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Who Made These Guys the King of the Elevator? Luke Winkie

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The Democratic Primary That Will Show the Democratic Party Its Future -- Jim Newell

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Democrats Have Been Stuck on the Same Question for 10 Years. This Year's Biggest Primary Could Finally Give Them the Answer.

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"The Senate Never Should Have Existed in the First Place" -- Rob Gunther

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This Is What It Looks Like When Senate Republicans Have Nothing Left to Lose -- Patrick Reis

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It's a Delicate, Tragic Situation. So of Course Trump Is Exploiting It. -- Patrick Reis

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As a Classicist, I've Defended Emily Wilson's Odyssey Translation. I Can't Defend Her Review of Nolan's Movie. -- Theo Nash

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Netflix's New Show Is a Must-Watch for a Certain Type of Person. I'm Not So Sure It Should Be. -- Scaachi Koul

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An Acclaimed Novelist's New Book Is Supposedly a "Literary Assassination" of Natalie Portman. I've Read It. It's Something Much Weirder. -- Laura Miller

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Harvard Fought Trump's Abuses. Yale May Fold. I Think I Know Why. -- Robert Post

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Texas Prisoners Are Baking to Death. The State Keeps Saying No to AC. -- Nicholas E. Stewart

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Lindsay Clancy Is on Trial for Killing Her Three Children. That Could Have Been Me. -- Meghan Cliffel

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MAHA and Clavicular Have United Behind Peptides. It's an Incomprehensible Alliance—Until You Realize One Thing. -- Molly Olmstead

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Jenny G. Zhang -- My Mom Has Betrayed My Sister in Ways No Mother Should. I'm the Only One Who Knows Her Deplorable Secret.

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Rich Juzwiak -- Six Months Ago, My Sister-in-Law Called Me to Complain About Her Husband. What We Talked About Changed Our Lives Forever.

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Michelle Herman -- My Kid's Mom Called Demanding to Know Where He Was. Then a Terrifying Three Hours Unfolded.

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Lillian Karabaic and Athena Valentine -- I Knew I'd Face Certain Challenges at My Job. I Can't Believe Who They're Coming From.

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The 1987 Movie Was for the Male Gaze. Hulu's Dark New Adaptation Turns It Into Something Much Better. -- Laura Miller -- Emmy Rossum and Lola Petticrew play two of a kind in the darkly compelling Furious.

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The Internet Is Turning Women's Health Into Clickbait -- ICYMI

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Come on a Six-Week Adventure With Us to Rediscover the Lost Art of Hanging Out -- Dan Kois -- Do you ever miss hanging out before smartphones? We have a challenge for you.

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What We Can Learn From the Popular Movement That Gave Us Gay Marriage -- Amicus

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