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What People in the Room and Outside It Are Now Saying About Trump’s “S---hole Countries” Remark

It’s Small, Brazen Acts Like This One That Will Move the Sexual Harassment Fight in the Right Direction

Vikings Beat Saints on Insane Final-Play TD, First in Playoff History

Cranberries Lead Singer Dolores O’Riordan Dies at Age 46

Interrogation

Enough With the Palace Intrigue

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GOP Majority Leader Had Staffer Pick Out Red, Pink Starbursts for Trump, Since They’re His Favorites

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Hawaii Missile Scare Reactions: “This Is How You’re Going to Die—in a Place That’s a Paradise”

Four Ways We’ve Distorted the History of the Civil Rights Movement

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Democrats Can Win Back Some Trump Voters in the Midwest

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White House Says Trump, Putin Discussed Letting Russian “Investigators” Question Americans Involved in Sanctions

Calling Trump “Treasonous” Only Makes Him Stronger

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Democrats Have a New Midterms Slogan. Why?

Senate Republicans’ Primary Hot Streak Could Be in Trouble in Arizona

Business

Metropolis

July 19 2018 11:24 AM Give the Curb Your Enthusiasm The American city is wasting valuable real estate on parked cars. Henry Grabar

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Flubbed a Question About Unemployment. So?

Netflix Can Either Become the Dominant Media Monopoly of the 21st Century or Go Bust

The White House Says America Has Defeated Poverty. That’s Absurd.

All the Problems With WeWork’s Tyrannical New “No Meat” Policy

Kylie Jenner Isn’t a Billionaire but Isn’t Not a Billionaire Because “Billionaire” Has Lost All Meaning

Congress Might Actually Create a Tax Break for Gym Memberships

It Is Totally Fine to Slap a Car While Biking

Life

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Hollywood’s Official Response to #MeToo Is Off to a Rocky Start

A Close Look at the Many Times We’ve Anointed “The Year of the Woman” Before

The Best, Most Searing Writing on Sexual Harassment This Year

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Democrats Should Follow the Doug Jones Playbook on Abortion Rights

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Arts

Brow Beat

April 26 2018 5:50 PM A Complete List of the Women Who Have Accused Bill Cosby of Sexual Assault Filipa Ioannou, Ben Mathis-Lilley, Elliot Hannon, and Lena Wilson

Eliza Dushku’s Agent and On-Set Legal Guardian Both Back Her Account of Sexual Assault

SNL’s Steve Bannon Finally Takes off His Grim Reaper Mask and He Looks a Lot Like Bill Murray

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Mark Wahlberg Donates His All the Money in the World Reshoot Money to Time’s Up

Eliza Dushku Accuses Stunt Coordinator Joel Kramer of Sexually Assaulting Her When She Was 12

Ashley Judd Thinks James Franco’s Response to Allegations Against Him Has Been “Terrific”

Why Academy Voters Shouldn’t Overlook Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya

Technology

Science

July 19 2018 12:21 PM FEMA Isn’t Ready for Hurricane Season to Start Its performance in 2017 was disastrous. Don’t expect much more in 2018. Emily Atkin

Digital Sales Are Transforming Business Within Prisons

Credit Card Signatures Were Supposed to End. I’m Kind of Glad They Haven’t.

About Those Warnings of a “Crippling Cyberattack on Our Critical Infrastructure”

If Facebook Won’t Ban “Misinformed” Holocaust Deniers, It Doesn’t Understand Hate

Facebook Announces New Policy Banning Misinformation That Leads to Violence

The Macedonian Fake News Racket Was Sketchier—Maybe a Lot Sketchier—Than We Initially Thought

Health & Science

Science

Jan. 12 2018 5:09 PM Did Ryan Zinke Give Florida an Offshore Drilling Exemption Because of Mar-a-Lago? Everything Zinke says to justify Florida’s exemption applies to every other coastal state. Except one thing. Neel V. Patel

Facebook’s Revamp Is Also an Effort to Fight Fake News. Will It Work?

It’s Surprisingly Easy to Lose a Satellite, Even One Worth Millions

Is Watching the News Actually Bad for Your Health?

How Oprah Winfrey Helped Create Our Irrational, Pseudoscientific American Fantasyland

What Doctors Suggest You Do About the Flu This Winter

Will Puerto Rico’s Official Death Count From Maria Ever Be Accurate?

Sports

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Nov. 17 2017 5:30 PM The Boston Celtics Are Athlete’s Foot Can they annoy their way to an NBA title? Nick Greene

Divisions Are Ruining College Football, and There’s Nothing We Can Do About It

NFL Coaches Are Making Better Fourth-Down Decisions. They Still Have a Long Way to Go.

What the Orlando Magic Tell Us About the NBA’s Crazy Start

The World’s Best Three-on-Three Basketball Player Is a Serbian Nicknamed Mr. Bullutproof

The Houston Astros’ Players Are Easy to Love. Their Front Office Is Not.

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