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“King-Lee Day” and other ways states bend MLK’s legacy

How can some places use the federal holiday to honor "human rights" and Confederate generals — and not the civil rights leader?

By Michael Waters

The lost neighborhood under New York’s Central Park

A historically black village’s destruction made way for Central Park’s creation.

By Ranjani Chakraborty

How Lunar New Year became a shopping holiday for Western brands

Gucci, Nike, and Sephora have released new merchandise for the Year of the Rat.

By Terry Nguyen

TikTok is full of Sephora and Chipotle employees spilling secrets. That can get complicated.

Employees and former employees are the best brand ambassadors money can’t buy, but companies aren’t partnering with them.

By Deanna Patrice Jhaveri

Is rationality overrated?

Sometimes, it’s better to be reasonable.

By Sigal Samuel

What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate

Gamergate should have armed us against bad actors and bad-faith arguments. It didn’t.

By Aja Romano

Democrats should talk about child care costs in a broader way

Many parents have jobs, not careers — but the issue matters to everyone.

By Matthew Yglesias

Is the president’s abuse of power an impeachable offense?

Trump’s allies don’t think so — even though abuse of power was the first article of impeachment.

By Catherine Kim

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The 100 year fight for equal rights

Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment this week. Now, Congress is the only thing standing between the 28th amendment and the Constitution of the United States.

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The existential lure of astrology

By Nayomi Reghay January 20

More than half the world’s millennials fear a nuclear attack this decade

By Alex Ward January 20

Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: What we know and don’t know

By Julia Belluz January 20

What we know about a shooting, stabbing, and fire in Honolulu, Hawaii

By Sean Collins January 19

New anti-government protests in Beirut leave more than 300 injured

By Catherine Kim January 19

House impeachment managers: Trump poses an “immediate threat to the nation and the rule of law”

By Catherine Kim January 19

Impeachment, explained

By Matthew Yglesias and Andrew Prokop December 18, 2019

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are giving up their “royal highness” titles

By Terry Nguyen January 18

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7 questions about Harry and Meghan’s royal shake-up, answered

By Terry Nguyen January 18

The Trump administration wants to weaken Obama’s school lunch rules. Again.

By Catherine Kim January 18

The National Archives edited a Women’s March picture to be less critical of Trump

By Catherine Kim January 18

New evidence shows a Nunes aide in close conversation with Parnas

By Catherine Kim January 18

“Flood the zone with shit”: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy

By Sean Illing January 18

The children’s librarian who hated Goodnight Moon

By Constance Grady January 18

Spotify may buy The Ringer. Here’s why that makes sense.

By Peter Kafka January 17

Coping with war and crisis through memes

By Aja Romano January 17

The next Democratic debate will take place right before the New Hampshire primary

By Li Zhou and Cameron Peters January 17

Mike Bloomberg throws shade at Joe Biden as a looming “lame duck”

By Theodore Schleifer January 17

21 kids sued the government over climate change. A federal court dismissed the case.

By Umair Irfan January 17

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The YouTubers are freaked

YouTube is finally being forced to follow a decades-old rule that protects kids’ privacy online. What does this mean for content creators?

GOP Sen. Martha McSally’s attack on a CNN reporter was an embrace of Trumpism

By Aaron Rupar January 17

The coming Supreme Court showdown over birth control

By Ian Millhiser January 17

The Virginia gun rights rally raising fears of violence, explained

By Jane Coaston January 17

Things can get “really bad, really quickly” when a 24-year-old runs a company

By Shirin Ghaffary January 17

When Pinterest users started searching for vaccines, CEO Ben Silbermann pulled all medical information from the platform

By Devin Nadi January 17

Amazon’s Ring blamed hacks on consumers reusing their passwords. A lawsuit says that’s not true.

By Rani Molla January 17

Eminem’s new song “Darkness” tries to enter the mind of the Las Vegas shooter

By Aja Romano January 17

11 US troops were injured in Iran’s attack. It shows how close we came to war.

By Alex Ward January 17

The Women’s Marches are shrinking. Their influence isn’t.

By Anna North January 17

The bias against female presidential candidates is real

By Sean Illing January 17

Mike Bloomberg’s ad strategy is kind of working

By Emily Stewart January 17

Netflix’s The Goop Lab pushes flimsy wellness trends. But it’s strong on vulvas.

By Julia Belluz and Brian Resnick January 17

Yes, the UK media’s coverage of Meghan Markle really is racist

By Maya Goodfellow January 17

9 questions about Trump’s impeachment trial you were too embarrassed to ask

By Andrew Prokop January 17

Trump’s prayer event began with an inaccurate 2016 election map and ended with a rage-tweet

By Aaron Rupar January 17

“Privacy shouldn’t be a luxury”: Advocates want Google to do more to secure cheap Android phones

By Sara Morrison January 17

Why Australia’s fires are linked to floods in Africa

By Danush Parvaneh, Madeline Marshall, and 1 other January 17

The controversy over New York’s bail reform law, explained

By Roxanna Asgarian January 17

Trump judge lashes out at a transgender litigant in a surprisingly cruel opinion

By Ian Millhiser January 17

Politics & Policy

The Netherlands has universal health insurance — and it’s all private

How the Dutch harnessed the market to cover everybody.

By Dylan Scott January 17