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Democrats are setting up social policies for painful cliffs
They’re banking on the popularity of social programs to keep them from expiring.
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Facebook’s name change plan reflects its real priorities
Political scrutiny isn’t stopping Mark Zuckerberg from building the metaverse.
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Democrats’ winnowing health care ambitions
Fixing Obamacare is near the top of Democrats’ health care priorities, but other proposals may have to be cut.
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Why Fannie Lou Hamer’s definition of “freedom” still matters
Revisiting the lesson of an activist and former sharecropper: "You are not free whether you are white or black, until I am free."
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Dave Chappelle vs. trans people vs. Netflix
Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, The Closer, may be a tipping point for trans people.
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The animals that may exist in a million years, imagined by biologists
Fully aquatic whale-rats. Praying mantises the size of dogs. Scientists imagine the future evolution of life on Earth.
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It’s time for Americans to buy less stuff
Thanks to the supply chain crisis, holiday shopping won’t be easy this year — even if you buy early.
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The Supreme Court floats a startling expansion to police immunity from the law
A new opinion suggests that "qualified immunity" could become much closer to absolute immunity from lawsuits.
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