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The Supreme Court fight over whether gay and trans people can be “cured,” explained

The Supreme Court case Chiles v. Salazar involves whether the rights of conservative Christians trump the rights of LGBTQ people. | Olivier Doul...

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Why do bad pasta shapes exist? 

Trash or treasure? Farfalle’s place in the pasta world is all a matter of perspective, allegedly. | Stefano Guidi/Getty Images If I was in a k...

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Hundreds of societies have been in crises like ours. An expert explains how they got out.

Anti-establishment parties and politicians are surging in Western Europe and Japan. In the United States, the MAGA movement, led by President...

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Elizabeth Warren on why Democrats had to shut down the government

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to members of the media on September 4, 2025. | Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images At midnight on Wed...

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Listen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — message

Jane Goodall, who has died at the age of 91, was a titan in the world of conservation who revealed much of what we know about chimpanzees and an...

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The real reason Democrats forced a government shutdown

What explains our government’s latest act of self-sabotage? | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Uncle Sam has closed up shop.  The federal governmen...

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The Democrats’ shutdown strategy is terrible. Here’s a better one.

Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2025. | Al Drago/Bloo...

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Your expensive power bill is part of an alarming trend

Electricity prices keep inching up, and there’s little reason to think they’ll fall back down anytime soon. Like most Americans this month, yo...

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Trump and Hegseth gather the military’s top commanders for a loyalty test

Donald Trump shakes hands with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he arrives to speak to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on...

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The upside to ranking your friends

Derek Gregory hasn’t been in the same state, let alone in the same room, as his best friend Ringo in nearly two decades. Their relationship d...

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The Supreme Court’s newest decision could make it impossible to end the shutdown

Justice Brett Kavanaugh (L) and Chief Justice John Roberts listen as President Donald Trump speaks during his second inaugural. | Photo by Chip...

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The imminent government shutdown, briefly explained

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talks to reporters at the US Capitol on September 30, 2025. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images This...