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Downfall of the anti-populists?

Why Joe Biden's governing problem is a global one

Kyrsten Sinema.

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Kyrsten Sinema's poll numbers should terrify her

President Biden.

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Why Biden's team is pushing for a death penalty he won't execute

The Supreme Court.

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Biden's SCOTUS commission gives Democrats a rallying cry

Speed Reads

October 15, 2021

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Netflix reportedly fired organizer of trans employee walkout

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Why the FDA panel's booster greenlight was actually a 'bad meeting' for Johnson & Johnson

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DOJ to ask SCOTUS to block Texas abortion ban

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Clinton reportedly walking around, and 'joking with hospital staff'

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British officials mourn death of MP David Amess

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Arizona attorney general flaunts nunchuck skills

Politics

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Academic freedom, attacked left and right

European politicians.

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The European right is in retreat

Vaccination.

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Bonnie Kristian

Should the CDC hide unverified vaccine data?

A donkey.

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Democratic disaster in Virginia

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Culture

Adele.

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An ode to Adele's hands

A gardener.

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Bonnie Kristian

The soil of fairy tales

A scale.

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The upside of urban decline

Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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How censoring RBG adds to our misinformation problem

Cartoons

Fantasy.

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The 4 fantasies dominating American politics

Our political flights from the rigors of reality

Business & Tech

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Help Wanted

The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

President Biden.

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Biden's Christmas crunch

President Biden.

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Biden's plan to snoop in your bank account

Elon Musk.

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Will Elon Musk turn Texas blue?

Industry.

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The case for spending our way through inflation

Eggs.

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The answer to inflation isn't more government spending

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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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The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

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Madonna makes Jimmy Fallon sweat, remove coat in 'disturbed' interview

Queen Elizabeth II

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3.God Save the Green

Queen expresses irritation with world leaders talk but 'don't do' on climate change

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Democrats have a race problem. It's not what they think.

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Biden's Christmas crunch

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Apple exploring health upgrade for AirPods

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The answer to inflation isn't more government spending

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

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