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Should COVID-19 trump patent protections?

Biden stunned allies by calling for patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines to be lifted

Noah Millman

What happened to the lab-leak theory?

How the culture war may have obscured the origins of the coronavirus

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The week's best photojournalism

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The U.S. is enabling Israeli war crimes in Gaza

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Climbers say COVID-19 is rampant on Everest

The government denies it

6 books John McWhorter loves

The linguist recommends works by Philip Roth, Wendy Lesser, and more

Stephanie Pain

The essential fly

Think before you swat: The much-maligned fly could be the key to ensuring future supplies of many of the world's favorite foods

2 dead, 150 injured after bleacher collapse at West Bank synagogue

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Is Matthew McConaughey getting more serious about a Texas gubernatorial run?

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Fauci expects CDC to provide 'significant clarification' on specific mask guidance soon

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China criticizes U.S. for preventing U.N. Security Council statement calling for Israel-Hamas cease-fire

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Poll: Most GOP voters think 2020 election was illegitimate, but lawmakers should prioritize other issues

12:57 p.m.

Netanyahu fiercely defends Israeli air strikes following 42 more civilian deaths in Gaza

11:43 a.m.

Cheney says McCarthy, Stefanik are 'complicit' in spreading Trump's lies

11:07 a.m.

CDC doctors confusingly try to re-enact proper mask-wearing protocols in latest SNL cold open

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Watch Vanessa Bryant's Hall of Fame speech on behalf of her late husband Kobe

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Rombauer upsets Medina Spirit to win Preakness

May 15, 2021

Staunch Israel supporter Sen. Bob Menendez expresses concern about Palestinian airstrikes

May 15, 2021

The next 6 months will challenge White House to 'stay firm' on no-fear inflation stance, economist says

May 15, 2021

Colonial pipeline attack increases bipartisan urgency to reform cyberattack reporting laws

May 15, 2021

What will China's rover be researching on Mars?

May 15, 2021

Al Jazeera accuses Israel of war crime after tower housing its Gaza offices destroyed

May 15, 2021

Palestinian politician skeptical of Biden envoy's chances of securing cease-fire between Israel, Hamas

May 15, 2021

Nicki Minaj speaks publicly for the 1st time about her father's February hit-and-run death

May 14, 2021

Someone in Rhode Island bought land using Dogecoin

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Artists take on her House leadership demotion, the GOP's embrace of Trump, and more

The wisdom of pessimism

It's time to acknowledge the reality of Israel and Palestine

Justine Lee

How to use sourdough discard in any recipe

Don't throw it out! Surplus starter is an ingredient in its own right.

The 'critical race theory' bogeyman

The GOP is trying to suppress honest discussion about American history and racism

'Good speech' isn't winning

The growing threat of lies and radical partisanship

Michael Fox

Brazil's small farmers tackle food insecurity

The Landless Workers' Movement has roughly 1.5 million members

Jeva Lange

How Barry Jenkins broke the television mold

'The Underground Railroad' isn't like anything you've seen on TV

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It wasn't all bad!

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Why tempeh is the star of my kitchen

Tempeh has changed the game for me

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The Saw franchise tries to turn the page

But is a Saw movie without Jigsaw still a Saw movie?

J.M. Hirsch

In Vietnam, grilling is just the start

Open flame cooking is the norm on the busy streets of Ho Chi Minh City

David Faris

What should Biden do about Palestine?

The peace process seems futile. Doing nothing could be worse.

Leah Libresco Sargeant

What the government should learn from SpaceX

The price of success is failure

Joel Mathis

"Every person who receives a shot is one less person likely to end up hospitalized, or to pass on the virus to others, or to serve as an incubator for dangerous new variants. We can't leave the vaccine hesitant to their fates."

Joel Mathis

Ohio's problematic vaccine lottery

Why the "Vax-a-Million" plan may be counterproductive

Biden's secret war

The president said the war in Afghanistan is over. But is it?

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9 beach reads for your 2021 summer vaxcation

The best summer books for every type of reader

The Republican theory of jobs is classic Marx

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The Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis deserves relentless investigating

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Is Matthew McConaughey getting more serious about a Texas gubernatorial run?

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The doom-loop of a falling fertility rate

What if America's falling fertility rate isn't reversible?

The real reason Liz Cheney lost her job

She is right about Trump. Republicans are also right to fire her.

"We put too much emphasis on one rigid structure of paid work in this country, and you don't need some nefarious ulterior motive to object to cramming every family into its confines."

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Normalize part-time work for parents

Wanting to work less isn't anti-feminist

Democrats fiddling before the fire?

Republicans are purging Trump critics and plotting to overthrow democracy. Democrats are bizarrely blasé.

Biden's next step as example-in-chief?

Time to ditch the mask, Joe

The GOP isn't dead

Like it or not, the increasingly radical Republican Party is still highly competitive

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The new flappers?

Get ready for post-pandemic fashion maximalism

"There are any number of reasons why American cities should become more transit-, bike-, and pedestrian-friendly. But for my purposes here the key point is that doing so is also better even for drivers."

Ryan Cooper

America's traffic paradox

How car supremacy makes life worse — even for drivers

Joel Mathis

"There are plenty of legitimate reasons an unemployed American might not be returning to work at the moment."

Joel Mathis

The war on the unemployed

Why Republican states are cutting off jobless benefits

A smart metric for when to drop mask mandates

Some states are turning restrictions into vaccination incentives

Jon Walker

Doomsday for bad bosses

The typical reshuffling of the employment market is about to happen at warp speed

How Biden could vaccinate the world

The case for a government-owned vaccine factory

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Mother's Day after a year apart

The relief and grief that comes after the pandemic

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