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1 Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity

As their goosebumps have long suggested, women perform better on tests of cognitive function at toastier room temperatures.

Olga Khazan

A woman sunbathes next to the Seine river in Paris, France.

2 Something Is Changing in the Way People Eat at Home

Out with the kitchen table, and in with the couch.

Joe Pinsker

3 End the Plague of Secret Parenting

If mothers and fathers speak openly about child-care obligations, their colleagues will adapt.

Emily Oster

A Post-it note shows a sketch of a silhouette of a woman holding a child.

4 There’s More to College Than Getting Into College

Applying to schools has become an endless chore—one that teaches students nothing about what really matters in higher education.

David Coleman

An illustration of a crumbling ivory tower

5 He Was Branded the ‘American Taliban.’ Now He’s Getting Out of Jail.

John Walker Lindh was the first American to face charges related to the War on Terror. Dozens have followed.

Kathy Gilsinan

6 Trump’s Fury at Don McGahn Is Misplaced

The former White House counsel helped stock the federal courts with conservative judges. Now multiple lawsuits involving Trump are headed there.

Peter Nicholas

7 Trump Was Right Not to Sign the Christchurch Call

The pledge to eliminate extremist content online is antithetical to the American understanding of free expression.

Graeme Wood

French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hold a news conference during the Christchurch Call meeting on May 15, 2019.

8 The Loneliest Stars in the Galaxy

Certain stars have a history distinct from all the others around them.

Marina Koren

A computer rendering of a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way taking shape

9 It’s Impossible to Take the New Aladdin Seriously

Disney’s live-action remake of the 1992 animated classic is a special-effects-laden extravaganza that comes off as clumsy and half-hearted.

David Sims

10 Why So Many Women Choose Abortion Over Adoption

Some American women see giving up their babies as more emotionally painful than terminating their pregnancies.

Olga Khazan

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1 Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity

2 Something Is Changing in the Way People Eat at Home

3 End the Plague of Secret Parenting

4 There’s More to College Than Getting Into College

5 He Was Branded the ‘American Taliban.’ Now He’s Getting Out of Jail.

6 Trump’s Fury at Don McGahn Is Misplaced

7 Trump Was Right Not to Sign the Christchurch Call

8 The Loneliest Stars in the Galaxy

9 It’s Impossible to Take the New Aladdin Seriously

10 Why So Many Women Choose Abortion Over Adoption

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