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Carol Yepes / Getty What Companies Owe Retirees
The heyday of the pension is behind us. But employers can still make retiring more humane for their workers.
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J.S. Johnston / Library of Congress / Corbis … Nine Stories to Read Today
Plus: Many presidents wrote books. Were any of them any good?
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Gilles Mingasson / Disney One of TV’s Best Slow-Burn Couples
Culture and entertainment musts from Karen Ostergren
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SAUL LOEB / Getty What the President Is Doing on TikTok
A conversation with Charlie Warzel on Joe Biden’s foray into content creation
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Anadolu / Getty Don’t Panic About Russian Space Weapons
There’s plenty to worry about here on Earth.
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Volanthevist / Getty The Ex Factor in Valentine’s Day Marketing
Sex sells. Brands are banking on the idea that heartbreak does too.
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Pool / Getty Trump’s Contempt for Military Service
The GOP candidate’s shot at Nikki Haley’s husband is part of a pattern.
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Verizon What Was That Super Bowl Ad Even Selling?
In a star-studded series of ad breaks, celebrities overpowered some of the brands they were supposed to be promoting.
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Bettmann / Getty Does Everything Need a Live-Action Remake?
Culture and entertainment musts from Katherine J. Wu
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Nathan Howard / Getty A Bad Day for Biden
David A. Graham discusses the special-counsel investigation and last night’s press-conference slipup.
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SOPA Images / Getty If Russia Wins
Republican obstructionism could lead to global disaster.
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Ethan Miller / Getty The Long Odds of This Year’s Super Bowl Location
For years, the NFL balked at any association with gambling—and Las Vegas. That’s all changed.
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jejim120 / Alamy How Seven Companies Took Over the Stock Market
The Magnificent Seven have been buoying the S&P 500 lately, but the stocks’ outsize impact on the market may not necessarily be a good thing.
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Joe Sohm / Visions of America / Getty The Weirdest Presidential Election in History
An unserious nation faces dire choices.
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d3sign / Getty Tinder for Baby Names Exists
Culture and entertainment musts from Christina McCausland
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AlenaPaulus / Getty Why the + Is Everywhere
The sign has become inescapable in the world of branding.
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Kevin Dietsch / Getty Mark Zuckerberg’s Persistent Power in Silicon Valley
The Meta CEO has been overshadowed in recent years by more antic-prone tech executives. But he’s still very much a power broker.
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Anadolu / Getty Ukraine Needs American Weapons, Not More GOP Drama
The GOP’s moral collapse threatens global security.
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Juan Moyano / Getty TV Is Back in Its Commercials Era
Amazon Prime is the latest streaming platform to offer consumers a hard choice: Pony up, or sit through ad breaks.
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BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty The GOP’s Ongoing Moral Surrender to Trump
Conservative Republicans continue to abandon decency to defend Trump.
