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Ai Weiwei on the global refugee crisis, the Chinese movie industry, and his new film

Why China’s best-known artist — and director of the acclaimed 2017 film Human Flow — returned to the subject of migration for The Rest.

Democrats and the White House strike a budget and debt ceiling deal

They’re on a very tight timeline to pass a budget bill.

A new reason to worry about Huawei: It’s been building North Korea’s wireless networks

US officials have long been concerned about the Chinese telecom giant.

Al Franken needs to stop comparing his resignation to death

He and his defenders are missing the point on #MeToo.

As Hong Kong protests continue, mob violence against demonstrators casts a shadow

Pro-democracy activists are accusing the police of being slow to respond to a train station attack.

Who should get the HPV vaccine? The recommendations keep changing.

The HPV vaccine is now recommended for some people as old as 45.

Delivery workers are being cheated out of tips by their own companies. This isn’t new.

DoorDash and other companies provoked public outcry months ago, but haven’t necessarily changed their practices.

Arkansas is the latest state to ban calling veggie burgers “veggie burgers”

A new law bans those phrases, and others, on packaging in Arkansas. Tofurky and the ACLU are suing.