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The Tech Companies That Wield Even More Power Than Facebook or Google

In authoritarian countries, governments can lean on these companies to deprive citizens of their human rights.

Does Julia Fox’s Hilarious Excuse for Dating Kanye West Make Any Sense at All?

She threw herself in front of Kim like a human shield. Maybe?

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in The Crown Season 5

Was Diana tricked into a TV interview? And can Prince Charles breakdance? We break down what’s true and what’s invention.

My Son And His Friends Made a Really Stupid Choice—so Why Is Only My Son in Trouble?

Parenting advice on sneaking out, single parenthood, and safety.

NASA Has Plans to Probe Uranus

OK but do we really have to pronounce the planet’s name like that??

Oh Dear, Lena Dunham’s New Movie Is Not Very Good

Her first movie in 12 years is a contrived, confusing mess.

A Nun Founded a TV Station That Became the “Catholic Fox News.” Then It Turned Against the Pope.

To many Catholics, EWTN has become the voice of the Catholic Church in America.

Help! My Sister’s Latest Raunchy “Gag Gift” Finally Went Too Far.

I can’t face another birthday present like this.

Neal Stephenson Predicted the Metaverse. His New Book Imagines Something Even Stranger.

Is Termination Shock a cautionary tale or a call to extragovernmental arms?

What Sally Rooney’s Detractors Misunderstand About Her Books

With Beautiful World, Where Are You, the novelist shows she’s her own best critic.

Meet the Young Adults Sneaking Behind Their QAnon Parents’ Backs to Get Vaccinated

“I am hoping I can blame the government."

In Italy, the Mobster Event of the Century Is Going Totally Ignored

A huge, silent trial and the new face of the "mafiosi."

The French #MeToo Memoir That Ensnares the Abuser in His Own Trap

Vanessa Springora’s memoir, Consent, electrified the French literary world. American readers will find it exhilarating.

The “Virus Squads” That Stormed Tenements in the Middle of the Night

In the 1800s, they helped lay the groundwork for the anti-vaccine movement.

Harold Bornstein Showed What Fealty to Trump Was Worth

As with most of the president's supplicants, it only earned the doctor disdain.

Trump and McConnell Are Building the Most Visible Symbol of a Failed State

The terrifying threat of the Supreme Court losing its legitimacy.

Microsoft Workers Say the Company Is War Profiteering, and They’ve Timed Their Protest to Hurt

A group of employees released a letter protesting the company's AR contract with the Pentagon on the eve of a major product reveal.

The Best Jokes About This Year’s Oscar Nominees, in a New Honest Trailer

Screen Junkies poke well-deserved fun at Bohemian Rhapsody, Vice, and more.