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No One’s Ever Made the Jump From Mayor to U.S. President. With Pete Buttigieg, That Wouldn’t Be the Only First.

That’s because he’s openly gay.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Maybe Love the $15 Minimum Wage

Most people would probably agree that working less and earning the same pay, or more, is a happy outcome.

Who’s Going to Profit When Breaking Comes to the Olympics?

Breakers, meet sporteaucrats.

The Angle: The Oscars Make Progress on Diversity, Then Take a Giant Step Back

Yes, the instant-fossil Green Book won Best Picture.

Elizabeth Warren’s “No Access for Wealthy Donors” Policy Is a Clever Spin on Her Total Lack of Appeal to Wealthy Donors

When Wall Street gives you lemons, you make lemonade. Economic-justice lemonade. Campaign-finance-reform lemonade. Populist lemonade for everyone!

Green Book’s Best Picture Win Wasn’t the Most Embarrassing Oscar Victory. This Was.

The vulgar, risible winner for Best Live Action Short has even worse ideas about racism than Green Book.

The President and Congress Don’t Understand This Key Internet Law They’re Thinking of Changing

A law protects Twitter and Facebook when it comes to content published by their users. But lawmakers are confused by what it really says.

At the Oscars, Trevor Noah’s Inspirational Xhosa Phrase Was Actually a (Hilarious) Troll

Liberals love a good inspirational African proverb—even when it's fake.

The Best Oscar Fashions Weren’t on the Red Carpet. They Were on Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry.

Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits.

The 2019 Oscars Came So Close to Getting It Right

It was almost a great show, and then it wasn’t.