Politics

A guide to Lovecraft Country’s many pop culture tropes and references

HBO The new HBO horror series is teeming with references to its namesake H.P. Lovecraft, weird fiction, popular midcentury Americana,…

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Belarus’s historic antigovernment protests, in photos

A man’s sunglasses reflect participants in a rally against the results of the country’s 2020 presidential election at the Minsk…

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The White House says USPS isn’t removing mail-sorting machines. Postal workers say it is.

A person holds up a sign supporting the US Postal Service and right to vote by mail on August 15,…

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Robert Trump, Donald Trump’s younger brother, has died

Robert Trump, pictured here hugging his brother Donald in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 after Donald Trump…

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Obama accuses Trump of trying to “kneecap” the Postal Service

Barack Obama appears at a December 2019 event in Malaysia. His post-presidency has been sparingly political. | Photo by Zahim…

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California’s heat wave caused rolling blackouts for millions

Rolling blackouts hit California August 14 as temperatures soared into the triple digits. | Photo by Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty…

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Why boredom can be good for you

Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images Today, Explained to Kids ventures off-island to sail the Emotion Ocean. It’s been a…

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The Postal Service says tens of millions of mail-in ballots are at risk of not being counted

A USPS worker wearing a mask puts envelopes in a mailbox in New Jersey in August 2020. USPS delays have…

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In HBO’s Lovecraft Country, cosmic horrors pale next to the reality of racism

Jonathan Majors, Courtney B. Vance, and Jurnee Smollett in HBO’s Lovecraft Country. | HBO The new horror series takes a…

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Problems with the Postal Service are getting worse

Some say that recent delays in the mail are part of an effort by President Trump to sabotage mail-in ballots…

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