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Once more unto the Brexit Jun 16, 2021

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The Atlantic’s Tom McTague provides a halftime report on Brexit. It appears it’s going very well for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Israel is under new management Jun 15, 2021

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Benjamin Netanyahu is out. Israel has a new leader and a new coalition government. The question now is whether they bring anyone closer to peace.

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QAmom Jun 14, 2021

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What to do when your mom is with Q.

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The Kardashi-end Jun 11, 2021

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Over 14 years and 20 seasons of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” the show rewrote the rules of reality TV, social media, marketing, and popular culture. Next up? Politics.

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You know who kinda crushed Covid? Jun 10, 2021

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Senegal. Vox’s Jen Kirby flew there to find out how.

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Mare of New York Jun 09, 2021

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New York City is picking a new mayor with a new election system. What could go wrong?

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Mexico’s deadly election Jun 08, 2021

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Gangs and drug cartels killed dozens of candidates in Mexico’s midterm elections. Voters weren’t intimidated.

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Critical race theory Jun 07, 2021

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Across the country, Republican lawmakers are pushing laws banning “critical race theory” in schools. It’s already had a chilling effect on teachers.

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It’s getting harder to vote in America Jun 04, 2021

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Texas isn’t the only state advancing legislation that would disenfranchise voters in Democratic strongholds. Vox’s Ian Millhiser explains why some voter suppression efforts are worse than others.

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The lab leak theory Jun 03, 2021

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The idea that Covid-19 emerged from a Chinese lab once sounded too fringe to take seriously. That’s starting to change.

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