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1 Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

Today’s economic conditions are not just holding Millennials back. They are stratifying them, leading to unequal experiences within the generation as well as between it and other cohorts.

Annie Lowrey

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2 A Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance to Start Over

It’s time to prepare for a new and better normal than your pre-pandemic life.

Arthur C. Brooks

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3 Is Brett Kavanaugh Out for Revenge?

Three years after his polarizing confirmation hearings, the Supreme Court’s 114th justice remains a mystery.

McKay Coppins

Illustration: 3 overlapping images of Brett Kavanaugh with different facial expressions (one green, one red, one purple)

4 Is This the End?

The CDC’s surprising mask announcement was not just a public-health milestone.

Russell Berman

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5 Why Are We So Spiteful?

Our culture is pettily vindictive in part because it is unequal. But we cannot punish our way to a more just society.

Charlie Tyson

6 We Can’t Hide in Our Bubble of Immunity Forever

As Americans abandon masks, the world is suffering around them.

James Hamblin

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7 Put Anthony Fauci in a Dunk Tank

The three populist pillars of a new approach to vaccinating America: Beer, bacon, and lottery tickets.

Conor Friedersdorf

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8 Pay No Attention to That Cat Inside a Box

Seriously, stop it.

Katherine J. Wu

9 Why We Speak More Weirdly at Home

When people share a space, their collective experience can sprout its own vocabulary, known as a familect.

Kathryn Hymes

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10 Find the Place You Love. Then Move There.

If where you live isn’t truly your home, and you have the resources to make a change, it could do wonders for your happiness.