Students wait to take an AP exam at West Potomac High School in Alexandria, Virginia, in May 2011. | Matt McClain for The Washington Post
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Nigeria’s elections will determine the course of its democracy
Michele Spatari/AFP via Getty Images Africa’s largest democracy has voted — what’s at stake for its people, and the continent? Nigeria’s elections on Saturday could
Mexicans are mobilizing to protect their eroding democracy
Luis Barron / Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images A set of reforms to the country’s independent elections agency are the latest anti-democratic move by
This is the most populist Oscars in a long time
Austin Butler in Elvis, Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick, Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Sigourney Weaver in Avatar: The Way
Netflix’s Perfect Match is a panopticon of sex and humiliation
Francesca, left, is the star of Perfect Match. Here, it seems that a twist on Perfect Match has surprised her! | Netflix Ceaseless watcher, gaze
People living near the Ohio train derailment will have to watch their health for years
The EPA has ordered Norfolk Southern to pay for the cleanup of its train derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. | Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg
The last US-Russia arms control treaty is in big trouble
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address at the Gostiny Dvor conference centre in central Moscow on February 21, 2023.
Why is everything getting so expensive?
Diapers, food, rent — around the world, prices are rising. So, what can we do about it? Inflation is inescapable. At the grocery store and
Marvel is in a rut
Paul Rudd in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, a movie in which multiple people are mean to Paul Rudd. | Marvel With Ant-Man and the
The pay gap between hospital CEOs and nurses is expanding even faster than we thought
Pay increases for hospital executives have dwarfed the growth in compensation for clinical staff like doctors and nurses. | Luiz C. Ribeiro/NY Daily News via