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Israel beat Iran — for now

Iran’s Saturday attack on Israel was a military failure. But things could still get a lot worse.

How should I plan for retirement when the future is so uncertain?

Plus, how to think about building your legacy.

Every year, tuberculosis kills over a million people. Can a new vaccine turn the tide?

For the last 100 years, we’ve only had one TB vaccine — and it leaves a lot to be desired.

Don’t sneer at white rural voters — or delude yourself about their politics

What the debate over "white rural rage" misses.

“Civil War” has little to say about America — but a lot to say about war

You might think a movie about a second American civil war would be a thinly veiled Trump story. It’s not — and it’s better for it.

Why it’s so hard to feel “enough” — and what to do about it

Our obsession with self-improvement is making us miserable.

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America at war, now in theaters

The new movie Civil War delivers a sensational story about political polarization spilling into mass violence. If that seems reckless, it’s what apocalyptic films have done forever. The LA Times’s Mark Olsen and Northeastern University’s Nathan Blake explain.

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Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, explained

A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

College enrollment is up. The financial aid mess could bring it crashing down.

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Abortion and the erosion of privacy

Do Americans still have a right to privacy?

The Vatican’s new statement on trans rights undercuts its attempts at inclusion

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X-Men ’97 is Marvel’s best argument for an X-Men animated feature

America is full of abandoned malls. What if we turned them into housing?

Language doesn’t perfectly describe consciousness. Can math?

The rise of the scammy car loan

How one city pulled public transit from the brink — and what the rest of the country can learn from it

Are young voters really embracing Donald Trump?

How 2,000 elderly Swiss women won a landmark climate case

Arizona’s ban spotlights the fraudulence of Trump’s “moderation” on abortion

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The Michigan school shooter’s parents face precedent-setting sentences

The Supreme Court will decide if states can ban lifesaving abortions

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