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Damon Linker

The Democratic stalemate

In a chaotic South Carolina debate, reports of a runaway Bernie Sanders victory proved premature

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David Faris

A Biden comeback?

The former vice president made the most of his last, best chance to persuade voters

Jeff Spross

Dangers of the medical supply chain

Another coronavirus lesson: Don't offshore all your basic drug manufacturing

Summer Meza

Trump's coronavirus contradiction

The White House's rosy coronavirus comments are the exact opposite of what career health officials are saying

Ryan Cooper

Bernie loves Cuba?

The latest attack on Sanders shows his opponents are getting desperate

Joel Mathis

Warren's last chance

Bernie Sanders is in the lead, but there are signs that Warren is prepared to survive and advance

Jeff Spross

A coronavirus recession?

How bad could it get?

Bonnie Kristian

The diverging future of customer service

Customers want genuinely personal service. They also want to be left alone.

Ruth Margolis

Are books teaching bad things to my kids?

Wait, Roald Dahl wrote that about women?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it was 'horrifying' the debate didn't have any climate change questions. Bernie Sanders agrees.

February 25, 2020

Watch Bernie Sanders pull a dozen faces as Elizabeth Warren compares their health care plans

February 25, 2020

American soldier in South Korea tests positive for coronavirus

February 25, 2020

Bernie Sanders says it's time to stop ignoring 'the suffering of the Palestinian people'

February 25, 2020

Rival news anchors slam CBS News' moderators over debate 'disaster'

February 25, 2020

Buttigieg: Democrats will lose Congress if nominee is 'explaining the bright side of the Castro regime'

February 25, 2020

Democratic debate viewers cannot escape Mike Bloomberg

February 25, 2020

South Carolina debate crowd's support of Bloomberg leads some to wonder if they were being paid

February 25, 2020

Bernie Sanders says he regrets vote protecting gun manufacturers from liability

February 25, 2020

Democratic candidates yell, interrupt each other during most chaotic debate yet

February 25, 2020

Bloomberg accidentally claims to have 'bought' the 2018 midterm results

February 25, 2020

Joe Biden guarantees South Carolina victory

February 25, 2020

Elizabeth Warren: 'I would make a better president than Bernie'

February 25, 2020

Buttigieg campaign lightens expectations for Super Tuesday, but suggests they're in it for the long haul

February 25, 2020

Juror in Roger Stone trial pushes back at Trump's accusations: 'Our jury valued truth, plain and simple'

February 25, 2020

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Melissa Blake

Where's the female disabled rom-com lead?

Do better, Hollywood

Ryan Cooper

How tyranny fueled coronavirus

Authoritian states are incompetent and corrupt — and it's showing

Zoe Fenson

Does this dress make me look frivolous?

The beauty paradox that women just can't escape

Noah Millman

We've seen this before

Democrats have never experienced a phenomenon like Bernie Sanders. Republicans have.

Jeva Lange

A vindication for #MeToo

Why the Harvey Weinstein verdict feels personal

Joel Mathis

Keep calm and contextualize

What elections of the past can tell us about Bernie Sanders' continued success

Jeff Spross

Can airlines go carbon neutral?

Delta Airlines said it would spend $1 billion to zero-out its carbon emissions. It's not quite that easy.

David Faris

Bernie's blowout

This was a statement victory

Damon Linker

The real third way

If you don't like either candidate in 2020, do you still have a moral imperative to vote?

The Week Staff

The scourge of scam PACs

Con men are using political action committees to bilk donors of tens of millions of dollars

Bonnie Kristian

"As digital natives become an ever-larger portion of the voting public, having the dregs of your base embarrass you on the internet may become a given of modern politicking."

Bonnie Kristian

Control your trolls?

How responsible is Bernie Sanders — or any other politician — for his supporters?

Neil J. Young

Will anyone stop Bernie?

While the rest of the field fights among themselves, the Democratic frontrunner is looking more and more inevitable

Noah Millman

Bloomberg's
hostile takeover

What happens to civic engagement when political campaigns are corporatized?

6 books with strong female voices

Allison Pataki recommends works by Jane Austen, Joan Didion, and more

The Week Staff

The best tech gear for travelers

From a camera stabilizer to a rechargable handwarmer

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Harvard scientist predicts coronavirus will infect up to 70 percent of humanity

Tim O'Donnell

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it was 'horrifying' the debate didn't have any climate change questions. Bernie Sanders agrees.

Catherine Garcia

Watch Bernie Sanders pull a dozen faces as Elizabeth Warren compares their health care plans

Peter Weber

Biden has the debate he needed

David Faris

American soldier in South Korea tests positive for coronavirus

Catherine Garcia

Rival news anchors slam CBS News' moderators over debate 'disaster'

Jeva Lange

The Week Staff

Skepticism over Trump's latest Fed nominee

Why Judy Shelton's nomination is so controversial

The Week Staff

This device may make the low-end laptop obsolete

Just hook the shell up to your phone and it becomes a fully functioning computer terminal

The Week Staff

5 cartoons about Trump's pardoning spree

Artists take on his commutation of Rod Blagojevich's sentence, possible future pardons, and more

Bonnie Kristian

A stunning evangelical controversy

Pre-Trump, the notion that Russell Moore would be a controversial figure among Southern Baptists would have been unfathomable

Claire Gillespie

"What's more important than debating the issue is taking the right steps to ensure kids get more of the positives — and less of the negatives — from smartphones."

Claire Gillespie

The truth about tweens and screens

How much can we really blame social media for mental health problems in kids?

Alden Wicker

The human cost of recycled cotton

The fashion world wants a more sustainable, environmentally-friendly way to make cotton clothes — or an alternative. But almost no one understands the social costs.

Ryan Cooper

America already has a tremendous amount of rationing of the worst kind — namely rationing by price. The most recent Federal Reserve survey found that a quarter of "adults skipped necessary medical care in 2018 because they were unable to afford the cost."

Ryan Cooper

What the research says about Medicare-for-all

It would save Americans a bundle. Not to mention lives.

Mandy Baca

The history of tres leches cake

Many Latin American countries claim the three milk–soaked sponge as their own — one writer traces its history in search of the truth

Jeff Spross

The refreshing boringness of Costco

You can be a successful business and treat your employees well — who knew?

James Pethokoukis

The Bush playbook

There's a way Democrats can beat the Trump economy — but they won't like it

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