William Barr is shockingly clear about his authoritarianism

Why Kamala Harris failed

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Pete Buttigieg and the audacity of nope

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America's shameful abuse of Ukraine

A 2019 gift guide for every kind of fanatic

Why December is the perfect time of year to read a gigantic book

Knives Out is one movie you really shouldn't spoil

Trump's food stamp cuts are cruel politics and bad economics

Trump, the one-trick tariff pony

Can the Fed help fix inequality?

A brief timeline of the Trump whistleblower saga

7 lingering questions about Jeffrey Epstein's death

What Trump learned from Hollywood about playing president

Michigan kindergartners come out to support their friend as his adoption is finalized

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12 more delightful Star Wars Easter eggs and tie-ins from The Mandalorian

Frozen 2 is an unexpectedly ambitious sequel

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How defending the Bills made me love Buffalo

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Nikki Haley doesn't think people saw Confederate flag as racist until after Charleston shooting

Jane Fonda didn't get arrested for protesting climate change this week — but several of her Hollywood friends did

Cory Booker puts his Division 1 football skills to use in Washington Post TikTok

Can constitutional experts take down Trump?

The most important day of the impeachment inquiry

Democrats, don't hand impeachment to Mitch McConnell

Republicans are leading the country to socialism

India is entering a new dark age

The real reason Kamala Harris is tanking

Women shouldn't have to choose between motherhood and higher education

White Republican men are ruining the pro-life movement

The world is becoming a giant chain store

Democrats' impeachment desperation

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Why the Democrats' impeachment hearings have a politics problem

John Kelly should spill the beans

What the midterms foretell

The lessons of Larry Hogan

America needs to consciously uncouple from NATO

2020 Democrats need a dose of Michael Bloomberg's centrism

Can Bibi win even under indictment?

Google's uncertain future

Why you should delete your favorite apps this holiday season

Google wants to finish your sentences. That's a problem.

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

Why is Elizabeth Warren falling in the polls? Blame Medicare-for-all.

Trump's secret sauce

Trump's manic impeachment dance with the GOP

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

Welcome back, Eddie Murphy

So many Hitlers: On the biggest trends from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival

The therapeutic rise of celebrity thirst culture

Why female rage won't deliver a female president

True Detective season 3 paints a refreshingly real picture of masculinity

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

Gardening is great

America's Maenad moment

Queen & Slim shows Hollywood is still learning how to grapple with police shootings

The rich comedic tradition of beefcakes taking care of kids

Joaquin Phoenix's Joker struggles in the shadow of the actors who came before him

The best horror film of 2019 is secretly about toxic masculinity

Mister America is a mockumentary that feels unsettlingly real

The Day Shall Come and the myth of the black nationalist terrorist

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

Cancel Christmas. Thanksgiving is all we need.

How to talk about death with kids if you don't believe in God

The taxonomy of whining

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: December 6, 2019

10 things you need to know today: December 6, 2019

The daily business briefing: December 5, 2019

The good, the bad, and the ugly of England's universal health-care system

10 things you need to know today: January 6, 2018

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To recline or not to recline?

Why Fox News was created

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