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The coup in Sudan, explained
A takeover by military leaders is threatening the country’s democratic transition. But protests are erupting in response.
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The fate of the planet will be negotiated in Glasgow
Here’s what you need to know about COP26, the high-stakes climate conference that starts on October 31.
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The rise of the influencer sex worker
Platforms like OnlyFans let people with big followings online earn money. What about the sex workers who were there first?
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Biden’s $27 billion bet on forests
The president’s Build Back Better proposal could be a game changer for US forests.
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Spend November reading Such a Fun Age, a witty and biting social satire
Kiley Reid’s debut novel has one of literature’s cringiest Thanksgiving scenes.
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The Supreme Court decides the religious right asked it for too much
Maine’s vaccine mandate for health care workers survives a challenge from religious conservatives.
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Are “net-zero” climate targets just hot air?
The US, Australia, Japan, and even Saudi Arabia are aiming for net-zero. Does it mean anything?
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Cutting paid leave hurts low-wage workers the most
Just 8 percent of low-wage workers have access to paid family leave, compared to 20 percent of all workers.
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“I quit!”
There are millions of job openings in America, and millions of Americans are still not able to find work that suits. In the first part of our series, The Future of Work, Recode’s Rani Molla explains “the great reassessment.”
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The age of monsters
In the ’80s and ’90s, kids’ media was full of murder and mayhem. What changed?
The morbid appeal of “botched” plastic surgery
Cosmetic procedures are on the rise. So is our voyeuristic fascination with how they go wrong.
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Can a haunted house even scare us in 2021?
When a pandemic rages just outside our doors, maybe escapism is all we can hope for.
House isn’t selling? Blame the ghosts.
Realtor? Check. Appraiser? Check. Ghostbuster? Check.
The horror century
From the first morbid films a hundred years ago, scary movies always been a dark mirror on Americans’ deepest fears and anxieties.
