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1 The Fraught Effort to Return to the Moon

NASA wants to put people back on the lunar surface in 2024, but it doesn’t have the budget.

Marina Koren

Buzz Aldrin moves equipment on the moon.

2 The Economist Who Would Fix the American Dream

No one has done more to dispel the myth of social mobility than Raj Chetty. But he has a plan to make equality of opportunity a reality.

Gareth Cook

3 The Republican Party Needs Millennials to Survive

Conservatives can win over young Americans to our principles, but first we have to live by those principles.

Kori Schake

Child covers his ears during a Trump campaign rally

4 People Seek Out a Certain Kind of Person When They Are Happy

Your mood might have a big influence on the type of companionship you want.

Olga Khazan

Three men set up a dining table in the middle of frozen water.

5 An Epidemic of Disbelief

What new research reveals about sexual predators, and why police fail to catch them

Barbara Bradley Hagerty

6 A Potential Hidden Factor in Why People Have So Much Trouble Losing Weight

A new study in mice points to how cell biology, not willpower, might be the root of yo-yo dieting.

Amanda Mull

7 When One Person on a Date Is Just There for the Free Food

“I mean, if it’s dinner, I’m not going to say no, so that I don’t have to go home and cook.”

Joe Pinsker

8 The Deeper Significance of the Mall on Stranger Things

The Netflix series reimagines the role that a shopping center can play in the lives of American teens—especially for its young female characters.

Michelle Delgado

9 The Financial Calamity That Is the Teaching Profession

Teachers are suing the government over debt relief that never came—but their financial problems go much deeper than student loans.

Alia Wong

10 Trump’s Greatest Contribution to American Politics

The fight on the House floor about Trump’s racist tweets illustrates, yet again, how singularly unprepared Washington is for a president like him.

Todd S. Purdum

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1 The Fraught Effort to Return to the Moon

2 The Economist Who Would Fix the American Dream

3 The Republican Party Needs Millennials to Survive

4 People Seek Out a Certain Kind of Person When They Are Happy

5 An Epidemic of Disbelief

6 A Potential Hidden Factor in Why People Have So Much Trouble Losing Weight

7 When One Person on a Date Is Just There for the Free Food

8 The Deeper Significance of the Mall on Stranger Things

9 The Financial Calamity That Is the Teaching Profession

10 Trump’s Greatest Contribution to American Politics

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