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The Rod Blagojevich scandal and Trump’s commutation of his sentence, explained

Why the former Illinois governor is in prison — and why Trump just granted him clemency.

By Andrew Prokop

How Democrats can negate the GOP’s “asshole advantage,” according to Dan Pfeiffer

"The Republican path to power is to surf a wave of cynicism because they know their base will turn out."

By Emily Stewart

America’s monopoly problem, explained by your internet bill

We should be asking the government and corporate America how we got here. Instead, we just keep handing over our money.

By Emily Stewart

Trump’s call for Roger Stone to receive a new trial, briefly explained

The president’s latest tweets about the Stone case show he’s completely ignored Bill Barr’s advice.

By Aaron Rupar

Why the world’s third-largest economy is still betting on coal

Japan is pushing ahead with a fuel source that’s exacerbating climate change.

By Umair Irfan

6 myths about the history of Black people in America

Six historians weigh in on the biggest misconceptions about black history, including the Tuskegee experiment and enslaved people’s finances.

By Jessica Machado and Karen Turner

These 2 questions will determine if the coronavirus becomes a deadly pandemic

We still don’t have firm answers to the most important questions about this virus.

By Julia Belluz

1 in 4 rural hospitals is vulnerable to closure, a new report finds

The crisis for America’s rural hospitals is getting a lot worse.

By Dylan Scott

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Why Congress and the Pentagon are tussling over US troops in West Africa

By Alex Ward February 18

Ring is finally requiring a basic security feature to help prevent hacks

By Sara Morrison February 18

Walmart paid Wall Street investors $12 billion last year to keep them happy. Amazon paid $0.

By Jason Del Rey February 18

Ta-Nehisi Coates on why political power isn’t enough for the right

By Ezra Klein February 18

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Why algorithms can be racist and sexist

By Rebecca Heilweil February 18

The best argument for each of the 2020 Democratic frontrunners

By Matthew Yglesias, Ezra Klein, and 3 others February 18

Poll: Mike Bloomberg is now in second place in the Democratic primary

By Sean Collins February 18

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How Democrats can talk about race and win

By Roge Karma February 18

Why liberals are bad at politics

By Sean Illing February 18

The best $500 I ever spent: My autism diagnosis

By Sarah Kurchak February 18

Mike Bloomberg and his billions are what Democrats need to beat Trump

By Emily Stewart February 18

The coronavirus cruise ship quarantine is a scary public health experiment

By Julia Belluz February 18

Jeff Bezos just made one of the largest charitable gifts ever

By Theodore Schleifer February 17

The radical moral implications of luck in human life

By David Roberts February 17

The unfair pressure for Birds of Prey to be a great feminist superhero movie

By Alex Abad-Santos February 17

I reported through a mass shooting at my own newspaper. Now I’m taking a buyout.

By Joshua McKerrow February 17

Pete Buttigieg replies to Rush Limbaugh’s homophobic comments: “I love my husband”

By Zeeshan Aleem February 16

More than 1,100 former DOJ officials say Attorney General Bill Barr must resign

By Zeeshan Aleem February 16

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Pornhub’s content moderation problem

A company called GirlsDoPorn uploaded videos to Pornhub and other sites without the consent of the women in them. VICE’s Samantha Cole explains why these videos are still all over the internet.

Biden says Sanders’s response to his supporters’ online attacks is not “sufficient”

By Zeeshan Aleem February 16

Why there aren’t more polls about the Nevada caucuses

By Cameron Peters February 16

A new report raises more questions about Bloomberg’s alleged sexism and sexual harassment

By Zeeshan Aleem February 15

Poll: Bernie Sanders is beating every other candidate in Nevada

By Zeeshan Aleem February 15

France reports the first coronavirus death outside of Asia

By Zeeshan Aleem February 15

Why prediction markets are bad at predicting who’ll be president

By Kelsey Piper February 15

It looks like Amazon throttled sales of a zine after its author publicly criticized Amazon

By Constance Grady February 15

Trump is sending armed tactical forces to arrest immigrants in sanctuary cities

By Nicole Narea February 14

The US and Taliban take a first step toward a peace deal in Afghanistan

By Jen Kirby February 14

Sonic the Hedgehog’s live-action movie seemed doomed to fail. It escaped unscathed.

By Allegra Frank February 14

Facebook canceled a 5,000-person conference in San Francisco because of coronavirus

By Shirin Ghaffary February 14

This animation shows what would happen if leap years didn’t exist

By Brian Resnick February 14

Andrew McCabe, Michael Flynn, and the latest Justice Department drama, explained

By Andrew Prokop February 14

What we know (and don’t know) about the Nevada caucus “tool”

By Sara Morrison February 14

“This is a president declaring himself above the law”: A former ethics chief on Trump’s dangerous new era

By Aaron Rupar February 14

Furious Oracle employees are demanding that Larry Ellison cancel his Trump fundraiser

By Theodore Schleifer February 14

Some Tea Party Republicans in South Carolina are voting for Bernie Sanders

By Jane Coaston February 14

Tinder may not get you a date. It will get your data.

By Rebecca Heilweil February 14

Listen: Billie Eilish’s big 2020 continues with James Bond theme “No Time to Die”

By Allegra Frank February 14

Trump just got bad news from Neil Gorsuch’s mentor in a big Medicaid case

By Ian Millhiser February 14