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What 'Wicked' Understands About the World of Oz
Every generation has an Oz story, but one retelling best captures what makes L. Frank Baum’s...
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The Long-Held Habits You Might Need to Reconsider
One of the most humbling parts of being alive is realizing you’ve been doing a simple...
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What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Get About Women in Combat
Trump’s allies treat every change in social norms as a DEI project gone wrong.
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The Right Has a Bluesky Problem
The X exodus is weakening a way for conservatives to speak to the masses.
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The Shopping Method That Isn’t Going Anywhere
Some brands are returning to the print catalog in order to sell things on their terms.
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Why That Chatbot Is So Good at Imitating Bart Simpson
Inside the Hollywood writing that fuels generative AI.
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What a 16-Year-Old Doesn’t Yet Know
Cher’s memoir is a valuable document of a young girl thrust into the adult world.
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Trump 2.0 Is Already Stooping Lower
In 2017, Pam Bondi was passed over as too scandal-tainted. This time, she’s the safe, acceptable...
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Photos of the Week: Bomb Cyclone, Rainbow Hills, Park Hawk
Christmas decorations in England, a virtual taekwondo championship in Singapore, a mummified saber-toothed tiger cub in...
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The Case Against Spinning Off Chrome
There are better ways to address Google’s dominance.
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The Trump-Trumpist Divide
The incoming president wants to do things his voters have not embraced.
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Trump Wants to Have It Both Ways on Education
He says he wants to give power back to the states, but has also signaled his...
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One Food to Change the World
The bean has the potential to remake American diets, but it has an image problem.
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Trump’s First Defeat
Matt Gaetz has officially withdrawn from being considered for attorney general.
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The Celebrity Look-Alike Contest Boom
Suddenly, these events are everywhere. What’s going on?
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Donald Trump’s Most Dangerous Cabinet Pick
Pete Hegseth considers himself to be at war with basically everybody to Trump’s left, and it...
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Three Ways to Become a Deeper Thinker
You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions...
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Trump Is Building the Most Anti-Semitic Cabinet in Decades
Donald Trump has vowed to “defeat anti-Semitism.” His Cabinet picks tell a very different story.
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In Search of a Faith Beyond Religion
Scholastique Mukasonga’s Sister Deborah suggests that some people must look outside the traditional bounds of Christianity...
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Cher Has a History Lesson for Us All
The singer has long stood for a brassy, strutting kind of survival. Her new account of...
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What Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really About
Revenge on the military is just the start of it.
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What the Men of the Internet Are Trying to Prove
Jake Paul is an emblem of a generation starving for purpose while gorging on spectacle.
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Freud Is Having a Moment
Perhaps there’s no better guide for understanding America’s MAGA moment than the founder of modern psychology...