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Is ignoring the pandemic a crime against humanity?

Brazilian lawmakers may try to make the case, though experts are skeptical of how far it could go.

By Jen Kirby

Wall Street doesn’t care about the Facebook leaks. Mark Zuckerberg does.

Facebook’s numbers are doing fine for now — but not its reputation.

By Shirin Ghaffary

A contrarian take on the disinformation panic

Joe Bernstein on what we know — and don’t know — about disinformation.

By Sean Illing

What happens when your favorite thing goes viral?

A 2002 song by the Mountain Goats about a doomed divorce is suddenly big on TikTok. Why?

By Rebecca Jennings

Scream broke all the rules of horror — then rewrote them forever

Scream turns 25 this year. Here’s how it permanently changed horror movies.

By Aja Romano

The “ghost stores” of Instagram

That cute dress you bought off Instagram could be found on Shein, AliExpress, or Amazon for much cheaper.

By Terry Nguyen

House isn’t selling? Blame the ghosts.

Realtor? Check. Appraiser? Check. Ghostbuster? Check.

By Jerusalem Demsas

Why your credit card company wants to give you crypto

Mastercard credit card holders can soon be rewarded with bitcoin. Huh?

By Rebecca Heilweil

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Ruthless County, Tennessee

For 11 years, a Tennessee judge sent kids to jail for a crime that doesn’t exist. Nashville Public Radio’s Meribah Knight explains why that judge is still in charge of “juvenile justice.”

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From the first morbid films a hundred years ago, scary movies always been a dark mirror on Americans’ deepest fears and anxieties.

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How biological detective work can reveal who engineered a virus

By Kelsey Piper October 24

Pfizer’s clinical data puts the US one step closer to a Covid-19 vaccine for younger kids

By Ellen Ioanes October 23

What Dave Chappelle gets wrong about trans people and comedy

By Aja Romano October 23

Who should get a Covid-19 booster shot right now?

By Dylan Scott October 23

The French Dispatch is peak Wes Anderson. I wish I loved it.

By Alissa Wilkinson October 22

The Supreme Court’s very unusual new abortion orders, explained

By Ian Millhiser October 22

What Democrats are still fighting over in the budget bill

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How you’ll know when Covid-19 has gone from “pandemic” to “endemic”

By Sigal Samuel October 22

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The future of vaccine mandates will likely come down to Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett

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The Most Dangerous Branch: A well-regulated militia

With six conservative judges on the bench this term, the Supreme Court could rule in favor of the most sweeping gun rights laws yet.

MLMs might not be able to get away with their shady promises much longer

By Emily Stewart October 22

The fate of the planet will be negotiated in Glasgow

By Umair Irfan October 22

Poaching is altering the genetics of wild animals

By Benji Jones October 21

Remote work is bringing the city to the suburbs

By Rani Molla October 21

How New York overengineered its million-dollar vaccine passport

By Rebecca Heilweil October 21

Why Fannie Lou Hamer’s definition of “freedom” still matters

By Jamil Smith October 21

It’s time for Americans to buy less stuff

By Terry Nguyen October 21

Democrats’ winnowing health care ambitions

By Dylan Scott October 21

Democrats are setting up social policies for painful cliffs

By Li Zhou October 20

Facebook’s name change plan reflects its real priorities

By Shirin Ghaffary October 20

Dave Chappelle vs. trans people vs. Netflix

By Aja Romano October 20

The Freedom to Vote Act is almost certainly doomed

By Fabiola Cineas October 20

Bitcoin’s big day on Wall Street

By Adam Clark Estes October 20

The animals that may exist in a million years, imagined by biologists

By Mandy Nguyen October 20

The Supreme Court floats a startling expansion to police immunity from the law

By Ian Millhiser October 20

When can we start enjoying nightlife again?

By Alex Abad-Santos October 20

19 must-see movies from the fall film festivals

By Alissa Wilkinson October 19

What’s the deal with fictional influencers?

By Rebecca Jennings October 19

One Good Thing: A YouTube decluttering channel that made my sister and me quit screaming

By Athena Frost October 19

Texas’s anti-abortion law is back at SCOTUS. Here’s what’s different this time around.

By Ian Millhiser October 19

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