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March 2, 2016
Alex Shephard
Joe Hart had a bad day and took it out on the ball.
March 2, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Aubrey McClendon, who revolutionized the natural gas industry, is dead after crashing his car into a wall.
March 2, 2016
Clio Chang
Melissa Harris-Perry left MSNBC in a blaze of glory.
March 2, 2016
MagazineRyann Liebenthal
Our Lady of the Plains
In a new collection of her letters, Laura Ingalls Wilder confronts the end of the frontier.
March 2, 2016
Tim Grierson
Knight of Cups: The Beautiful Sameness of Terrence Malick
The director’s gorgeous new film is nearly indistinguishable from his other recent work.
March 2, 2016
PodcastTim Grierson, Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 6: Oscars Recap, Triple 9, and Gods of Egypt
March 2, 2016
Navneet Alang
Apple vs. the FBI vs. You
No matter who prevails, your privacy is endangered.
March 2, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
The Daily Show’s Super Tuesday tweets have been absolutely terrible.
March 1, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Britain is acting like the 100 Years War never ended.
March 1, 2016
MagazineJeffrey Kastner
This Museum Is Being Watched
At the Whitney, filmmaker Laura Poitras transforms evidence into art.
March 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
Steve Martin did not want to do The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
March 1, 2016
Max Nelson
Betrayed by Henry James
Constance Fenimore Woolson wrote bitter, morbid, and severe fictions, but her devotion to James was her undoing.
February 29, 2016
Max Rivlin-Nadler
Preemption Bills: A New Conservative Tool to Block Minimum Wage Increases
February 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is Chris Rock responsible for the Oscars’ low, low ratings?
February 29, 2016
Elaine Teng
Chris Rock got so much right about diversity at the Oscars—except for the Asian jokes.
February 29, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
Sculptor Anish Kapoor has been given “exclusive rights” to the blackest of black paints and the art world is outraged.
February 29, 2016
Will Leitch
Oscars 2016: A Night of Hard Truths and Ludicrous Distractions
Chris Rock made Hollywood look at itself—but only for a brief moment.
February 29, 2016
James Hetrick
Leap Day: Fixing the Faults in Our Stars
How we came up with this bizarre system, and why we need it.
February 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Oscars went downhill after Chris Rock’s monologue.
February 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
John Oliver finally went in on Donald Trump.

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