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What the hysteria over critical race theory is really all about

It’s an attempt to push back against social progress.

By Fabiola Cineas

The new Alzheimer’s drug is the first of its kind. Will it be the last?

The FDA’s controversial approval of a Biogen drug for Alzheimer’s disease could blunt future R&D, experts warn.

By Dylan Scott

BuzzFeed grew up. Now it’s going public.

BuzzFeed is smaller than it thought it was going to be but it thinks it’s big enough to sell shares to the public this fall.

By Peter Kafka

Britney Spears wasn’t wrong to think people would mock her for telling the truth

How we all failed Britney Spears.

By Constance Grady

The big job exodus might not be all it’s cracked up to be

Workers are quitting their jobs. But are they getting better ones?

By Anna North

Biden’s biggest anti-poverty plan is about to launch. He can make it even better.

The expanded child tax credit should be easy to get — and permanent.

By Dylan Matthews

The Supreme Court decides not to light the housing market on fire

SCOTUS is forced to clean up a $124 billion mess of its own making.

By Ian Millhiser

Google’s plan to get rid of cookies isn’t going well

Chrome’s third-party cookie ban has been delayed for another year.

By Sara Morrison

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Catholic bishops want to deny President Biden communion, even though Pope Francis thinks that's a terrible idea. The Atlantic's Emma Green explains.

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