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Trump wants praise for his coronavirus response. Here it is.

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Texas doctor delivers baby boy of woman he delivered 25 years ago

College students launch free online tutoring service to help stressed parents during pandemic

The Rental is a horror-thriller with an identity crisis

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The Twilight Zone’s second season is far from perfect — but it’s promising

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The week's best photojournalism

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4 ways Kamala Harris just made history

Trump: If Biden wins, Americans will have to learn Chinese

Trump gave a speech at Gettysburg in 2016. It sounds a lot like his present-day Twitter feed.

How the Electoral College made America's pandemic response worse

The Supreme Court prepares for the Biden presidency

This time is different for Trump

Cancel culture and conservative glass houses

What makes America exceptional

The right's 'rule of law' hypocrisy

The American Dream was built on 'handouts'

The modernization of Prince Harry

Local news can save America

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

John Kelly should spill the beans

What the midterms foretell

The lessons of Larry Hogan

America is coming apart. Europe is coming together.

Coronavirus and the crisis of capitalism

The scandal of the Declaration

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.

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

The real value of the coronavirus protests

Coronavirus could end Trump's presidency. Populism could save it.

Tom Brady bet on himself. So did Bill Belichick.

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

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

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

The therapeutic rise of celebrity thirst culture

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

Gardening is great

America's Maenad moment

The welcome return of sad Ben Affleck

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Why are the Oscars trying to be the Grammys?

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: August 11, 2020

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