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Two Good Things: Sad kids’ movies about magical seals

The Secret of Roan Inish (left) and Song of the Sea both offer takes on the Irish selkie legend. |…

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Letting federal school meal waivers expire would be a disaster

A student carries his lunch at Freedom Preparatory Academy in Provo, Utah, in September 2020. | George Frey/AFP via Getty…

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What will the EU’s Russian oil ban do?

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) and President of the European Council Charles Michel leave after a joint…

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Polling is clear: Americans want gun control

US flags, across New York Bay from the Statue of Liberty, fly at half-mast at Liberty State Park in Jersey…

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Netflix slips and Hollywood cheers. Maybe it shouldn’t.

Season 4 of Netflix’s smash success, Stranger Things, premiered on May 27, 2022. | Courtesy of Netflix Netflix is losing…

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The Supreme Court shuts down Texas’s attempt to seize control of social media — for now

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at a press conference. | Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The justices split 5-4 on…

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We tracked what happens after TikTok songs go viral

A data investigation into how TikTok is shaping the music industry, in collaboration with The Pudding. It’s no secret that…

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The RNC’s January 6 committee strategy seeks some distance from Trump’s election lies

Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021. | Samuel Corum/Getty…

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A study gave cash and therapy to men at risk of criminal behavior. 10 years later, the results are in.

A man looks out over Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia in West Africa.  | John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images…

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The young, rich, anti-capitalist capitalists

Christina Animashaun/Vox “I sometimes joke that there are way more socialists who need a financial adviser than there are socialist…

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