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Jeff J Mitchell / Getty What Trump’s Primary Opponents Are Scared to Discuss
A check-in with David Frum on how the E. Jean Carroll verdict could affect voters
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Amazon An Ethically Fraught (Yet Genius) New Comedy
Entertainment musts from Saahil Desai
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ballyscanlon / Getty Parenting Déjà Vu
Parents commonly repeat their own parents’ mistakes—and the constraints of the nuclear family make this loop even harder to break free from.
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CNN CNN Went Full Jerry Springer
The network’s president made an indefensible decision in airing an episode of Trump’s ongoing reality show.
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Robert Perry / Getty We’re Living in Post-Shame America
Donald Trump and George Santos are facing justice. But basic decency is still under attack.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty The Debt Ceiling Wasn’t Always So Politicized
A guide to the current crisis and how we got here
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The Atlantic A Pulitzer for ‘We Need to Take Away Children’
The Atlantic’s Caitlin Dickerson won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, and two other staff writers were named finalists.
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Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection A Silly Yet Sincere Movie to Rewatch
Entertainment musts from Yasmin Tayag
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The Good Brigade / Getty How Online Shopping Lost Touch With Reality
Consumers might think they have more control than ever, but they’re really just fumbling in the dark.
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Drew Angerer / Getty American Voters’ Achilles’ Heel
Comedic timing is no measure of fitness to lead, but humor has become a nonnegotiable trait for presidential contenders.
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Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency via Getty Four Possibilities for the Kremlin Attack
Moscow claims Ukraine struck the Kremlin. The truth is likely worse.
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Spencer Platt / Getty The Pandemic’s Next Test
Summer is coming, and COVID experts are watching.
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Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum The World Awaits Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
As the country approaches a battle for its ultimate fate, democracy and Western civilization hang in the balance.
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TCD / Prod.DB / Alamy A Brilliant Rom-Com Performance
Entertainment musts from Damon Beres
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Norman Posselt / fStop / Getty America’s Intimacy Problem
People seem to be losing trust in one another.
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Nancybelle Gonzaga Villarroya / Getty America’s Adult-ADHD Problem
The Adderall shortage reveals inadequacies in the diagnosis and treatment of the disorder.
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Jason Koerner / Getty Tucker Carlson Is the Emblem of GOP Cynicism
A personal reflection on the fallout from a rich man’s toxic hubris
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Spencer Platt / Getty America’s Death Trap
Why the life-expectancy rate in the United States is falling behind that in other rich countries
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Jim Bourg / Pool /AFP via Getty The Trump-Biden Rematch Is Inevitable
The choices will be a traditional American politician or a de facto cult leader—again.
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Elena Mudd A Voice of Reason in the Workout World
Entertainment musts from Julie Beck
