The wisdom of pessimism in the Israel-Palestinian conflict

The doom-loop of a falling fertility rate

The collapse of the GOP? It's just wishful thinking

Biden's green light for Israel

Republicans' dishonest war against 'critical race theory'

The Republican theory of unemployment is classic Marx

Make May 13 a national holiday

The daily gossip: Olivia Munn apparently had a John Mulaney obsession for years, Target will no longer sell Chrissy Teigen's cookware, and more

Barry Jenkins broke television

Shouldn't Congress be considered essential?

Republicans literally want to work Americans to death

The Payroll Protection Program's problems were extremely avoidable

What Mike Pence should learn from Judas

Make America Laugh Again

How Trump could use Amy Coney Barrett as leverage over Mitch McConnell

Las Vegas teen's nonprofit has donated 2,000 duffel bags filled with clothes to foster youth

The week's good news: May 13, 2021

Study: In 2 decades, nearly 146 million acres of forest have regrown naturally across the world

The Saw franchise tries to turn the page with Spiral

The daily gossip: Megan Thee Stallion is recharging for another Hot Girl Summer, Caitlyn Jenner is officially running for governor, and more

Could Nomadland possibly lose Best Picture at the Oscars?

How Trump can still win the election

The week's best photojournalism

How defending the Bills made me love Buffalo

Selling Sunset and the healing powers of frivolous gossip

Matt Gaetz associate reportedly 'guilted' underage girl after they paid her for sex

Matt Gaetz's office released a statement from his 'women' staffers. No actual women are named in the letter.

Biden can't avoid Israel-Palestine

The telling seeds of the 2024 Republican primary

Democrats face a stark choice on redistricting

Biden's lose-lose immigration strategy

How Biden's immigration bill would empower future Trumps

How Biden can future-proof America's immigration system

2020 is the year to shop small

The American Dream was built on 'handouts'

The modernization of Prince Harry

Do polls show the media is missing the story on Trump?

Congress almost rises to the occasion. Almost.

The Tea Party case for the Trump stimulus

Republicans' deficit hypocrisy comes home to roost

Hey, Democrats: Awful Lindsey Graham is your friend

I was wrong about Mitt Romney

The Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis deserves relentless investigating

The Taiwan war paradox

There's no such thing as intellectual property

The pandemic is revealing how bad our technology really is

Did the virus kill the techlash?

Coronavirus and the uncomfortable calculus of the gig economy

I found the internet's good place. It's dogs.

Why I fell hard for the emoji tapback

'You're fine': The Ugg boot of apology responses

The real reason Liz Cheney lost her job

Biden gambles that this tax fight is different

Democrats' delusional disenchantment with immigration enforcement

Sundance reckons with the streaming revolution

The refreshing awfulness of Rick and Morty

Knives Out does what so many of the best mysteries do: Carve up the rich

Trump tried to act like a mob boss. Instead he's just a thug.

Shrill normalizes fat people, and that's a good thing

She's a woman. She's a superhero. Get over it.

I love dogs. But can we stop pretending they should get to go everywhere with us?

Gardening is great

America's Maenad moment

Kristen Wiig's belated Bridesmaids follow-up

Amy Adams is too good to do something like Hillbilly Elegy

The welcome return of sad Ben Affleck

Is Daniel Radcliffe trying to make us hate him?

First Cow is a necessary portrait of platonic male affection

Portrait Of A Lady On Fire is about truly being seen by another

The antidote to 2018 is this video game about a cartoon chef in a pirate-ship kitchen

Why aren't you watching the WNBA?

The limits of Messi's magic

How families can self-quarantine without going insane

Are my favorite childhood books teaching bad things to my kids?

The joy and sadness of being surpassed by your kids

In the future, will the English language be full of accented characters?

10 signature foods with borrowed names

The delicate art of using linguistics to identify an anonymous author

What Broad City taught me about weed, life plans, and chosen family

8 award-winning food puns for your Oscars party menu

11 essential cooking skills I learned purely by watching countless hours of Chopped

The daily business briefing: May 17, 2021

10 things you need to know today: May 17, 2021

The daily business briefing: May 14, 2021

The week's best parenting advice: May 11, 2021

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'Good speech' isn't winning

What police reform requires

Vaccines and risk