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Italy, Sweden, and the far right in Europe

Giorgia Meloni, leader of Italian far-right party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), delivers a speech on September 23, 2022 at…

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How a 100-year-old miscalculation drained the Colorado River

The Colorado River at Horseshoe Bend in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on June 8, near Page, Arizona.  |…

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How the polls might be wrong (again) this year

Christina Animashaun/Vox; Getty Images Polling has looked surprisingly good for Democrats. Are they being set up for disappointment again? It…

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What’s behind House Democrats’ sudden compromise on policing

Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, and Josh Gottheimer, D-NJ, walk together between votes on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2022, in…

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Trump’s defeat in the Mar-a-Lago “special master” case, explained

Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally for Pennsylvania candidates on September 3, 2022. | Spencer Platt/Getty…

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What Putin’s latest threats mean for the risk of nuclear war

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during an event to mark the 1160th anniversary of Russia’s statehood in Veliky…

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“The party is over”: How Meta and Google are using recession fears to clean house

An interior view of office space with an indoor climbing wall at the Googleplex, the corporate headquarters of Google, in…

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Everyone from Spielberg to Iñárritu is making movies about themselves

The Fabelmans is Steven Spielberg’s attempt to capture, and wrestle with, his own childhood. | Universal Pictures From The Fabelmans…

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How to stop rolling the dice on the destruction of human civilization

A nuclear test in 1953. | Corbis via Getty Images There’s a way to make civilization extinction-proof. But it won’t…

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Remote workers are wasting their time proving they’re actually working

A person visits an art installation titled “Garden of Eden” representing an abandoned workspace. | Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images “Productivity theater”…

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