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Can Lebanon be saved?The Explainer This is the last chance for the country's elite to turn things around
By Ryan Cooper Published
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Microsoft's big bid for Gen ZThe Explainer Why the software giant wants to buy TikTok
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The Mulan experimentThe Explainer Would you pay $30 to watch a new movie at home?
By Jeva Lange Published
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The housing crisis is hereThe Explainer As the pandemic takes its toll, renters face eviction even as buyers are bidding higher
By The Week Staff Published
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Where will America's new remote workers live?The Explainer You can move anywhere you'd like. Do you relocate to a ski resort or closer to family?
By Bonnie Kristian Published
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Social workers are masters at de-escalation. Here's what the police can learn from them.The Explainer Knowing how to peacefully resolve conflict, rather than exacerbate it, can save lives
By Tonya Russell Published
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Tenet is just a pawn in a much bigger game
The Explainer Christopher Nolan's blockbuster is about the future of Hollywood now
By Jeva Lange Published
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Settling in for the long pandemicThe Explainer Life won't be back to "normal" anytime soon
By Jeva Lange Published
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Sports reveal how much America is trailing the rest of the worldThe Explainer MLS and other American leagues are stumbling through their pandemic restart plans
By Jeva Lange Published
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Nobody knows how bad this coronavirus surge isThe Explainer To make good policy, we need to know what's actually happening
By Noah Millman Published
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The Election Day nightmare scenariosThe Explainer If the presidential election is close, chaos is likely to result. There might not even be a declared winner.
By The Week Staff Published
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How to be an ally to marginalized coworkersThe Explainer Show up for your colleagues by showing that you see them and their struggles
By Tonya Russell Published
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Athlete A and the tragedy of women in sportsThe Explainer The new documentary about the Larry Nassar abuse scandal only scratches the surface of a systemic failure
By Jeva Lange Published
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Justice Gorsuch fires a torpedo at Trump's re-electionThe Explainer The president now has a social conservative problem
By Damon Linker Published
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