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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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15 unmissable movies from this year’s Cannes

Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton in Three Thousand Years of Longing. | MGM The films that scandalized and enchanted audiences…

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Tell your boss: Working from home is making you more productive

Around 40 percent of American workdays are currently done from home, and a growing number of them report that they’re…

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Pro-gun lawmakers want to arm teachers, but there’s little evidence these programs work

An elementary teacher in Louisville, KY, assists a student in class. Conservatives are calling for arming educators with their own…

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The Texas grid is designed to fail

A jogger runs past electric lines in Dallas, Texas, in July 2021. A heat wave in May 2022 knocked six…

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