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In College Football, Everything Is Great and No One Is Happy

It was the best of times, it was the self-loathingest of times.

Twitter Is Thinking About Five Changes in 2020—Four Good, One High-Risk

Imagine if the worst of Twitter were siloed to specific hashtags or groups of followers.

The Fantasy of Popular Policy

And how we should examine those biases.

The Sequel to The Shining Tries to Serve Two Masters

Doctor Sleep attempts to please both Stephen King and fans of Stanley Kubrick’s movie.

The Brutal Murder of the Mormon Family in Mexico Was Almost Inevitable

The massacre of women and children is a natural, horrendous progression of both the cruelty and lawlessness all too familiar to Mexico’s most vulnerable.

The Bananas Twist Ending of Last Christmas, Explained

It doesn’t even have to do with the part about the Bosnian genocide.

The “Medicare for All” Conversation Is Surreal

How did we end up stuck talking endlessly about a proposal that’s never going to pass?

The Angle: Virginia’s Legislative Flip Is Due to One Key Reform

Politicians HATE this one trick.

The Impeachment Transcripts Say Republicans Have to Choose Between Trump and Democracy

The facts of the case against the president are becoming irrefutable. What if that doesn’t matter?

Why Virginia’s Election Results Mean the Equal Rights Amendment Could Finally Pass

There are still a few hurdles.