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Will new weapons shipments change the war for Ukraine?

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby speaks during a news briefing at the Pentagon April 14, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. |…

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How to fight the affordable housing and climate crises at once

Members of a church fix up a house in Amity Township, Pennsylvania. Homes in a state of disrepair are not…

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How China’s Zero Covid policy is failing Shanghai

A man with a mask is seen through a window at his home in a residential area on April 13,…

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How to handle a lopsided friendship

Getty Images/iStockphoto If you think a pal is way less (or way more) invested than you are, here’s what to…

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The banned weapon Russia (and the US) won’t give up

Why war crime investigators are looking for cluster bombs in Ukraine. In Ukraine, human rights investigators like Amnesty International and…

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Everything Everywhere All at Once, explained by a quantum physicist

This is Michelle Yeoh in the very fantastic Everything Everywhere All at Once. In it she plays a mom, and…

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It’s time to think outside the mask mandate

A family wearing masks visits the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, on March 17. The city’s…

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In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado knows where the bodies are buried

Graywolf Press The Vox Book Club’s April pick is a tour de force short story collection. The Vox Book Club…

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The case for regret

Getty Images Regrets, I’ve had a few, and they’re good actually. Should we embrace our regrets? My intuition on this…

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One Good Thing: 32 years after its debut, Microsoft Solitaire is still a blissful time-waster

“Oh, hey, you can put that black four under that red five,” says a helpful person looking over your shoulder.…

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