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Russian police launched an investigation into the break-in of a nuclear “doomsday” plane. Read More
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The Former Regime

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“The sordid self-interest that warps the public sphere in the United States didn’t begin with Trump in the White House.” Read More
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State of Exception

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The permanently temporary status of Syrian refugees in Lebanon Read More
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New Los Angeles COVID-19 restrictions prohibited nonessential walking but not the playing of golf or pickleball. Read More
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Following a public outcry, the decision to close a coronavirus-testing site at a major transit hub in Los Angeles in order to shoot scenes for the remake of 1999’s She’s All That was reversed. Read More
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A Maryland-based supermarket chain apologized for printing a full-page Thanksgiving advertisement that read “Hosting? Plan a super spread.” Read More
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Florida governor Ron DeSantis drafted legislation that would allow armed citizens to shoot and kill anyone they suspect of looting. Read More
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In Vermont, Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe received more write-in votes for president than Hillary Clinton. Read More
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Our Sanitizer Saga

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Magic, marketing, and missteps on the road to virucidal totality Read More
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After removing 130,000 bot-generated votes, Nickelodeon announced that Joe Biden had won its Kids Pick the President mock election. Read More
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The Referendum

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Such fervent admiration for a man who openly traffics in swindles and lies—where did it come from? Read More
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Making Meaning

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You may know what you want, but you may not know what you need Read More
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Lemon Zest

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One town’s oversized festival of fruit manufactures its terroir and merchandising opportunities Read More
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In Rochester, New York, Susan B. Anthony’s gravestone was outfitted with a plastic shield in order to prevent damage from “I Voted” stickers. Read More
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Time to Destination

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The first chapter of Don DeLillo’s new novel, The Silence, in audio Read More
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Election officials in Sacramento County, California, pleaded with voters to stop disinfecting their mail-in ballots. Read More
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A much-publicized open letter endorsing herd immunity as a response to COVID-19 was found to have been signed by a number of homeopaths and fictitious medical professionals, including Dr. Johnny Bananas and another whose name was listed as the entire first verse of “Macarena.” Read More
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“My mom coughing all around the house after trump tested positive,” wrote Kellyanne Conway’s 15-year-old daughter in a TikTok post. Read More
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The Real Danger

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Democracy by distance? Read More
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Ron DeSantis announced plans to legislatively guarantee college students’ right to party. Read More
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America’s Game

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The art, violence, mystery, and failure of the XFL Read More
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The athleisure manufacturer Lululemon, which is valued at $45 billion, promoted a “resist capitalism” yoga workshop with programs on the relationship between violent colonialism and consumerism. Read More
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The Big Tech Extortion Racket

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Unsubscribe from all: how to stop Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Uber from controlling our lives Read More
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The Return

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Greenlandic prisoners, once exiled to Denmark, are offered a chance to go home Read More
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Despite its surge in cases, South Dakota has begun using federal COVID-19 relief funds for a multimillion-dollar tourism campaign. Read More
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A Litany for Survival

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It shouldn’t take a village: on giving birth as a black woman in America Read More
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Facebook said that it would halt all new political ads in the week before Election Day—but that it would not take down existing ads—in order to stop the spread of misinformation. Read More
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Bright Power, Dark Peace

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The poetry of Robinson Jeffers finds new relevance in the age of climate catastrophe Read More
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The College Republicans United, a student group at Arizona State University, began raising funds for Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense, saying that he “does not deserve to have his entire life destroyed.” Read More
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A team of special agents, members of the Coast Guard, and federal postal inspectors arrested former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. Read More
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