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Christine Blasey Ford wants an FBI investigation before she’ll testify about Kavanaugh

The question is whether Senate Republicans will agree to Ford’s request.

By Ella Nilsen

What’s next for #MeToo? The McDonald’s strikes have an answer.

Workers walked out of McDonald’s restaurants to protest sexual harassment.

By Alex Press

How fascism works

A Yale philosopher on fascism, truth, and Donald Trump.

By Sean Illing

New UN report documents evidence of mass atrocities in Myanmar against the Rohingya

Investigators interviewed hundreds of witnesses who confirmed indiscriminate shootings, executions, sexual violence, and the destruction of villages.

By Jen Kirby

Dating apps like Tinder and Bumble are free. But people say paying for them is worth the money.

Even though they might not get you any closer to a relationship.

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Democrats should worry about all their close special election losses

Democrats can’t rest on moral victories in the 2018 midterms.

By Dylan Scott

Every known human culture has had its own music

We examine what makes music so universal in this week’s episode of Explained.

By Lexie Schapitl

How cauliflower took over your pizza, your kitchen, and the world

How does a food become a trend? Ask cauliflower.

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