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Fighting Putin Doesn’t Make You a Saint

Hedge fund star Bill Browder has been a strident anti-Putin voice. But why won't he testify about Russian wrongdoing?

By Jason Motlagh

December 31, 2015

The State Department wants to wish the press a Happy New Year.

Jeet Heer | 2 days ago

All eight of the books longlisted for the 2015 John Leonard Prize were written by women.

Alex Shephard | 2 days ago

Rahm Emanuel is giving more Tasers to Chicago cops in 2016. It won’t solve a thing.

Jamil Smith | 2 days ago

Ben Carson’s campaign is collapsing in real time.

Jeet Heer | 2 days ago
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Did an English Scientist’s Electrical Experiments Inspire Frankenstein?

By Stuart Prior

January 1, 2016

The Language of Sleep

By Sarah Green

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What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change

By Raj Patel

January 1, 2016

Why 2015 Was the Year That Changed TV Forever

By Amanda Lotz

December 31, 2015

The Irresistible Psychology of Fairy Tales

What can explain the recent explosion of interest in classic folk stories?

By Ellen Handler Spitz

December 28, 2015

Will Leitch’s Top Ten Films of 2015

By Will Leitch

December 31, 2015

Here’s the Real Problem With Almonds

By Tom Philpott and Julia Lurie

December 31, 2015

The Year We Started Taking Podcasts Seriously

By Mikaela Lefrak

December 31, 2015

The Worrying Rise of Automated Parole

By Michael Thomsen

December 31, 2015

This Is the Age of the Power Couple

As women claim more leadership positions, the power couple is becoming a model for modern relationships.

By Elizabeth Winkler

December 31, 2015

Star Wars Films Are Not About Good vs. Evil

For all their lofty narratives, the movies are the fruit of a single family tree.

By Jeet Heer

December 30, 2015

Donald Trump and the Politics of Disgust

By Alexander Hurst

December 31, 2015

Benefits of Thinking Like a Stoner

By Natalie Zarrelli

December 30, 2015

The History of Farting for Money

By Linda Rodriguez

December 30, 2015

I Took the Baby Deadline Test

By Francie Diep

December 30, 2015

The Revenant: Man Vs. Wild

Once boyish, now bearded, Leonardo DiCaprio taps into a gripping, primal urgency in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s survival film.

By Tim Grierson

December 22, 2015
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