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Why restaurants are open and schools are closed

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A guide to the must-read 2020 National Book Award finalists and winners

From Black church ladies to undocumented immigrants, here’s what this year’s shortlist looked like.

The 4 potential candidates to lead Biden’s Department of Homeland Security, briefly explained

Whoever Biden picks will inherit an agency in dire need of reform.

The joy and uneasiness of an empty museum

With tourists nowhere to be found, this is the eerie new reality of New York’s cultural institutions.

Big electric trucks and buses are coming. Here’s how to speed up the transition.

Financing, policy, and private sector tools can fund vehicle costs and new charging infrastructure.

America’s out-of-control Covid-19 surge, explained in 600 words

Coronavirus is surging in the US, and the holidays stand to make it worse.

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Covid-19 is surging across the United States, just in time for cold weather and major holidays. North Dakota is doing particularly badly. Vermont may offer hope.

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A guide to Steve McQueen’s Small Axe, the greatest film series you’ll see this year

Why the new PlayStation and Xbox are such a big deal

Wonder Woman 1984 will debut on HBO Max this Christmas

A federal court just blocked the Trump administration from expelling unaccompanied migrant children

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The 126-year fight to change Mississippi’s Confederate flag

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Was this famous war photo staged? Errol Morris explains.

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Vox poll: 73 percent of Republican voters are questioning Biden’s victory

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How bad is your state’s Covid-19 outbreak?

The disturbing GOP attempt to block certification of Biden’s Michigan win, explained

A DHS agency said America’s elections were secure. So Trump fired its leader.

The FAA says Boeing can fly 737 Max jets again

States and cities are imposing curfews to slow down Covid-19. Will they work?

Meet the voters who switched parties in 2020

Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine just came a little closer to emergency approval

Lindsey Graham’s controversial call with Georgia’s secretary of state, explained

How brunch became political

The case for a Native American secretary of the interior 

The next Covid-19 superspreading event: Thanksgiving

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Georgia on my mind

Ella Nilsen joins Dara and Matt to break down the runoff elections that will determine the future of the US Senate

Conspiracy theories, explained

Americans are embracing dangerous conspiratorial beliefs, from QAnon to coronavirus denial.

Plight at the Museum

The Please Touch Museum and children’s museums everywhere wonder: What now?

Why Trump and McConnell are trying — and failing — to push through Fed pick Judy Shelton

Trump’s just-announced troop drawdown from Afghanistan and Iraq, explained

Why we need policies to reduce meat consumption now

Why every state should adopt a mask mandate, in 4 charts

How long can Trump keep disputing the election results?

New Democratic sheriffs in Georgia and South Carolina have vowed to cut ties with ICE

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers quit en masse. One explains why.

Biden could do a lot to fight factory farming even without Congress

How the pandemic could change traditional Thanksgiving

The 3 elements of Trump’s foreign policy Biden should keep

What Biden could do to expand health coverage — without Congress

What likely voters want to see in a Biden Cabinet

Why Trump taking credit for the Covid-19 vaccines could be a good thing

A taxonomy of Gen Z selfie poses

The ethics of deliberately infecting volunteers with Covid-19 to test vaccines

The Supreme Court will hear a new attack on unions. The implications are profound.

Inside the behind-the-scenes fight to convince Joe Biden about Silicon Valley