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HBO’s My Brilliant Friend adaptation is a knockout

By Todd VanDerWerff

How the media should respond to Trump’s lies

By Sean Illing

The darker side of Stan Lee’s legacy

By Alex Abad-Santos

Does cutting carbs really help keep weight off? The big new diet study, explained.

By Julia Belluz

Elite library sorters race to process books in cutthroat competition

By Constance Grady

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald feels like a giant prologue for some other movie

By Aja Romano

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’s bonkers plot twist, explained

By Aja Romano

How Trump’s favored midterm candidates performed

By Jane Coaston

Facebook has been accused of peddling anti-Semitic conspiracy theories to promote its brand

By Tara Isabella Burton

Jonathan Franzen’s new essay collection is a bird-obsessed, condescending mess

By Constance Grady

The author of The Princess Bride shaped pop culture as few screenwriters have

By Aja Romano

Climate change policy can be overwhelming. Here’s a guide to the ideas that work.

By David Roberts

Northern California now has the worst air quality in the world, thanks to wildfire smoke

By Brian Resnick

What the reported charges against Julian Assange may — and may not — mean

By Andrew Prokop

Cam has the brilliant audacity to argue that the internet isn’t about connecting people

By Aja Romano

Bohemian Rhapsody loves Freddie Mercury’s voice. It fears his queerness.

By Aja Romano

What’s going on with Brexit, explained in under 500 words

By Zack Beauchamp

“Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult”: GOP senator on college students voting

By Emily Stewart

Netflix’s The Princess Switch is the best kind of dumb, cozy Christmas movie

By Constance Grady

What Machiavelli can teach us about Trump and the decline of liberal democracy

By Sean Illing

The world just redefined the kilogram

By Brian Resnick

Florida’s high-stakes recounts for governor and Senate, explained

By Tara Golshan

Trump’s fake tax cuts are dead

By Emily Stewart

Facebook won’t fix itself

By Emily Stewart

A new study further undermines the myth of the “savage” Neanderthal

By Brian Resnick

A MAGA outlet just published a piece blaming Trump for the GOP midterm loss

By Zack Beauchamp

The FDA cracks down on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars

By Julia Belluz

Sigrid Nunez wins the 2018 National Book Award for The Friend

By Constance Grady

Watch a 2-year-old solve one of philosophy’s most famous moral dilemmas

By Zack Beauchamp

Florida judge sides with Democrats, giving thousands a second chance to fix their ballots

By Stavros Agorakis

We read all 25 National Book Award finalists for 2018. Here’s what we thought. 

By Constance Grady, Todd VanDerWerff, and 17 others

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is already pressuring Nancy Pelosi on climate change

By David Roberts

Ousted House Republican: Trump will make it almost impossible to win back the House

By Tara Golshan

The 2018 midterm races that still aren’t over

By Emily Stewart

Marijuana legalization, explained

More states and countries are legalizing marijuana. Here’s what you need to know.

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Police shootings and brutality in the US: 9 things you should know

Racial disparities in American policing are under heightened scrutiny. Here’s what you need to know.

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Transgender people: 10 common myths

As transgender issues get more attention, pernicious myths remain. Here’s what you should know.

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Kevin McCarthy finally gets to be the top House Republican — but in the minority

By Tara Golshan

House Republicans have a new messenger: Liz Cheney

By Tara Golshan

Donald Trump left out Hindus when tweeting about a mainly Hindu holiday 

By Tara Isabella Burton

Watch: Every Stan Lee cameo from every single Marvel movie he appeared in

By Alex Abad-Santos

Hillary Clinton’s press secretary on why beating Trump in 2020 is harder than you think

By Zack Beauchamp
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