Viral Video About Her Night Doula Made So Many People So Angry

Help! The Woman I Bullied in High School is Taking Her Revenge on My Sons.

Dear Care and Feeding: I Can’t Believe Where My Husband Wants to Send Our Daughter Next Summer

Dear Care and Feeding: I Can’t Believe What I Read on My Granddad’s Phone

My Girlfriend Just Revealed the Truth About Her Sexual History. I’m Disgusted.

Help! I Got Laid Off, and I Think I’d Like to Live Off My Spouse’s Job Forever.

The First Wild Transgenic Species Are Ready for Release

How Ghislaine Maxwell’s Lawyers Are Attempting to Discredit Her Accusers

Trump Statement Accidentally Insults Those Who Believe Election Fraud Claims

CNN Fires Chris Cuomo After Investigation Into Help He Gave Brother Andrew Cuomo

U.S. Intelligence Sees Signs Russia Is Planning Massive Military Offensive Against Ukraine

Omicron Seems to Spread Quickly. But It Hasn’t Caused Any Deaths.

The Life and Death of an All-American Slave Ship

Parents of Michigan School Shooting Suspect Arrested After Intense Manhunt

GOP Lawmaker Posts Christmas Photo of Family Holding Guns Days After School Shooting