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On Succession, someone finally wins a kiss from daddy

Shiv (Sarah Snook), Kendall (Jeremy Strong), and Roman (Kieran Culkin) are totally going to stay a team. | David M.…

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Myanmar’s brutal, two-year war against its people, explained

Peerapon Boonyakiat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Popular resistance, though fierce, is fragmented and outgunned by the Tatmadaw junta. The death…

1 year ago

Katie Porter thinks Democrats have a confidence problem

The populist Congress member from California talked with The Gray Area about some solutions to it. I have a longstanding…

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The Supreme Court takes up a messy, chaotic case about religion in the workplace

People attend the 50th annual March for Life rally in front of the US Supreme Court on January 20, 2023,…

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In Sudan, a power struggle between rival armed forces turns violent

AFP via Getty Images Sudanese citizens have fought for democracy, but Saturday’s hostilities threaten the transition process. Violence between the…

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These adorable tiny owls are thriving in the most unlikely place

Plot twist: Humans have accidentally helped save some animals, for once. In the last decade, I’ve spent hundreds of hours…

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What doing other people’s taxes taught me about our broken tax code

Julianna Chow, left, helps Rob Liberman with his taxes at the Boulder, Colorado, public Llibrary in 2002. Chow was a…

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Is Twitter finally dying?

Dion Lee / Vox After an extraordinarily chaotic past few weeks, the slow death of Twitter seems to be speeding…

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The Supreme Court hits pause on the abortion pills lawsuit

Protesters on both sides of the abortion question hold signs outside the Supreme Court building on January 22, 2023, in…

1 year ago

A fire killed 18,000 cows in Texas. It’s a horrifyingly normal disaster.

Smoke fills the sky after an explosion and fire at the South Fork Dairy Farm near Dimmitt, Texas, on April…

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