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We’re Not Going Back to “Before Roe.” We’re Going Somewhere Worse.

Dahlia Lithwick

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Silicon Valley

The Theranos Trial Shows Why We Should Be Suspicious of Nuclear Fusion

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Can Twitter Finally Flourish Without Jack Dorsey?

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Elections

Is This Really the Democrats’ Plan for the Midterms?

Mary Harris

Advice

I Think I Know Why My Wife Won’t Stop Spending All of Our Money

Athena Valentine

My New Boyfriend’s Penis Had a Big Surprise for Me. Please Advise.

Jessica Stoya

Johnny Cash Is a Hero to Americans on the Left and Right. But His Music Took a Side.

Michael Stewart Foley

I Let My Husband Go on a Date WIth His Ex-Girlfriend. It Went Way Worse Than I Expected.

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Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

What Role Did Other Adult Women Play in Jeffrey Epstein’s Abuse of Teenage Girls?

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With a Grim Piece of Evidence, Prosecutors Summon Epstein’s Ghost at the Trial

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Epstein’s Little Black Book Makes Its Courtroom Debut

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She told me it’s tacky and tasteless to wear white on my second marriage, and she won’t shut up about it.

Help! My 24-Year-Old Sister Can’t Stand That She’s “Still” Single.

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

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Meredith Moran

The Supreme Court’s New Religious Liberty Case Could Destroy Public Education

A conservative supermajority may soon force states to fund Christian schools that indoctrinate students with hate.

Mark Joseph Stern

Johnny Cash Is a Hero to Americans on the Left and Right. But His Music Took a Side.

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Michael Stewart Foley

Culture

What it all means

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“Try, if You Can, to Remember Everything”

Laura Miller

The uncanniness of rereading Alice Sebold’s memoir Lucky now that the man she identified as her rapist has been exonerated.

The Best Books of 2021

Laura Miller

The Power of the Dog Delivers on a Surprising Promise

Culture Gabfest

Unwrapping TikTok’s Advent Calendar Drama

ICYMI

Here’s What Happened to Get Back’s Non-Beatle Characters

Meredith Moran

The Apparel Company Made by and for Movie Lovers

Karen Han

Truly Tasteless Jokes Changed the Culture, and Its Author’s Life

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Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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I’m the TikTok Couch Guy. Here’s What It Was Like Being Investigated on the Internet.

Robert McCoy

The Theranos Trial Shows Why We Should Be Suspicious of Nuclear Fusion

Charles Seife

Americans Still Have a Bunch More Savings Than Before the Pandemic

Jordan Weissmann

What’s Actually Going On With the Santa Shortage

Aaron Mak

I Think I Know Why My Wife Won’t Stop Spending All of Our Money

Athena Valentine

Why We’ll Never Stop Mourning the American Mall

Lili Loofbourow

What if Old Buildings Are Greener Than New Ones?

Henry Grabar

Without Dorsey, Can Twitter Finally Flourish?

Lizzie O’Leary

Human Interest

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Wing Woman

Eleanor Cummins

What it’s like to be a member at the formerly feminist and elite coworking space, now that its mission has crumpled.

My New Boyfriend’s Penis Had a Big Surprise for Me. Please Advise.

Jessica Stoya

Help! My 24-Year-Old Sister Can’t Stand That She’s “Still” Single.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

My New Girlfriend’s Friends Think I’m Something I’m Not

Big Mood Little Mood

Dear Care and Feeding: I’m Concerned My Friends Are Lying to Their Talentless 10-Year-Old About Her Abilities

Doyin Richards

Dear Care and Feeding: I Don’t Want to Be Complicit in My SIL’s Holiday Lies

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Help! My Future Mother-in-Law Is Furious I’m Wearing White for My Second Wedding.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

News & Politics

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Why Isn’t Anyone Listening to Joe?

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Did Anyone Even Look at the Massive Defense Budget Before Passing It?

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The Trial That Sparked a Riot

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Johnny Cash Is a Hero to Americans on the Left and Right. But His Music Took a Side.

Michael Stewart Foley

What Role Did Other Adult Women Play in Jeffrey Epstein’s Abuse of Teenage Girls?

Seth Stevenson

The Supreme Court’s New Religious Liberty Case Could Destroy Public Education

Mark Joseph Stern

We’re Not Going Back to “Before Roe.” We’re Going Somewhere Worse.

Dahlia Lithwick

We’re Not Going Back to “Before Roe.” We’re Going Somewhere Worse.

Did Anyone Even Look at the Massive Defense Budget Before Passing It?

The Supreme Court’s New Religious Liberty Case Could Destroy Public Education

Every Single Way Trump World Is Lying About Its Latest COVID Scandal

The 10 Best Books of the Year

Savings

And Now, Some Good News About Americans and Money

Silicon Valley

The Theranos Trial Shows Why We Should Be Suspicious of Nuclear Fusion

Can Twitter Finally Flourish Without Jack Dorsey?

Elections

Is This Really the Democrats’ Plan for the Midterms?

Advice

I Think I Know Why My Wife Won’t Stop Spending All of Our Money

My New Boyfriend’s Penis Had a Big Surprise for Me. Please Advise.

Johnny Cash Is a Hero to Americans on the Left and Right. But His Music Took a Side.

I Let My Husband Go on a Date WIth His Ex-Girlfriend. It Went Way Worse Than I Expected.

Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

What Role Did Other Adult Women Play in Jeffrey Epstein’s Abuse of Teenage Girls?

With a Grim Piece of Evidence, Prosecutors Summon Epstein’s Ghost at the Trial

Epstein’s Little Black Book Makes Its Courtroom Debut

She told me it’s tacky and tasteless to wear white on my second marriage, and she won’t shut up about it.

Help! My 24-Year-Old Sister Can’t Stand That She’s “Still” Single.

Help! My Husband Expects Me to Spend Thousands of Dollars on His Christmas Gifts Every Year.

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

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

I Don’t Want to Be Complicit in My SIL’s Holiday Lies

We’re Not Going Back to “Before Roe.” We’re Going Somewhere Worse.

Did Anyone Even Look at the Massive Defense Budget Before Passing It?

Without Dorsey, Can Twitter Finally Flourish?

My New Boyfriend’s Penis Had a Big Surprise for Me. Please Advise.

Help! My 24-Year-Old Sister Can’t Stand That She’s “Still” Single.

The Best Books of 2021

I Think I Know Why My Wife Won’t Stop Spending All of Our Money

Here’s What Happened to Get Back’s Non-Beatle Characters

The Supreme Court’s New Religious Liberty Case Could Destroy Public Education

Johnny Cash Is a Hero to Americans on the Left and Right. But His Music Took a Side.

“Try, if You Can, to Remember Everything”

The Best Books of 2021

The Power of the Dog Delivers on a Surprising Promise

Unwrapping TikTok’s Advent Calendar Drama

Here’s What Happened to Get Back’s Non-Beatle Characters

The Apparel Company Made by and for Movie Lovers

Truly Tasteless Jokes Changed the Culture, and Its Author’s Life

I’m the TikTok Couch Guy. Here’s What It Was Like Being Investigated on the Internet.

The Theranos Trial Shows Why We Should Be Suspicious of Nuclear Fusion

Americans Still Have a Bunch More Savings Than Before the Pandemic

What’s Actually Going On With the Santa Shortage

I Think I Know Why My Wife Won’t Stop Spending All of Our Money

Why We’ll Never Stop Mourning the American Mall

What if Old Buildings Are Greener Than New Ones?

Without Dorsey, Can Twitter Finally Flourish?

Wing Woman

My New Boyfriend’s Penis Had a Big Surprise for Me. Please Advise.

Help! My 24-Year-Old Sister Can’t Stand That She’s “Still” Single.

My New Girlfriend’s Friends Think I’m Something I’m Not

Dear Care and Feeding: I’m Concerned My Friends Are Lying to Their Talentless 10-Year-Old About Her Abilities

Dear Care and Feeding: I Don’t Want to Be Complicit in My SIL’s Holiday Lies

Help! My Future Mother-in-Law Is Furious I’m Wearing White for My Second Wedding.

Why Isn’t Anyone Listening to Joe?

Did Anyone Even Look at the Massive Defense Budget Before Passing It?

The Trial That Sparked a Riot

What Peng Shuai Started

Johnny Cash Is a Hero to Americans on the Left and Right. But His Music Took a Side.

What Role Did Other Adult Women Play in Jeffrey Epstein’s Abuse of Teenage Girls?

The Supreme Court’s New Religious Liberty Case Could Destroy Public Education

We’re Not Going Back to “Before Roe.” We’re Going Somewhere Worse.