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Donald Trump’s disregard for the truth is something more sinister than ordinary lying.

Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and the fight to find the antidote to Trumpism

Two very different paths forward for the Democratic Party.

Here's the Trump-Russia news you need to know from the long weekend

Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

Trump just fired his communications director. It's not going to fix anything.

The cossacks work for the czar.

Why you can’t blame mass incarceration on the war on drugs

The standard liberal narrative about mass incarceration gets a lot wrong. A new book breaks through the myths.

Voting rights are under assault nationwide. Here’s how to protect them.

A new Voting Rights Act could target the wave of state-level vote suppression.

Tired of losing the Rust Belt, new Democratic group has strategy to un-Pelosi the party

"It will allow them to say, ‘I’m a different kind of Democrat.’"

Wonder Woman is a gorgeous, joyful triumph of a superhero film

Patty Jenkins’s film is Warner Bros.’ best superhero movie since Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.

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Smartphone innovation is running out of steam. Exhibit A: the Essential Phone.

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Trump asked what black Americans have to lose by voting for him. His budget gives a clear answer.

House of Cards plays very differently in 2017 — but the reason has little to do with Trump

Cleveland just fired the cop who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice more than 2 years ago

Cannes 2017: how the world’s biggest, glitziest film festival dealt with political unrest

Russia and Ukraine got in a Twitter fight. There’s a Simpsons GIF.

The Portland stabbing is the latest in a wave of racist attacks across America

Jessica Chastain on women’s roles at Cannes: “it was quite disturbing to me, to be honest”

What linguists say about Kevin Spacey's bizarre Southern accent on House of Cards

Insurance CEO: I’m raising Obamacare premiums because of Trump

Bannon is pulling one over on Trump. There is zero reason to exit the Paris climate accord.

Strange Fruit’s complicated, controversial place in comics’ diversity debate

Guess who has drones now? ISIS.

Why insurers are quitting Obamacare, explained

"I’m just praying that everything’s going to be okay."

Donald Trump took $19,000 of my money. And I want him to pay.

Netflix’s The Keepers: the series’ theory behind Sister Cathy Cesnik’s murder, explained

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How the media’s weapons fetish primes us for war

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The joy of going on vacation alone

ABC's Still Star-Crossed is Shondaland on Shakespeare. It's beautiful, but empty.

The MP3 isn’t “dying.” The MP3 is eternal.

The Marine Corps has a “toxic masculinity” problem

Free Robert Mueller: here’s how to make his investigation truly independent

This House Democrat called for Trump’s impeachment. Then the racist death threats began.

Twin Peaks’ new season suggests that identity is everything

The Leftovers: “The Most Powerful Man in the World (and His Identical Twin Brother)” forces Kevin to face himself

In The Beguiled, Sofia Coppola masterfully blends suspense, comedy, and revenge

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 3’s best new guest stars, from Daveed Diggs to Beyoncé (kinda)

How worried should we be about artificial intelligence? I asked 17 experts.

Starz’s American Gods finally aired a great episode that wasn't deliberately confusing

Let’s obliterate the myth that humans have a bad sense of smell

Voting by mail is fair, safe, and easy. Why don’t more states use it?

Want to save animal lives without going veg? Eat beef, not chicken.

9 questions for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

40 summers ago, the great Roger Moore starred in his best Bond film: The Spy Who Loved Me

These new images of Jupiter show its clouds in stunning detail

Netflix’s Bloodline ends as it lived — slow-moving and a little boring