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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, feminist icon, dies at 87

The Supreme Court justice was a trailblazer for American women.

By Anna North

“The slight figure alone at the big table”: The enduring image of RBG

The Supreme Court justice was a brilliant legal mind. The way she presented herself was important, too.

By Eliza Brooke

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy, and the future of the Supreme Court, explained

Ginsburg’s death places her entire legacy in danger.

By Ian Millhiser

What we know about a possible Senate vote to replace Justice Ginsburg

Here’s what key Republican senators have said, and how the timeline could play out.

By Andrew Prokop

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death is a tragedy. The Supreme Court’s rules made it a political crisis.

How to lower the stakes on Supreme Court vacancies.

By Ezra Klein

The one thing Democrats can do to stop Trump from replacing Justice Ginsburg

Court-packing may be the only solution.

By Ian Millhiser

Trump’s shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees, explained

Trump wants to remind loyalists that, if he wins in November, they’ll get more judges who will enact Republican policy.

By Ian Millhiser

What a SCOTUS vacancy means for Obamacare

Is the Affordable Care Act doomed without Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Not quite.

By Dylan Scott

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Class of Covid-19

Colleges reopened. Outbreaks followed. Robert J. Jones, chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, explains why he still thinks bringing students back was the right decision.

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Joe Biden thinks whoever is sworn in this January should pick Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement

By Ella Nilsen

McConnell says he’ll make sure Trump’s replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg gets a vote

By Li Zhou and Ella Nilsen

“This is an opportunity”: Fox News reacts to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death

By Sean Collins

Two movies that celebrate Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Alissa Wilkinson

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How to vote by mail in 2020

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Religious leaders are becoming content creators to keep their followers engaged

By Rebecca Heilweil
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“Reopening” isn’t enough to save bars and restaurants — the US needs a bailout

By Matthew Yglesias

CDC reverses guidelines, telling people to get tested for Covid-19 even without symptoms

By German Lopez

The outcry over ICE and hysterectomies, explained

By Nicole Narea

A living rain: How one planetary scientist imagines life on Venus

By Brian Resnick

Trump’s dark National Archives speech was white resentment run amok

By Aaron Rupar

Joe Biden’s latest pandemic plan: At least $3,000 in cash to parents for every child

By Dylan Matthews

One Good Thing: No TV show understands the horror of middle school better than PEN15

By Allegra Frank

A progressive vision to make America great

By Ezra Klein

The bogus Steve Bannon-backed study claiming China created the coronavirus, explained

By Alex Ward

What to watch this weekend, on all your favorite streaming platforms

By Alissa Wilkinson

Conservative media is setting the stage for delegitimizing a Biden victory

By Zack Beauchamp

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Ezra and Matt discuss the early days of blogging, Twitter, climate change, and Matt's case for having 1 billion Americans.

Why the number of people getting tested for Covid-19 has dropped in the US

By German Lopez

Trump moves to shut down WeChat in the US. But TikTok will live until after the election.

By Peter Kafka

The state of ex-felons’ voting rights, explained

By German Lopez

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This might be your most important flu shot ever

By Katherine Harmon Courage

The pandemic forced mental health care to change for the better

By Brian Resnick

The new Covid-19 case surge in Europe, explained

By Julia Belluz

“They didn’t see me as innocent”

Can you remember your first experience with the police? For these 9 Black and brown people, the encounters would shape their sense of safety forever.

By Kiana Moore

Chief Justice Roberts’s lifelong crusade against voting rights, explained

By Ian Millhiser

How #SaveTheChildren is pulling American moms into QAnon

By Anna North

How the pandemic is affecting liquor stores, according to one shop owner

By Luke Winkie

Want to vote in 2020? Do it early.

By Jen Kirby
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What long voting lines in the US really mean

By Madeline Marshall and Melissa Hirsch

What wildfires in Brazil, Siberia, and the US West have in common

By Lili Pike

Trump says US Covid-19 deaths would be low if you excluded blue states. That’s wrong.

By German Lopez

The stunning hypocrisy of Bill Barr

By Andrew Prokop

A woman in ICE detention says her fallopian tube was removed without her consent

By Nicole Narea

Former model Amy Dorris says Donald Trump sexually assaulted her

By Li Zhou

The policing reforms in the Breonna Taylor settlement, explained

By Fabiola Cineas

Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money.

By Sigal Samuel

America needs a democratic revolution

By Matthew Yglesias