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Joe Manchin.

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Betraying his own state?

West Virginia's coal industry is doomed. Joe Manchin wants to take the whole state down with it.

Colin Powell

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: October 19, 2021

Colin Powell dies from COVID-19 complications, the Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to block Texas' abortion ban, and more

A donkey and an elephant.

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Do Democrats really want to save democracy?

Because they aren't acting like it

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The madness of expanding NATO

This is a door the Biden administration ought to keep closed

Speed Reads

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House Jan. 6 committee dismisses Trump lawsuit as delay tactic, obstruction

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Texas passes congressional map with 2 new majority white House districts

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Manchin and Sanders grin for the cameras as Manchin meets with progressives

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Stephen Colbert tries, fails to ignore the Trump 'pee tape' tease

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Rocker Randy Bachman reunited with guitar 45 years after it vanished

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Ex-spy Christopher Steele stands behind the thrust of his Trump-Russia dossier

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Colin Powell.

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Colin Powell at his worst — and most human

Colin Powell.

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Colin Powell's death is not proof of vaccine failure

President Biden.

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Biden's insulting sales pitch

Bernie Sanders.

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Right message, wrong messenger?

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Academic freedom, attacked left and right

The university has a unique mission. Does anyone remember what it is?

Culture

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Stop letting COVID infect TV

Brian Cox.

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Succession seems to think it's still 2019

A gardener.

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Bonnie Kristian

The soil of fairy tales

A scale.

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The upside of urban decline

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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Briefing

The supply chain fiasco

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?

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Samuel Goldman

America.

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Who are America's peers?

Brett Kavanaugh and a protester.

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The consequences of judicializing abortion

Critical Race Theory.

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Losing the education wars

Sci-fi art.

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Let science fiction be weird again

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Baptism at Vatican

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1.'It's an experiment'

Sicilian Catholic diocese bans godparents

Halloween Kills

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2.purely and simply evil

Halloween Kills scores best pandemic debut for a horror film

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3.Help Wanted

The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

Oil spill in California.

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4.probes

Investigators believe cargo ship dragged California oil pipeline in January

5.inflation nation

Republicans see inflation as Democrats' downfall

6.the manchin problem

Joe Manchin's 'arbitrary centrism'

7.'Life is not just about interviewing kitties'

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

8.'his street cred went up'

Where outing the GOP lawmakers at Jan. 6 proved futile

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A short history of The Week

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

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