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Damon Linker

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Putin calls America's bluff on Ukraine Biden-Hogan 2024?Biden bungles at-home COVID tests — again

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Ryan Cooper

National correspondent

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America's long record of judicial despotism Chile is rewriting its constitution. Americans should pay attention.2022 will have the weirdest economy in decades

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Bonnie Kristian

Deputy editor

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America is not ready for the blowback to vaccine mandates Minneapolis' absurd new target in the COVID fight? 2-year-old diners.How vaccinated America has split over COVID

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Samuel Goldman

National correspondent

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Will 2022 bring another Miracle on Ice?The most compelling case against mail-in voting has nothing to do with fraud Boris Johnson and elites' bizarre oblivion to their own pandemic indecency

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Jeva Lange

Culture Critic

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9 books to read in 2022 2021: The year of ____Putin requests Thursday call with Biden amid ongoing Ukraine tensions

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Summer Meza

News editor

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Rabbi held hostage threw a chair at gunman to escape Fauci: It's too soon to say whether Omicron will hasten pandemic's end Yellen argues U.S. economy has 'never worked fairly for Black Americans'

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Peter Weber

Senior editor

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World's 10 richest men doubled their wealth during the pandemic, while most people got poorer, Oxfam reports Ron DeSantis blames 'the media' for Trump feud frenzy. Trump's team blames Mitch McConnell.Federal appellate court punts Texas abortion law to state Supreme Court, prolonging strict restrictions

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Catherine Garcia

Night editor

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Full extent of damage from Tonga volcano eruption, tsunami still not clear Fans raise thousands of dollars for animal shelters as part of the Betty White Challenge Researchers say they may have figured out who betrayed Anne Frank to the Nazis

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Grayson Quay

Weekend editor

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Ukraine blames Russia for cyberattack as invasion threat looms 2 dead from flooding in Peru as damage to Tonga remains unclear Trump mocks and criticizes Biden at rally in Arizona

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Brigid Kennedy

Staff Writer

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COVID-19 cases in ICE detention centers have jumped 520 percent this year Every U.S. Netflix plan just got more expensive Psaki announces Biden's first press conference of 2022: 'The president looks forward to speaking directly to the American people'

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Brendan Morrow

Staff Writer

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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard, video game company accused of creating a 'breeding ground for harassment'Golden State Warriors co-owner acknowledges 'lacking empathy' after saying 'nobody cares' about Uyghurs Joss Whedon claims Gal Gadot only thinks he threatened her because 'English is not her first language'

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Jacob Lambert

Art director

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The week's best photojournalism The week's best photojournalism The year's best photojournalism

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Michael Arceneaux

Contributing writer

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Biden owes his core voters student loan forgiveness Biden is failing Black Americans. Here's what he could do better.The Postal Service is under siege. Black workers stand to lose the most.

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Shikha Dalmia

Columnist

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Greg Abbott turns Republican rage into law Biden's lose-lose immigration strategy How Biden's immigration bill would empower future Trumps

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W. James Antle III

Columnist

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SCOTUS and Sinema set back Biden again The self-gratifying mood of American politics The brazen political calculus distorting our election policy debates

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Joel Mathis

Contributing Writer

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The threat of a 'smart' Trump Republicans want to scrap presidential debates? Good.Nancy Pelosi's stock ban blunder is Josh Hawley's gain

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Zoe Fenson

Contributing Writer

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The compromises we're no longer willing to make This is your brain on pandemic whiplash Don't make me step on a scale to get the COVID-19 vaccine

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James Pethokoukis

Columnist

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Inflation isn't going away. That should make Biden very nervous.Why Apple's $3 trillion valuation bodes well for us all Is nuclear fusion finally for real? Some very rich people seem to think so.

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David Faris

Contributing Writer

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Station Eleven and the sweetness of life on Earth 15 movies to watch in 2022 How 2021 became a lost year for American democracy

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Noah Millman

Columnist

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3 cheers for the pig man If we offered Russia a bridge out of conflict, would they buy it?COVID hawks and doves can agree: We need more tests

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Scott Galupo

Contributing Writer

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The Fog of Trump is lifting Republicans' deficit hypocrisy comes home to roost Hey, Democrats: Awful Lindsey Graham is your friend

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Gracy Olmstead

Contributing Writer

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2020 is the year to shop small The American Dream was built on 'handouts'The modernization of Prince Harry

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Rachel Lu

Contributing Writer

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Is Trump the low point of conservatism?Who destroyed the American family?The refreshing simplicity of Aldi

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Laura Bogart

Contributing Writer

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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.

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Windsor Mann

Contributing Writer

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Trump is crashing and burning Bolton shockingly reveals everything we already knew about Trump Trump's lethal aversion to reading

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Harold Maass

Contributing editor

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The daily business briefing: January 18, 2022 10 things you need to know today: January 18, 2022 Report: Netanyahu negotiating plea deal in corruption case

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Jessica Hullinger

Deputy Editor

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The week's best parenting advice: November 2, 2021 The week's best parenting advice: October 26, 2021 The week's best parenting advice: October 19, 2021

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William Falk

Editor-in-chief, The Week Magazine

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Darkness visible No right to privacy Joining the war on COVID