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A snowflake.

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You're offended? So what?

How to escape the snowflake wars

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

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How Manchin and Sinema differ — and why it doesn't matter

A donkey.

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There aren't enough rich people for Democrats' 'tax the rich' plan

Mark Milley.

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The exaggerated threat of hypersonic missiles

Speed Reads

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Report: Democrats will likely cut paid family and medical leave from bill

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Wall Street Journal jeered after printing Trump rant about 2020 election

October 27, 2021

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Rust AD admits he didn't thoroughly check gun

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6 bizarre moments from today's Senate hearing

October 27, 2021

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Netflix adjusted search algorithm to suppress controversial movie

October 27, 2021

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Cigarette sales had a COVID comeback

Politics

An elephant.

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The forgotten history of Republican book banning

Republicans.

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Trump's coalition of terrible men

Dave Chappelle.

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Why does wokeness drive me crazy?

A radical baby.

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Bonnie Kristian

Against political kids books

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A mask.

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What is America's COVID endgame?

With cases in retreat and vaccines for children imminent, when can we breathe?

Vaccination.

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Why vaccinating low-risk kids still makes sense

Culture

The Haunting of Hill House.

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The 5 words that haunt me at 3 a.m.

A question mark.

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The important lesson of Ross Douthat's medical memoir

A baby.

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Stephanie H. Murray

The other parenting problem

A television.

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The best 2021 horror movies to watch for Halloween

Cartoons

Business & Tech

A help wanted sign.

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If bosses want workers, they have to actually try

The Facebook thumb.

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Why social media can't be regulated like other media

Mark Zuckerberg.

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The real threat to Facebook isn't regulation. It's teenagers.

The Capitol.

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Amazon accidentally makes a case for its own regulation

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Samuel Goldman

America.

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Opinion

Who are America's peers?

Brett Kavanaugh and a protester.

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Opinion

The consequences of judicializing abortion

Critical Race Theory.

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Opinion

Losing the education wars

Sci-fi art.

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Opinion

Let science fiction be weird again

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German testing site.

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1.'simple precautions'

What America can learn from Germany's pandemic response

Political Cartoon.

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5 toons about Bannon's contempt of Congress charge

A baby.

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Stephanie H. Murray

The other parenting problem

Mark Zuckerberg.

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4.the facebook papers

Zuckerberg reportedly 'pretty mad' during earnings call

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The 'Trump app' will be the insurrection on steroids

6.Hey Joe

AP poll: 16 percent of Americans oppose clean energy legislation blocked by Manchin

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Ron DeSantis finally picks a side on vaccines

8.Help Wanted

The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

The Week.

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A short history of The Week

Week covers.

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

September 11.

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The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

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