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How America Became Hostile to Shade

A roving history makes the case for shade’s centrality to public health, climate adaptation, and even a more robust and inclusive public sphere.

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Inside the Private Equity Scam—and the Livelihoods It Has Destroyed

Financiers have bamboozled the public for years about their expertise in “fixing” companies. Yet they often—and sometimes deliberately—run them into the ground.

Lena Dunham’s Too Much Is Exactly Enough

Megan Stalter of the Netflix show Too Much

Lena Dunham’s Too Much Is Exactly Enough

Books & the Arts

An illustration of FDR blowing what looks like a dandelion but is in fact parachutiists and war airplanes

Why America Got a Warfare State, Not a Welfare State

How FDR invented national security, and why Democrats need to move on from it

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The WNBA Is a Perfectly Choreographed TV Drama

Women’s basketball is bigger than it’s ever been on television, and the player’s association is taking advantage of the spotlight to tell a gripping story about labor.