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What happened the last time high gas prices dominated US politics

High gas prices are perilous, but not necessarily fatal, for Biden and Democrats.

Where teen influencers go to become actors

Brat TV, a small Hollywood studio, wants to be the middle ground between Netflix and TikTok.

Why the US scrapped Polish plans to give Ukraine fighter jets

NATO countries are weighing military assistance to Ukraine carefully.

The Stop Asian Hate movement is at a crossroads

In the year since the Atlanta shootings, the Stop Asian Hate movement dramatically changed awareness of anti-Asian racism. Where does it go from here?

The intricate literary layers of Drive My Car

How the Best Picture nominee digs into Murakami and Chekhov.

Can TV take down the cult of the tech founder?

The Dropout, Super Pumped, and WeCrashed try to break up our love affair with tech founders. They don’t totally succeed.

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The best $4.99 I ever spent: A six-pack after my father’s funeral

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The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine’s cities

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The dangerous new phase of Russia’s war in Ukraine, explained

“My children love being Texans”: A father of a trans teen weighs whether his family can stay

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Russia continues its online censorship spree by blocking Instagram

Have we ceased to understand the world?

What’s in Congress’s $1.5 trillion appropriations bill

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Inheriting bitcoin is harder than it sounds

“The alarmists were right all along”: A Moscow journalist on Putin and the new Russian reality

Can Russian oligarchs influence Putin’s war?

Congress wants to economically isolate Russia even more

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Scientists are investigating how to treat pain in babies who can’t tell you when it hurts.

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