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I'm Liberating My Family From the Most Excruciating Holiday Tradition of All. I Invite You to Join Me. Jenée Desmond-Harris

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It Was the Photo That Changed the Course of History. The Story Behind It Might Be All Wrong. -- Sam Adams

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It's a Beautiful Part of Eating That Comes Easy to Billions of People. So Why Is It So Hard for Me? -- Danny Palumbo

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Disney Made a Kids Movie About Racial Profiling. It Made $1 Billion. The Sequel Goes Somewhere Different. Nadira Goffe

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Conservative Justice Uses Fake Quote to Justify Wisconsin Republican Gerrymander -- Mark Joseph Stern

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The Supreme Court Is About to Hear a Case That Could Rewrite Internet Access -- Michael P. Goodyear

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I Had a Sexual Awakening. Now I'm Terrified to Tell People What I'm Into. -- Rich Juzwiak

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This Year's Other Oscar Front-Runner Is Here. I Have Tragic News. -- Dana Stevens

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One of the Most Iconic Thanksgiving Desserts Just Got a Major Upgrade. You Won't Ever Go Back. -- J. Bryan Lowder -- This year, you're going to want a bigger slice.

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true - The Reaction to the Ezra Klein/Ta-Nehisi Coates Conversation Highlights a Big Problem for Democrats - Jill Filipovic - It highlighted a big problem for Democrats moving forward.

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A Stunning Leak Just Shed New Light on How Cozy the Trump Admin Really Is With Russia -- Fred Kaplan

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Who Held the Post of U.S. Secretary of State for a Record 11 Years? -- Ray Hamel

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