The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

Donald Trump's most dangerous political legacy

When the Taliban takes Kabul

America's incredibly successful pilot of universal health care

America's vaccine glut is here. Time to share.

Biden bungles the politics of refugees

Apple AirTags are refreshingly practical

All 40 movies nominated for an Oscar this year, ranked

The daily gossip: Demi Lovato is sparring with a frozen yogurt company, lip readers dish on what Prince William and Prince Harry said to each other, and more

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

This nursing student is leaving original paintings around Boston as gifts for strangers

Philadelphia teacher sells thousands of cheesesteaks to take mom on trip of a lifetime

The week's good news: April 15, 2021

Are 2 monster movies better than 1?

The daily gossip: Kylie Jenner's charitable donation went awry, Ana de Armas seemingly denies getting back with Ben Affleck, and more

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier begins to take Marvel's world-building to a new level

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

Biden says he'll seek re-election in 2024 — but also leaves himself an out

America's foreign policy time bombs

Matt Gaetz and the tyranny of the backbencher

House Democrats' dangerous flirtation with election denial

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

When should the U.S. have left Afghanistan?

Is Andrew Yang just what New York needs?

Refund the police

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

Democrats' delusional disenchantment with immigration enforcement

What Rush Limbaugh meant to conservatives

Impeachment will only worsen the GOP's legitimacy crisis

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: April 21, 2021

10 things you need to know today: April 21, 2021

The daily business briefing: April 20, 2021

The week's best parenting advice: April 20, 2021

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Vaccines and risk

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