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The simple question that could change your career

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yesterday 5

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Bryan Walsh

How Americans really feel about immigration

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yesterday 1

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Astead Herndon

Is the Strait of Hormuz really open?

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previous day 2

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Cameron Peters

The Iran war isn’t hitting your grocery bill — yet

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previous day 4

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Eric Levitz

Live Nation lost in court. Here’s what it means for concerts.

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previous day 3

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Caitlin Dewey

How to get over your fear of being a burden and actually ask for help

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previous day 2

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Julia wexler

Trump’s ceasefire announcement, briefly explained

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thursday 4

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Cameron Peters

What to know about the Israel-Lebanon conflict

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thursday 5

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Avishay Artsy

The alcohol crisis quietly hitting high-stress, “high-status” workers

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thursday 8

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Dylan Scott

Trump’s bungled Iran negotiations didn’t have to go this way

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thursday 3

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Caitlin Dewey

Trump’s DOJ wants to undo January 6 convictions

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15.04.2026 2

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Cameron Peters

Donald Trump messed with the wrong pope

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15.04.2026 2

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Christian Paz

8 ways to zone out and relax that don’t involve being on your phone

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15.04.2026 6

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Julia wexler

Why Americans can’t escape credit card debt

Why Americans can’t escape credit card debt Credit card APRs are now as high as 20 percent. Americans are carrying more than $1.2 trillion in credit...

15.04.2026 5

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Frank posillico

A cautionary tale about tax cuts

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15.04.2026 8

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Miles Bryan

The tax code rewards generosity. But probably not yours.

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15.04.2026 10

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Sara Herschander

Obama’s top Iran negotiator on Trump’s screwups

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14.04.2026 4

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Kelli Wessinger

What trainers actually think about the 12-3-30 workout

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14.04.2026 5

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Alex Abad-Santos

No, AI is not the end of the world

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14.04.2026 5

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Shayna Korol

The Supreme Court could legalize moonshine, and ruin everything else

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14.04.2026 10

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Ian Millhiser

The electric grid’s next power source might be sitting in your driveway

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14.04.2026 7

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Matt Simon

JD Vance had a vision for the world. Trump is wrecking it.

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13.04.2026 7

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Zack Beauchamp

The new Hormuz blockade, briefly explained

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13.04.2026 9

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Cameron Peters

Donald Trump’s pivot to blasphemy

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13.04.2026 4

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Christian Paz

Eric Swalwell’s downfall, explained

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13.04.2026 10

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Benjy Sarlin

Eric Swalwell’s downfall, explained

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13.04.2026 8

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Benjy Sarlin

OpenAI is pivoting to…socialism?

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13.04.2026 50

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Eric Levitz

New data suggests Trump’s assault on democracy may be stalling out

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13.04.2026 20

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Zack Beauchamp

Viktor Orbán has fallen

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12.04.2026 9

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Zack Beauchamp

Hope vs. optimism, explained

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12.04.2026 8

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Jonquilyn Hill

Am I too poor to have a baby?

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12.04.2026 10

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Sigal Samuel

What does American politics look like beyond Trump?

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11.04.2026 10

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Astead Herndon

How fan fiction went mainstream

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11.04.2026 9

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Danielle Hewitt

The real reason your monthly gas bill keeps going up

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10.04.2026 9

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Carrie Klein

Why inflation is up

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10.04.2026 8

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Cameron Peters

Did the Trump administration threaten the pope?

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10.04.2026 10

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Christian Paz

Why you should keep your therapy session even when you don’t have anything to talk about

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10.04.2026 10

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Julia wexler

How Austin’s stunning drop in rents explains housing in America

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10.04.2026 9

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Marina Bolotnikova

Pete Hegseth preaches “maximum lethality.” What has that meant in Iran?

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09.04.2026 8

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Ariana Aspuru

We have no idea if Iran can still build a bomb

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09.04.2026 10

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Joshua Keating

The myth of the downwardly mobile college graduate

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09.04.2026 10

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Eric Levitz

The surprising truth about logging

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09.04.2026 20

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Benji Jones

It should be much easier to remove the president from office

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08.04.2026 9

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Ian Millhiser

The ceasefire is already getting shaky

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08.04.2026 7

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Cameron Peters

The war is on hold. But the economy is still in danger.

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08.04.2026 10

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Eric Levitz

The soft TACO theory of Trump

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08.04.2026 30

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Andrew Prokop

MAGA’s favorite strongman might be on the brink of defeat

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08.04.2026 10

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Zack Beauchamp

Democrats just locked down control of one of the most important courts in America

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08.04.2026 10

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Ian Millhiser

Ozempic just got cheap enough to change the world

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08.04.2026 30

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Pratik Pawar

How much should I have in common with my significant other?

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08.04.2026 20

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Allie Volpe