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The messy art of posting through it

By Allie Volpe

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Gossip is good. Tattling is bad.

By Alex Abad-Santos

How can we make the great outdoors more accessible to all?

By Courtney Tenz

Was The Blind Side’s white savior narrative built on a lie?

By Fabiola Cineas

A program that saved child care for millions is expiring. What now?

By Rachel M. Cohen

Two young missionaries made headlines. Two new docs look at why.

By Alissa Wilkinson

How to advocate for yourself at the doctor’s office

By Allie Volpe

The sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand, explained

By Li Zhou

The backlash against Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos

Should you be friends with your kids?

By Allie Volpe

Take the visitor’s approach to exploring your own city

By Allie Volpe

On Hulu’s The Other Black Girl, the hair is the point

By Constance Grady

The Spanish sexual misconduct scandal roiling soccer, explained

By Li Zhou

How birthdays became week-long blowouts

By Allie Volpe

Police fatally shot a pregnant Black woman in Ohio. The calls for accountability are growing.

By Li Zhou

What a summer of hellish flights taught us about flying now

By Whizy Kim

The lawsuits seeking to keep drag queens legal, explained

By Ian Millhiser

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Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged.

By Sigal Samuel

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What will love and death mean in the age of machine intelligence?

By Tahmima Anam

Vivek Ramaswamy and the lie of the “model minority”

By Prachi Gupta

Will I just keep spending more and more money forever?

By Nicole Dieker

Consider the road trip

By Paulette Perhach

The secret to better sex? Have it with yourself.

By Jenny Singer

Want to make more friends? Start a club.

By Rebecca Jennings

Uganda’s extreme anti-LGBTQ legislation, explained

By Ellen Ioanes

White supremacy is at the heart of the Jacksonville shooting

By Li Zhou

How to make school life a little less difficult for kids

By Allie Volpe

Nikki Haley was the only woman on the debate stage. She capitalized on it.

By Li Zhou

A shooting over a Pride flag underscores the threat of Republican anti-LGBTQ rhetoric

By Li Zhou

The case for reimagining the nuclear family

By Sean Illing

Why you should divide your life into semesters, even when you’re not in school

By Allie Volpe

How to handle a scary diagnosis

By Jessica Zucker

North Carolina is the latest in a wave of states passing anti-trans laws

By Li Zhou

The risks of sex-based drug dosing recommendations

By Kelsey Ichikawa, Kai De Leon DeJesus, and 1 more

The Supreme Court is taking a wrecking ball to the wall between church and state

By Ian Millhiser

How to (actually) talk to kids

By Charley Locke

How are you supposed to start investing?

By Nicole Dieker

You don’t need to be rich to work with a financial planner

By Allie Volpe
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How airplane legroom got so tight

By Edward Vega

A reading guide for grownups who don’t read

By Constance Grady

How to get back money you didn’t even know you were owed

By Allie Volpe

How a Mississippi case of police brutality emphasizes the need for more accountability

By Li Zhou

The Chosen, the Christian megahit about Jesus, explained

By Aja Romano

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