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Improving public transit makes it easier for people to stay healthy

A new study found improving public transportation makes it easier for people to make it to their doctor appointments.

Oklahoma will not execute Julius Jones, but the outcome should still trouble you

Jones will remain in prison for life, and the state has yet to reckon with its history of horrific lethal injections.

Yes, plant-based meat is better for the planet

The environmental debate over meatless meat, explained.

C’mon C’mon tries, just a little, to stop time

Mike Mills’s latest film captures our past, our future, and our fleeting present.

The intertwined legacies of Jonathan Larson and Lin-Manuel Miranda

Jonathan Larson did Lin-Manuel Miranda the favor of making him fall in love with musicals. With Tick, Tick … Boom!, Miranda repays his debt.

What Beto O’Rourke has to overcome in Texas

Democrats’ record — and his own.

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A guide to the must-read 2021 National Book Award winners and finalists

Why Rep. Paul Gosar’s censure matters

Apple will finally let you fix your own devices — sort of

One of the billionaire scientists behind the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on what’s next

Why Biden is struggling to revive the US refugee program

Facebook’s freaky new glove

How technology has inspired neuroscientists to reimagine the brain

Procession is a doc about the Catholic sex abuse scandal. Its approach is wholly unexpected.

Prestige book season has arrived. Here are 11 titles not to miss.

Netflix is finally going to reveal how much time people spend watching its shows and movies

The space debris problem is getting dangerous

One Good Thing: The 1970s children’s book that envisions an America overrun by trash

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The architecture trend dividing London’s elites

States have the power to make or break the infrastructure law

The infrastructure law aims to clean up pollution in your community

The bipartisan infrastructure law is both historic and not nearly enough

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Democrats are set to leave immigrants in the lurch again

The four F’s of trauma response and the four Roy kids of Succession

Why Belarus is using migrants as a political weapon

The best $15.79 I ever spent: My last terrible diet book

What one American’s case says about the future of the courts in Hong Kong

What Steve Bannon’s indictment means for Trump’s stonewalling tactics

What the world did and didn’t accomplish at COP26

How a simple solution slashed child mortality in rural Kenyan villages

Britney Spears is finally free

How Taylor Swift’s 10-minute “All Too Well” surpasses her original

Hating work is having a moment

Animals need infrastructure, too

Yellowjackets brilliantly mixes teen angst and cannibalism — with major Lost vibes

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