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Silver Jews Singer-Songwriter David Berman Is Dead at 52

When we reviewed his new album last month, we wrote he was likely “the greatest songwriter you’d never heard of.”

With The Kitchen, Women Finally Have Their Own Dreary Gangster Movie

Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss unite to show women can be just as horrible as men. Yass queen?

The House Judiciary Committee Just Escalated Its Backdoor Impeachment Efforts

It was the second time in two weeks that the committee had sought to pry loose information from the Mueller investigation through the courts.

White Nationalists Are Debunking White Supremacy

The accused El Paso shooter, like other white extremists, says immigrants are outperforming whites on the merits.

ICE Arrests 680 in Mississippi in Largest Workplace Raid in Years

The raid is reportedly the largest ever for a single state.

The Angle: On the Life and Times of an Exaggerated Mobster

Some lies, some history, some space.

The Creator of A Very Special Episode Explains Why Full House and 7th Heaven Are the Most Special of All

From Punky Brewster on the Challenger disaster to Mr. Belvedere on AIDS, how classic sitcoms clumsily tackled important issues.

How Therapists Push Men Away

I never went to a therapist—until I invited one into the studio.

Should Democrats Bother Bringing Trump Voters Back in 2020?

It’s hard to say how many former Trump voters can be brought back to the Democratic Party.

Seth Meyers Has Some Problems With That New York Times Headline

“I look forward to reading the headline ‘New York Times Wakes the F#@! Up.’ ”