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Paul Manafort Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison, Immediately Indicted...

Paul Manafort has been sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in federal prison and indicted in New York.

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Alan Tudyk, Voice of Nincompoop Rooster in Moana, Will Play Cranky Parrot in...

The actor will take over the part of Iago, voiced in the original movie by Gilbert Gottfried.

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Your Social Media Photos Are Helping to Build the Surveillance State

NBC’s Olivia Solon explains the shady ways that tech companies are making their face recognition data more diverse.

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Why Spotify Is Such an Awkward—and Necessary—Critic of Apple’s Power

All aboard the anti-monopoly starship.

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The Trump Administration’s New Overtime Policy Leaves Millions of Workers...

The new proposal sets an excessively low “salary threshold” for coverage of overtime laws.

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Parliament Votes to Rule Out No-Deal Brexit, Which in No Way Rules Out...

Crikey!

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There’s No Good Reason for Beto to Run for President

His first campaign challenge will be to justify why he’s even running for president.

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The Angle: Why Is Beto 2020 a Thing?

Being a successful underdog who lost is not exactly a campaign platform.

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In Defense of Telling Patients They’re Dying via Robot

This is not a failure of technology, it seems. More likely, it was a failure to communicate via any method.

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The Legal Argument in Nicholas Sandmann’s Defamation Lawsuits Is Basically...

This is one part legal theory, two parts political screed.

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“Mayor Pete” Buttigieg Is Having a Moment in the 2020 Primary. Here’s Why!

The Indiana underdog nailed his big TV moment in a manner reminiscent of a certain other heartland Dem with an unusual name. (It’s Barack Obama.)

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Liberty Was Kind of Like a Wallflower at the School Dance of America’s Founding

The wide-spanning influence of Montesquieu on American politics.

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Paul Manafort Got Off Relatively Easy. So Should Convicts Less Rich and...

Criminal justice reform can’t come quickly enough.

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Beto O’Rourke Tells El Paso TV Station: “I’m Running”

Beto O’Rourke is betting his mojo will translate to the presidential race.

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Conan O’Brien Is the Master of Recurring Segments

“Checkin’ In With Billie” is the Celebrity Jeopardy we deserved all along.

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Trevor Noah Has Figured Out How to Punish the Coaches in the College...

This is going to be the most exciting season of college water polo EVER!

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The Real Affirmative Action Goes to Wealthy White Kids

College admissions have always favored the wealthy.

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The Other Two Is 2019’s First Great New TV Show

Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider’s show channels millennials’ envious admiration for Gen Z’s inborn self-presentation skills.

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Ask a Teacher: My Daughter Doesn’t Do Her Homework. Is She a Slacker or a...

There are pros and cons to going above and beyond the requirements.

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Help! I’m Afraid My Husband Will Kill Himself if I Leave Him.

Prudie’s column for March 14.

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