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What to do when a comfort object is also supposed to be dinner.

Who’s gay, who’s bi, and who’s just an icon.

Happiest Season gives a tired genre a delightful queer makeover.

Mass loan forgiveness is a mediocre solution to a complex problem. Its time may have come anyway.

"A cash buy-in, winner-take-all betting pool for supervisors and managers..."

The only real limitation on law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology is fear of public outrage.

The two Wayne County Republicans have changed their minds—again.

They’re clever, thoughtfully designed, and most importantly, so much fun.

This holiday season, relax with one of these great diversions.

A school civics lesson gone very, very awry.

I need to divorce him, but he’ll take everything.

Legal reform? An investigation? A orange jumpsuit? A “truth and reconciliation” commission?

Open carry will always be dangerous, even if the desire is peaceful protection.

Especially if you want to reform law enforcement.

Sara Gideon didn’t run a smart campaign.

The most dumbfounding moments from Giuliani’s first court argument in nearly three decades.

"By the time we’re in a position where we’re putting them on a ventilator, we’re past the point where you question it."

The lame duck move will throw a wrench in ongoing negotiations and leave a mess for Biden.

A quickly defeated attempt to disenfranchise the entire city of Detroit highlights the strategic potential of mutually assured exhaustion.

At last, 2020 has its Greatest Showman, and also its Cats.

David Fincher’s movie about the making of Citizen Kane is a mix of truths, half-truths, and outright inventions.

It wasn’t only Trump voters.

In 2009, Democrats had 57 seats in the Senate. Now they’ll be lucky to get 50.

The Trump DOJ is making a last-ditch effort to criminalize a promising overdose prevention strategy.

The ACLU’s Ria Tabacco Mar on future fights, and a discussion of Amazon’s Uncle Frank.