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Archives for April 2019

Culture
Watch: Netflix’s Knock Down the House trailer is here to make politics feel a little more hopefulWatch: Netflix’s Knock Down the House trailer is here to make politics feel a little more hopeful
Culture

Four women — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, Paula Jean Swearengin, and Amy Vilela — challenge the Democratic establishment.

By Alissa Wilkinson
Culture
The McConaissance is back on-aissanceThe McConaissance is back on-aissance
Culture

How Matthew McConaughey bounced back from the “Oscar curse.”

By Charles Bramesco
Politics
It’s worth pausing and noting that the president is now tweeting about impeachmentIt’s worth pausing and noting that the president is now tweeting about impeachment
Politics

Democrats aren’t sure if they want to go there.

By Tara Golshan
Politics
Trump sues House Democrats to stop them from getting his financial recordsTrump sues House Democrats to stop them from getting his financial records
Politics

The president’s legal argument is that Congress does not have an unlimited right to investigate the executive branch.

By Dylan Scott
Politics
The Supreme Court just took up a set of very big cases on LGBTQ rightsThe Supreme Court just took up a set of very big cases on LGBTQ rights
Politics

The Supreme Court will hear big cases on LGBTQ rights — after an LGBTQ ally left the Court.

By German Lopez
Culture
A beginner’s guide to Avengers: Endgame, the biggest Marvel movie, everA beginner’s guide to Avengers: Endgame, the biggest Marvel movie, ever
Culture

It took 11 years of Marvel movie-making to get here.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Climate
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
Climate

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

By Brian Resnick
Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy
Elizabeth Warren has the biggest free college plan yetElizabeth Warren has the biggest free college plan yet
Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

Warren doesn’t just want tuition-free college. She also wants to cancel millions of Americans’ student debt.

By Ella Nilsen
Climate
This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.
Climate

A chat with Paul Hawken about his ambitious effort to “map, measure, and model” global warming solutions.

By David Roberts
Climate
7 things we’ve learned about Earth since the last Earth Day7 things we’ve learned about Earth since the last Earth Day
Climate

We continue to shape life on Earth, and threaten our survival, in unexpected ways.

By Umair Irfan
Money
Leftist memes are everywhere on Instagram. Now their creators are unionizing.Leftist memes are everywhere on Instagram. Now their creators are unionizing.
Money

It’s a reflection of a broader shift in who unionizes, and why.

By Rebecca Jennings
Money
Where can a teen get a poster in 2019?Where can a teen get a poster in 2019?
Money

Posters are harder to come by in a time with hardly any record stores or malls or print magazines, but teenagers — and teenagers-at-heart — still need a way to turn their rooms into shrines.

By Kaitlyn Tiffany
Games of Thrones season 8
8 winners and 4 losers from Game of Thrones’ terrific “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”8 winners and 4 losers from Game of Thrones’ terrific “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”
Games of Thrones season 8

Winners: Brienne! Chiaroscuro lighting! The audience! Losers: Whatever that Sansa and Dany scene was.

By Emily St. James
Games of Thrones season 8
Game of Thrones season 8, episode 2: Podrick’s song, explainedGame of Thrones season 8, episode 2: Podrick’s song, explained
Games of Thrones season 8

The episode’s musical Easter egg, “Jenny’s Song,” could be foreshadowing the end of Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Games of Thrones season 8
Bran knows Jaime should live on Game of Thrones. He also isn’t above a savage burn.Bran knows Jaime should live on Game of Thrones. He also isn’t above a savage burn.
Games of Thrones season 8

In “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” Bran Stark’s line, “the things we do for love,” was a savage Jaime Lannister callback.

By Alex Abad-Santos