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The folly of a new constitution

A progressive experiment goes off the rails

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Bonnie Kristian

Juneteenth gets its due

A GOP trap.

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The GOP sets an infrastructure trap

Rand Paul and Tucker Carlson.

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Correcting the record about Jim Crow

Speed Reads

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McConnell scapegoats Biden in defense of his SCOTUS comments

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Mackenzie Scott gave away $6 billion in 2020 — and grew richer

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Harvey Weinstein to be extradited to California

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Did MLB go too far with 'sticky stuff' crackdown?

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White House expectations low for Biden-Putin meeting

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Associated Press will no longer name suspects in minor crimes

Politics

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The 'Critical Race Theory' bogeyman

Donald Trump.

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Briefing

The return of the Trump rally

Mitch McConnell and Stephen Breyer.

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McConnell's memo to Breyer

The Capitol.

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Why a 55-vote filibuster won't work

Houses.

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Rethinking real estate

How the insane housing market is a product of our policy choices

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Culture

Stephen Colbert

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Last Night on Late Night

Stephen Colbert gleefully returns to a live studio audience

Annie Murphy.

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The revenge of the sitcom wife

In the Heights.

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Trump lyric cut from In the Heights

Raven Leilani.

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Feature

6 book recommendations from Raven Leilani

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Jeva Lange

A brain.

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Feature

The lost art of memorization

A flapper.

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Opinion

What will be the flapper dress of the Roaring 2020s?

Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton.

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Analysis

Dakota Johnson, queen of sighs

Robert Pattinson.

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You don't want to be in a movie with Robert Pattinson

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The Supreme Court.

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Bonnie Kristian

SCOTUS deals blow to sentencing reform

In the Heights

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2.summer box office

In the Heights has a disappointing box office debut

Political Cartoon.

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7 toons about the Dems' Joe Manchin problem

Bernie Sanders.

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4.Sounds dope

Bernie Sanders wants to know if cannabis reporter is 'stoned' right now

5.department over party?

Why Garland's DOJ is occasionally siding with Trump

6.The big lie

Georgia election workers reportedly received a 'torrent' of threats

7.breaking

Danish soccer star reportedly awake after on-field collapse

8.that'll do for now

Biden says he's 'satisfied' with G7's final stance on China

Cartoons

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

The Week.

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A short history of The Week

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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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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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Mitch McConnell.

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Divided government

McConnell scapegoats Biden in defense of his SCOTUS comments

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Mackenzie Scott.

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philanthropy news

Mackenzie Scott gave away $6 billion in 2020 — and grew richer

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Harvey Weinstein

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weinstein trial round two

Harvey Weinstein to be extradited to California

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Baseball and rosin bag.

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take the spider tack, leave the sunscreen

Did MLB go too far with 'sticky stuff' crackdown?

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