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If you Googled the words “‘Housewives’ trip” 15 years ago, the search results were probably more likely to return a
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Read moreHarvard draws the legal blueprint for how to fight back Trump’s revenge campaign
The legal system in this country has long prided itself on supplying justice in a measured way. Government officials are
Read moreDon’t fight uncertainty — embrace it
It’s hard to know what’s real, it turns out. Sometimes things are obvious. When it’s raining, there’s no doubt about
Read more“The Last of Us” helps us grieve by leaving nothing unsaid
We can never fully prepare for the death of someone we care about. Nobody tells you, or if they do,
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Depending on who you ask, Abel Tesfaye — better known by his stage name, The Weeknd — is either a
Read moreIn praise of the maximalist salad
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Read moreTrump is trying to COVID hack the economy
During the COVID pandemic, Donald Trump said many unforgettable things. Perhaps his most memorable line came during his daily press
Read moreHow the Supreme Court enabled Donald Trump’s mile high bribe
Reports of Donald Trump’s new flying palace — a luxury jet gifted by Qatar — are all over the news.
Read moreRFK Jr. is laundering Christian right views as MAHA
At first blush, Casey Means seems like the last person Christian conservatives would want as the Surgeon General. Donald Trump’s
Read moreBiden diagnosed with “aggressive” prostate cancer
Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer on Friday. The 82-year-old Biden went in
Read more“I’m in the KKK now”: Mike Myers meets “Kanye West” 20 years after Katrina benefit on “SNL”
Mike Myers has been a regular guest star on “Saturday Night Live” throughout the sketch show’s 50th season, taking on
Read moreThe MAGA war on PBS was never about money
For nearly 30 years, “Arthur” has taught young children about problem-solving and appreciating their peers’ differences. The show’s bespectacled title
Read moreIn “Nonnas,” recipes are love letters
Everyone has a nostalgia-soaked dish from childhood they wish they could recreate. But for one reason or another — a
Read moreIs Donald Trump’s movement really a “cult”? Well, I ought to know
In July of 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump announced that the fate of the country was in peril. In a televised
Read moreIs London burning? Britain’s sudden political meltdown — and ours
As warm spring weather and effusions of greenery spread across our disordered continent, Americans are understandably mesmerized by the widening
Read moreDoes your body need a parasite purge? Probably not
In 2008, Kurt started to experience things that hadn’t bothered him before: dry skin, fatigue, irregular bowel movements and a
Read moreOn “Andor,” good was always a four-letter word
“There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of
Read moreIn “Overcompensating,” millennial memory is made meaningful
If you’re a certain kind of millennial, a specific type of gay guy, or a distinct combination of both, part
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