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Latest Your Phone Is Not a Bomb

Your Phone Is Not a Bomb

Vidcon   Sep 19, 2024  0  37

Don’t fool yourself about exploding pagers.

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Latest Did the Fed Wait Too Long to Act?

Did the Fed Wait Too Long to Act?

Vidcon   Sep 19, 2024  0  27

America has officially defeated inflation without experiencing a recession—yet.

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Latest The Fed Says Inflation Is Over

The Fed Says Inflation Is Over

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  35

By finally beginning to cut interest rates, the central bank is sending a strong message about the economy. Will voters hear it?

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Latest This Is What a Losing Campaign Looks Like

This Is What a Losing Campaign Looks Lik...

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  32

How does Donald Trump’s running mate have so much time on his hands?

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Latest The Death of the Minivan

The Death of the Minivan

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  41

It was a perfect vehicle.

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Latest The Fog

The Fog

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  28

A poem for Wednesday

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Latest The Women Killed by the <em>Dobbs</em> Decision

The Women Killed by the <em>Dobbs</em> D...

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  27

An avoidable—and predictable—tragedy in Georgia

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Latest Israel’s ‘Hand of God’ Operation

Israel’s ‘Hand of God’ Operation

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  26

A force that is looking in fear at its own iPhones and BlackBerrys is not in top condition to fight.

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Latest The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spreading Lies About Haitians

The Real Reason Trump and Vance Are Spre...

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  27

Investing in Rust Belt communities would not fix what they see as the actual problem.

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Latest The Campaign Against Immigrants Isn’t About Protecting Springfield

The Campaign Against Immigrants Isn’t Ab...

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  30

It’s about justifying harm against people who are Black.

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Latest I Really Can’t Tell If You’re Serious

I Really Can’t Tell If You’re Serious...

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  21

The latest style of engagement-bait video is designed to be confusing—but why?

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Latest The Age of <em>Jennifer’s Body</em>

The Age of <em>Jennifer’s Body</em>

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  35

Diablo Cody’s movie has been reclaimed as a cult classic—and its destructive teenaged protagonist deserves reappraisal too.

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Latest Democrats Can’t Rely on the Black Church Anymore

Democrats Can’t Rely on the Black Church...

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  28

The path to winning the Black vote no longer runs through the church door.

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Latest Productivity Is a Drag. Work Is Divine.

Productivity Is a Drag. Work Is Divine.

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  34

The machines can have our chores, but we can’t afford to outsource creation.

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Latest Confusion Is the New Clickbait

Confusion Is the New Clickbait

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  27

The rise of the “Are you serious?” entrepreneurs

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Latest You Won’t Believe Who Our New Neighbors Are

You Won’t Believe Who Our New Neighbors ...

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  30

The first episode of We Live Here Now, a new podcast from The Atlantic.

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Latest Israel’s Strategic Win

Israel’s Strategic Win

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  24

A spectacular attack on Hezbollah is the latest development in the ongoing war between Iranian proxies and the Jewish state.

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Latest The Exploding Pagers of Lebanon

The Exploding Pagers of Lebanon

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  39

Today’s attack on Hezbollah struck a new kind of blow.

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Latest Seven Senate Races to Watch

Seven Senate Races to Watch

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  33

Democrats are struggling to hold on to key seats—and their majority—in states across the country.

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Latest The Trump Sons Really Love Crypto

The Trump Sons Really Love Crypto

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  35

The former president and his family are launching a crypto business just weeks before the election.

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Latest Donald Trump Is a Crypto Bro

Donald Trump Is a Crypto Bro

Vidcon   Sep 18, 2024  0  28

Or at least he’s playing the part.

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Latest Smartphones Are So Over

Smartphones Are So Over

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  41

Snap is trying to make computers fun again.

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Latest Snap Is Trying to Make Computers Fun Again

Snap Is Trying to Make Computers Fun Aga...

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  29

Smartphones are so over.

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Latest Winners of the 2024 Natural Landscape Photography Awards

Winners of the 2024 Natural Landscape Ph...

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  31

Winners and runners-up from this year’s landscape-photography competition

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Latest The Biggest Change to Instagram in Years

The Biggest Change to Instagram in Years

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  52

Meta is rolling out a sweeping update that targets teen users of the app.

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Latest Dear James: I See Every Tiny Problem as a Social Injustice

Dear James: I See Every Tiny Problem as ...

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  29

I’m totally exhausted with myself.

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Latest Laura Loomer Is Where Republicans Draw the Line

Laura Loomer Is Where Republicans Draw t...

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  29

The far-right conspiracy theorist is a unique liability for Donald Trump.

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Latest Lucky You!

Lucky You!

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  36

Musings from an oldster for today’s younger generation

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Latest Can the Right Drugs Fix Your Life?

Can the Right Drugs Fix Your Life?

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  36

A writer overwhelmed by a world gone mad takes a headlong dive into drugs and dancing. Results are mixed.

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Latest Instagram Is Finally Doing Right by Teens

Instagram Is Finally Doing Right by Teen...

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  35

After years of pressure and criticism, the app is making major changes.

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Latest To Understand Mississippi, I Went to Spain

To Understand Mississippi, I Went to Spa...

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  26

The forces that would shape my home state’s violent history were set in motion by a 480-year-old map made by a Spanish explorer.

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Latest When Fact-Checks Backfire

When Fact-Checks Backfire

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  32

New research shows the promise—and limits—of fact-checks.

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Latest The Anti–Rock Star

The Anti–Rock Star

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  29

Leonard Cohen’s battle against shameless male egoism

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Latest Mapping Mississippi’s Violent Past

Mapping Mississippi’s Violent Past

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  25

I wanted to understand the forces that shaped my state’s dark history. I ended up in Spain, holding an object I’d never known exis...

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Latest Phoenix Isn’t Doomed to Evaporate Into the Blistering Sun

Phoenix Isn’t Doomed to Evaporate Into t...

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  28

Readers respond to our July/August 2024 cover story and more.

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Latest How (Not) to Change Someone’s Mind

How (Not) to Change Someone’s Mind

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  33

New research shows the promise—and limits—of fact checks.

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Latest Trump Is No Gerald Ford

Trump Is No Gerald Ford

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  29

No other president has used an assassination attempt to inflame American politics the way Donald Trump does.

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Latest Trump and Vance Are Harming the People They Claim to Care About

Trump and Vance Are Harming the People T...

Vidcon   Sep 17, 2024  0  47

The Ohio city is supposed to be the exact sort of place the MAGA movement cares about.

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Latest Trump’s Guns

Trump’s Guns

Vidcon   Sep 16, 2024  0  39

For nearly a decade, a dangerous, gun-laden political environment has been uniquely inflamed by Donald Trump.

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Latest Violence and Incitement in America

Violence and Incitement in America

Vidcon   Sep 16, 2024  0  32

For nearly a decade, a dangerous, gun-laden political environment has been uniquely inflamed by Donald Trump.

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Latest Look What She Made Him Do

Look What She Made Him Do

Vidcon   Sep 16, 2024  0  31

By endorsing Kamala Harris, Taylor Swift incurred the petty wrath of Donald Trump.

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Latest A $700 Kitchen Tool That’s Meant to Be Seen, Not Used

A $700 Kitchen Tool That’s Meant to Be S...

Vidcon   Sep 16, 2024  0  36

KitchenAid’s newest stand mixer seems like a great appliance—for people who don’t actually bake.

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Latest Winners of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024

Winners of Ocean Photographer of the Yea...

Vidcon   Sep 16, 2024  0  47

A collection of some of this year’s winning and commended images

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Latest Everyone Knows <em>The Bear </em>Isn’t a Comedy

Everyone Knows <em>The Bear </em>Isn’t a...

Vidcon   Sep 16, 2024  0  24

The hit FX/Hulu show is funny, but not “ha ha” funny, and the Emmys may have caught on.

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Latest Trump and Vance Are Actively Harming Springfield

Trump and Vance Are Actively Harming Spr...

Vidcon   Sep 16, 2024  0  26

The Ohio city is supposed to be the exact sort of place the MAGA movement cares about.

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