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In February 2020, a hugely influential philosopher decided COVID lockdowns looked a lot like Nazi Germany. The fallout in academia and beyond has raged ever since.

My Kid Thinks I Hate Her If She Gets a Math Problem Wrong. What Should I Do?

Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Dear Ask a Teacher: What Can I Do to Stop My Child’s Classroom Meltdowns?

Matthew Dicks, Brandon Hersey, and Cassy Sarnell

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Cul-de-sac of Confused Caucasians”

Jenée Desmond-Harris and Nadira Goffe

Help! I’m About to Ghost One of My Oldest Friends.

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Everything the Skin Care Industry Isn’t Telling You

The Waves

My Girlfriend Supports Me Exploring My Sexuality. I Don’t Know if She Can Handle the Rest.

Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak

News & Politics

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How the Enemy Is Decided

Lili Loofbourow

The Anti-Government Blueprint in California

What Next

Putin Looks Determined to Overthrow Ukraine’s Government

Fred Kaplan

Texas’ Vigilante Scheme Forces Everyone to Report on Trans Kids—or Face Prosecution

Mark Joseph Stern

Why Write About Life in Prison?

Derek R. Trumbo

What They Won in Ottawa

Dahlia Lithwick

Putin’s Obsession With Ukraine

What Next

Putin’s War Was Never Actually About NATO

Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel

It’s Now Clear What Putin Really Wants in Ukraine

Texas’ Vigilante Scheme Forces Everyone to Report on Trans Kids—or Face Prosecution

Hugh Jackman’s Music Man Removes the Classic Show’s Troubling Subtext. What’s Left?

Donald Trump’s New Social Network Has a Surprising Rival

Ukraine

Putin’s War Was Never Actually About NATO

Midterms

This Is Exactly What Mitch McConnell Didn’t Want

Royal Family

The Latest Queen Elizabeth Death Rumors Are the Silliest Yet

Books

The “African Game of Thrones” Just Keeps Getting Better

Advice

My Girlfriend Supports Me Exploring My Sexuality. I Don’t Know if She Can Handle the Rest.

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George R.R. Martin Helped Make One of the Best Video Games in Years

My Sister Is Not a Schizophrenic. She’s Christine.

Tech Trouble

There Were So Many Scams on This NFT Platform That It Gave Up

Remote Learning Accidentally Introduced a New Danger for LGBTQ Students

The Edgiest Thing You Can Buy in the Metaverse

Is Multifactor Authentication Less Effective Than It Used to Be?

I think it’s better for me to walk away, and I don’t need to justify that decision.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Cul-de-sac of Confused Caucasians”

Help! My Boyfriend Won’t Stop Farting Around Me.

Help! My Husband Says I Abandoned Him at a Hockey Game. I Think He’s Being Dramatic.

Help! My Wife and I Quit Our Jobs to Travel the World. Then She Made a Decision That Ruined Everything.

I Don’t Understand How Other Men Pull Off a Certain “Steamy” Sex Trick

My Kid Thinks I Hate Her If She Gets a Math Problem Wrong. What Should I Do?

Putin’s War Was Never Actually About NATO

Dear Ask a Teacher: What Can I Do to Stop My Child’s Classroom Meltdowns?

The U.S. Needs to Radically Redefine What Falls Under “National Security”

Remote Learning Accidentally Introduced a New Danger for LGBTQ Students

How TV’s Dickinson Addresses Writer’s Block

What They Won in Ottawa

Hugh Jackman’s Music Man Removes the Classic Show’s Troubling Subtext. What’s Left?

Why Are Robber Barons the Heroes of The Gilded Age?

Texas’ Trans Kids Are Targets in a Brutal GOP Culture War

Should You Be Playing Wordle on “Hard Mode”?

George R.R. Martin Helped Make One of the Best Video Games in Years

The Latest Queen Elizabeth Death Rumors Are the Silliest Yet

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in the Pam & Tommy Episode About Pam’s Rise to Fame

Hugh Jackman’s Music Man Removes the Classic Show’s Troubling Subtext. What’s Left?

Why Are Robber Barons the Heroes of The Gilded Age?

Jackass Forever: Male Bonding, Unfamiliar Form

First Came the Kitten NFT Scam. Next Came Revenge.

Remote Learning Accidentally Introduced a New Danger for LGBTQ Students

My Sister Is Not a Schizophrenic. She’s Christine.

There Were So Many Scams on This NFT Platform That It Gave Up

Donald Trump’s New Social Network Has a Surprising Rival

How to Buy Weed in the Metaverse

My Parents Blew My College Money on Plastic Surgery

The U.S. Needs to Radically Redefine What Falls Under “National Security”

What Happened to Giorgio Agamben?

My Kid Thinks I Hate Her If She Gets a Math Problem Wrong. What Should I Do?

Dear Ask a Teacher: What Can I Do to Stop My Child’s Classroom Meltdowns?

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Cul-de-sac of Confused Caucasians”

Help! I’m About to Ghost One of My Oldest Friends.

Everything the Skin Care Industry Isn’t Telling You

My Girlfriend Supports Me Exploring My Sexuality. I Don’t Know if She Can Handle the Rest.

How the Enemy Is Decided

The Anti-Government Blueprint in California

Putin Looks Determined to Overthrow Ukraine’s Government

Texas’ Vigilante Scheme Forces Everyone to Report on Trans Kids—or Face Prosecution

Why Write About Life in Prison?

What They Won in Ottawa

Putin’s Obsession With Ukraine

Putin’s War Was Never Actually About NATO