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The People Who Should Be Panicking About Inflation

Jordan Weissmann

The Oscar Front-Runner Is a Watered Down Version of a Previous Winner

What Really Happened at Astroworld Is More Terrifying Than the Conspiracy Theories

Wow, a Lot of 2022 GOP Candidates Have Been Accused of Assaulting or Threatening to Murder Someone

Ben Mathis-Lilley

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Movies

Should We Be Worried About Tom Hanks?

Jesse Hassenger

Scandals

How Can the Man Who Tried to Dispose of the MOVE Victims’ Remains Have a New Job in Public Health?

Digital Life

I Have Achieved a Glorious Victory Against the Music Industry and Twitter

Mark Joseph Stern

The Law

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Finally Found a Religious Objection They Don’t Like

Mark Joseph Stern

How the Supreme Court Unleashed a Brutal New Era of Gerrymandering

Mark Joseph Stern

What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Beatles

I’ve Lied About Something Major to My Husband for Almost Two Decades

Holidays

The Ludicrous Benefits Stores Are Offering to Get People to Work the Holidays This Year

The Super Practical Gift That’s Surprisingly Romantic

The Versatile Low-Tech Gift You Should Give This Year

Charlotte Arneson

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I've just started avoiding her, even if she seeks me out, trying to educate me.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “I’m Being Punished Because He Behaves Badly”

Help! I Finally Got the Dog I Desperately Wanted. It’s Not What I Expected.

Help! My Brother Set Me Up on a Date With an Underage Girl.

Help! I Can’t Believe What I Caught My Son Masturbating To.

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Care and Feeding

I Can’t Believe What My Daughter Wants to Do With Her College Fund

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Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Why Negotiating Screen Time With Kids May Require a Contract

Jenée Desmond-Harris and Akoto Ofori-Atta

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “I’m Being Punished Because He Behaves Badly”

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Help! My Daughter-in-Law Makes Fun of My “White Woman Tears.” But She Doesn’t Know My History.

Matthew Dicks, Katie Holbrook, and Cassy Sarnell

Ask a Teacher: I’m Horrified by This Egregious Oversight at My Son’s School

Julia Craven

The Super Practical Gift That’s Surprisingly Romantic

Dana Stevens

The Oscar Front-Runner Is a Watered Down Version of a Previous Winner

What Really Happened at Astroworld Is More Terrifying Than the Conspiracy Theories

Zachary Siegel

What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Beatles

Jack Hamilton

Joe Biden’s Biggest Economic Problem? Inflation Is Rising Faster Than Wages.

Jordan Weissmann

Wow, a Lot of 2022 Republican Candidates Have Been Accused of Assaulting or Threatening to Murder Someone

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Culture

What it all means

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The True Story of The Harder They Fall’s Villain Is Even Weirder Than in the Movie

Rufus Buck was much younger, and angrier, in real life.

The Oscar Front-Runner Is a Watered Down Version of a Previous Winner

What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Beatles

Eternals Is a Ponderous Majesty With Pitfalls

Culture Gabfest

The Life Hacks They Don’t Want You to Know About

Should We Be Worried About Tom Hanks?

Jesse Hassenger

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Spencer

Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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Folks, the Infrastructure Bill Is Way Better Than You Realize

The Ludicrous Benefits Stores Are Offering to Get People to Work the Holidays This Year

I Have Achieved a Glorious Victory Against the Music Industry and Twitter

Mark Joseph Stern

Joe Biden’s Biggest Economic Problem? Inflation Is Rising Faster Than Wages.

Jordan Weissmann

A 4½-Year-Old’s Honest Review of the Sesame Street Vaccine Town Hall

How Can I Get My Parents to Disinherit My Lazy, Cruel Sister?

Athena Valentine

Internet Safety Is the New Internet Freedom

Konstantinos Komaitis

What Really Happened at Astroworld Is More Terrifying Than the Conspiracy Theories

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Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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To the Reels

Kathryn Jezer-Morton

For momfluencers, video is a whole new challenge.

Why Negotiating Screen Time With Kids May Require a Contract

Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “I’m Being Punished Because He Behaves Badly”

Jenée Desmond-Harris and Akoto Ofori-Atta

Help! My Daughter-in-Law Makes Fun of My “White Woman Tears.” But She Doesn’t Know My History.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Ask a Teacher: I’m Horrified by This Egregious Oversight at My Son’s School

Matthew Dicks, Katie Holbrook, and Cassy Sarnell

The Super Practical Gift That’s Surprisingly Romantic

What the Debate Over “Pregnant People” Is Really About

News & Politics

What really matters

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The EPA’s New Climate Rule Avoids an Old Mistake

Jack Lienke and Richard L. Revesz

In correcting this long-running error, the new rule will have a big effect.

Wow, a Lot of 2022 Republican Candidates Have Been Accused of Assaulting or Threatening to Murder Someone

Ben Mathis-Lilley

How Can the Man Who Tried to Dispose of the MOVE Victims’ Remains Have a New Job in Public Health?

The Supreme Court’s Latest Gun Case Made a Mockery of Originalism

Weeks After the Rodney King Beating, the Killing of Latasha Harlins Rocked Los Angeles

How the Supreme Court Unleashed a Brutal New Era of Gerrymandering

Mark Joseph Stern

A Controversial New Plan to Fight Homelessness

The Astroworld Tragedy