JANUARY
The Most Popular Slate Stories of 2020
The Year the City Splintered
How I Gained Some Control Amid the Chaos of the Pandemic
Where the President Got His Lies About Georgia
Trump Will Get Away With It and Leave Us With the Mess
This Is Trump’s America
What D.C. Residents Continue to Endure
They Were Out for Blood
It’s Almost Over. That’s the Problem.
D.C. Put Up With Strict Security for 20 Years. It Did Nothing.
The Capitol Riot Was Just the Beginning
How Republicans Could Actually Unify the Country
Trump Impeached Again: McConnell Defends Delaying Historic Second Trial
Republicans Still Don’t Get It
Mike Pompeo Was the Worst Secretary of State in U.S. History
Democrats Have Their First Online Meltdown of the Biden Era
Fox News Can Barely Admit the Capitol Riot is a Story
Phil Spector Transformed Pop Music and Destroyed Lives
Trump’s “1776 Report” Would Be Funny if It Weren’t So Dangerous
The Inauguration Brought Back the Idea That Words Matter
Why Congress Gave Lloyd Austin a Pass
Biden Gave Trump’s Union Busters a Taste of Their Own Medicine
The GOP’s Insincere Gripes That Biden Is Being “Divisive”
The Enemy Isn’t Republicans. It’s Liars.
What Six Trump Voters Learned From the Past Four Years
Senate Republicans Are Ready to Let Trump Off the Hook
For Republicans, It’s Never Constitutional to Impeach a Republican President
Capitol Police Can Sue the Mob, Giuliani, and Trump
Why Even a 66 Percent Effective Vaccine Is Such Good News
How Many House Republicans Believe the Jews Attacked California With a Space Laser?
The Best (and Worst) Presidential Pets in U.S. History, Ranked
FEBRUARY
The Consequences of the Unfinished Border Wall
AOC’s Sexual Assault Revelation Isn’t the Story
Trump People Were the Worst Restaurant Guests, Too
What Democrats Have to Do Next on Judges
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s New Twist on a Trump Staple
Kagan Warns the Court’s New Decision May Kill People
Behind the Small Screen Success of ‘Yellowstone’
No One Expects a Conviction This Impeachment. That’s the Problem.
“If That’s Not an Impeachable Offense, Then There Is No Such Thing”
It Sure Looks Like Trump Will Face Criminal Charges for Election Fraud
How Close Did the Capitol Rioters Get to the Nuclear “Football”?
Honestly, Double Masking Sucks
Did Dems Blow It by Not Calling Impeachment Witnesses?
The Mob Is Still Occupying the Capitol
The #MeToo Memoir That Ensnares the Abuser in His Own Trap
What if Nikki Haley Doesn’t Really Believe in Anything?
Rush Limbaugh Was Trapped in the ’80s. He Kept Us There, Too.
Why Are COVID-19 Cases Really Falling?
What the Week Looked Like at One Texas Warming Center
America Is Now in a Constant State of Emergency Unpreparedness
The Last City of the 20th Century
Clarence Thomas Promotes Trump’s Voter Fraud Lies in an Alarming Dissent
How Screwed Is the Trump Hotel D.C.?
The Texas Freeze Proved Our Representatives Feel No Obligation to Their Constituents
Biden Has Found a Way to Unite the Senate. It’s Probably Not What He Had in Mind.
Why Republicans Are Still Holding Onto the Big Lie
A Utah Man Let Homeless People Sleep in His Yard. It Ended in Tragedy.
MARCH
“A Crisis Within a Crisis Within a Crisis”
No One Has Ever Had It Coming More Than Andrew Cuomo
Democrats Have Decided to Send Checks to Fewer People for No Actual Good Reason
Sometimes “Yes” Isn’t Enough
Eight Senate Democrats Join GOP Against $15 Minimum Wage
Why Meghan and Harry’s Oprah Interview Has Spawned a Major Royal Meltdown
What I Saw During a Disturbing Weekend Before the Chauvin Trial
Biden’s COVID Bill Avoids the Key Mistake of the Obama Era
What Passing the Big COVID Relief Bill Proved to Democrats
“I Realized, ‘I Need to Shut My Pie Hole'”
What Calls for More COVID Caution Keep Missing
You Are Not Allowed to Be Annoyed by Vaccine Selfies
Washington State Shows How a Truly Progressive Court Changes Everything
“Please Come to the Michael Kors Cafeteria”
An Appalling Double Standard About the Atlanta Shooting Suspect’s Gun
After a Year of Hate and Fear, a New Tragedy Hit Georgia’s Asian Community
Who Were the Atlanta Shooting Victims?
Coverage of Bay Area Anti-Asian Violence Is Missing a Key Element
We Are So Close! Don’t Give Up on Pandemic Safety Yet.
The Orthodox Jews Trying to Make Marjorie Taylor Greene Kosher
What Christian Men Really Mean When They Say They Have a “Sex Addiction”
How a Stephen Miller Fox News Appearance Launched the “Border Crisis”
The Weirdest “Side Effect” of the Coronavirus Vaccine
I Don’t Know How to Feel About the Way I Was Vaccinated
You Get an Appointment! You Get an Appointment! But Will You Get a Shot?
Biden’s Foreign Policy Crises Are Multiplying Fast
DeSantis’ “Open-for-business” Policy Is Backfiring in Miami
Biden Borrowed the Federalist Society’s Tactics. Good.
The Bogus Rap on Deborah Birx
APRIL
Why Everyone Is So Mad at Delta Air Lines Over Voting Rights
In Defense of Shaming People for Breaking COVID Restrictions
Joe Biden Picked a Good Time to Become President
Death Is the Capital of Uruguay
The Weird Florida Roots of the Matt Gaetz Scandal
Biden’s Huge New Bill Leaves Reaganomics on the Ash Heap of History
How Joe Biden Gets Away With It
Why Physicists Are Losing Their Minds Over a Strange New Discovery
Should I Take Tylenol After My COVID Shot? Can I Drink a Beer?
The Nicest Thing I Can Say About Greg Gutfeld’s Late-Night Show on Fox News
“Good Design” Is Ruining American Cities
I Got the J&J Vaccine Eight Days Ago. Here’s What I’m Actually Worried About.
The Taser Was Already Too Much
Conservative Judges’ Manipulative New Tactic for Overturning Roe
The Myth of the Dangerous Traffic Stop Is Killing Black Men in America
It’s About Time for Us to Stop Wearing Masks Outside
How People Who Got the Pfizer Vaccine Anointed Themselves “the Ruling Class”
What Are Police Thinking?
Derek Chauvin’s Trial Isn’t Over Yet
Why Conservative Media Is Celebrating the Chauvin Verdict
How Amy Coney Barrett Is Backfiring for the Right
The Worst Member of Congress Has Been Flying Under the Radar
Is This Viral Band Really Who They Say They Are?
The Good News About the Insane Real Estate Market
Stop Playing Violent Videos of Black People’s Deaths
Netflix’s Latest Hit Continues an Argument Sci-Fi Fans Have Been Having for Decades
What if the United States Didn’t Treat Parents Like Dirt?
Blake Bailey’s Students Worshipped Him. When They Grew Up, He Preyed On Them.
Every Scandal of Joe Biden’s First 100 Days
MAY
The Bride Who Just Realized Her Wedding Will Have Some Unexpected Guests
Every Scandal of Joe Biden’s First 100 Days
Fear of the Rapture Consumed Everyone I Knew as an Evangelical Kid. I Finally See Why.
The Constitution Requires the U.S. to Offer Vaccine Passports
Trump Is Still Working to Undermine America
Joe Biden Is Starting to Sound Hawkish About the Deficit
The Reason Wood Prices Are Completely Out of Control
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Is So Popular It’s Actually Become a Problem for Him
We Need a Leader to Show Us What Vaccinated Life Can Be. I Know Just the Guy.
How Close Are We to Criminal Charges for Donald Trump?
It’s On Brooklyn House, Shaun Donovan. What Could It Cost?
Ivanka. Betsy DeVos. Stephen Miller. Where Has Trump World Landed?
The GOP War on “Cancel Culture” Is a Cover
“You Don’t Have to Scratch Very Hard on a White Progressive to Get Them Quite Resentful”
How Black Lives Matter Changed the American Conversation About Israel and Palestine
The Latest Meltdown at Yale Law School
How Tina Fey Is Making Up for Her Past
The Academic Story of African American English Has Been Wrong All Along
With Charles Grodin’s Death, Hollywood’s Greatest Romance Comes to an End
Ousting Liz Cheney Could Backfire on the GOP
The 2021 Gaza War Was a Disaster for Everyone. Almost Everyone.
“I Did Have Some Trouble Reporting the Truth”
The Democrats Are Walking Right Into a Trap on Voting Rights
Minneapolis’ Plans for George Floyd Square Are Drawing Fury
How N.Y. Prosecutors Might Get a Key Witness to Flip on Trump
What the Conversations About Antisemitism and Israel-Palestine Get Wrong
Biden’s Justice Department Is Walking Into a Trap Set by Trump Appointees
Netflix’s History of Black American Food Serves Up the Shock of the Familiar
Hollywood Is Still Failing to Tell One of Black America’s Most Horrifying Stories
The Internet Saved My Life. Then It Took Over My Life.
JUNE
The Military Can’t Let Michael Flynn Just Get Away With Supporting a Coup
A Law Student Isn’t Allowed to Graduate Because He Made Fun of the Federalist Society
A Very Calm Guide to the Lab Leak Theory
Is Louis DeJoy Going to DeJail?
An Alt-Rock Queen Returns to Take Back Her Crown
Why Is Merrick Garland’s DOJ Covering for Trump?
The Big Problem With New York City’s Flashiest New Public Attraction
Democrats Have No Idea What to Do About Joe Manchin
Stephen Breyer’s Apparent Retirement Plan Will Backfire
Who Gets the Streets Now?
Merrick Garland’s Job Is To Root Out Trump-Era Corruption at DOJ. He’s Failing.
Understanding the Pain of Slavery Is Impossible. But a Cotton Sack Can Bring Us Closer.
Trust Mitch: The GOP Will Never Confirm Another Democratic SCOTUS Pick
Joe Biden’s Craven Death Penalty Reversal in the Boston Bomber Case
Democrats Should Leap at the Chance to Take Joe Manchin’s Deal
McConnell Has Just One Play Against Manchin’s Voting Rights Compromise
It’s Hard to Make America More Fun When There Are So Many Guns
How Past Moral Panics Set the Stage for the “Critical Race Theory” Freakout
The People Who Voice Audiobooks With Diverse Characters Are Squirming Right Now
The Evidence of Trump’s Pandemic Sabotage Keeps Piling Up
I’m a Luxury Travel Agent. My Clients Are Losing Their Minds Right Now.
Why You Shouldn’t Worry About the Delta Variant (if You’re Vaccinated)
The Miami Building Collapse Is a Warning
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Issued a Decision Too Extreme for Clarence Thomas
How Kamala Harris Has Been Set Up to Fail
This Teen Would Be in Line for a Kidney – if He Were Deemed White Enough
The Temperatures Aren’t Even the Worst Part of the Pacific Northwest Heat Wave
The Dream of Florida Is Dead
JULY
How Unprecedented Is the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Ruling?
Wait, Why Is Cannabis Banned at the Olympics?
Black Widow Is a Thrilling Remedy for the Sexism of Marvel Movies Past
The Charges Against the Trump Organization Are a Master Class in Tax Evasion
America’s Condos Are Hitting a Tipping Point
Manchin and Sinema Have Trapped Us All in a Horror Film
Democrats Have a Huge, Flashing Opportunity to Win the Crime Debate
I’ve Always Suspected “Cat Person” Was Based on My Life. Now I Know it Was.
Black Widow Is Too Late to Be the Movie She Deserved
After Trump, Is Cruelty Still the Point for Republicans?
There’s Only One Explanation for Why Republicans Are Against Early Voting
Amy Coney Barrett Is Following in John Roberts’ Footsteps
The Anthony Bourdain Doc Is No Hagiography
God Help Me, I Savored Every World of Michael Wolff’s Trashy Book on Trump’s Final Year
What Climate Scientists Are Saying About This Catastrophic Summer
We Now Know Exactly What the Trump-Backed Arizona “Audit” Is Going to Do
Master’s Degrees Are the Second Biggest Scam in Higher Education
Tennessee Is Doing Exactly the Wrong Thing to Stop COVID
Hollywood’s History of Conservatorship Abuse Goes Way Beyond Britney Spears
Vaccine-Skeptical Tennesseans on Why They’re Finally Getting the Shot
What Vaccinated People Should Really Know About the Delta Variant’s Threat to Them
Every Single Olympic Event – All 330 of Them – Ranked From Worst to Best
The Strange Case of America’s Missing Sofas
Black Women on Team USA Have to Play Two Games
The Heartbreak of Gymnastics’ Superman Flopping Out of the Olympics
Team USA Is on Its Way to Olympic Glory – in Rugby?
The U.S. Women’s Simone-Less Silver Medal Was a Triumph
Trump Won’t Let the GOP Move On
Why Did a Republican Senator Ask a Biden Nominee if He Believes in God?
Simone Biles Opens Up About the “Twisties” That Sidelined Her
Just How Concerning Is That Leaked CDC COVID Study, Really?
AUGUST
The Gymnastics Events Are Unsatisfying and Unsafe
“This Is Going to Change the World”
What Does It Mean to “Blame” the Unvaccinated Who Get COVID?
How Condo Buildings End
Where Have All the Track Stars Gone?
What Far-Right Groups Are Really Doing Now
What Traumatized, Burned Out Doctors and Nurses Are Telling Me
The Cheapo Olympics Are Coming
There’s a Silver Lining in the Extremely Bleak New Climate Report
Did the War on Terror Create Trump?
Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and the MyPillow Guy Are in Huge Trouble
Trump’s New Big Lie: Afghanistan
Why Parents Shouldn’t Hunker Down and Wait for a “Return to Normal”
Taliban Enters Kabul, Afghan President Flees
“A Boondoggle of a Counterinsurgency That Had No Endgame”
The One Big Thing Biden Got Right About Afghanistan
CNN’s Clarissa Ward on What She’s Seeing in Afghanistan Now
Just How Big a Mess the California Recall Is
Mike Pompeo Is Lying About Afghanistan
“Frankly, I Couldn’t Design a Worse System”
House Democrats Just Got Serious About Reigning In the Supreme Court
What It Takes to Stop a Bully
Our Never-Ending Empathy for Everything Is Backfiring
Spike Lee Has Fallen Down the 9/11 Truther Rabbit Hole
A Tennis Star’s Ex Accused Him of Domestic Abuse. Why Hasn’t the Tour Addressed It?
Why I Finally Had to Quit Working in a COVID Ward
We Need More Airplanes to Fight Wildfires. There’s Just One Problem.
How Did This Humble Weed Take on Such Grand Significance?
The Supreme Court Has Just Two Days To Decide the Fate of Roe v. Wade
Sunday’s Drone Strike Disaster Shows the Risks of Biden’s Afghanistan Strategy
SEPTEMBER
Of Course This Supreme Court Ended Roe v. Wade by Doing Nothing
It Was the Plan All Along
A Shocking New Speech Has Plunged Mormons Into Another Battle Over Gay Rights
How Will Texas’ Abortion Ban Be Enforced?
A Shocking New Speech Has Plunged Mormons Into Another Battle Over Gay Rights
Why Color-Blind Casting Can’t Save the Classic Musical
What We Didn’t Know on 9/11
John Mulaney Doesn’t Owe You Squat
The Hardest Thing to Accept About COVID Right Now
Did Backlash Over the Shadow Docket Spook the Court?
What Bush and One of America’s Most Prominent Muslim Leaders Said to Each Other After 9/11
Colson Whitehead Is Still Just doing His Weird Thing
A Teen Magazine Icon Is Shattering Her Legend, One Jaw-Dropping Confession at a Time. Why?
The Most Popular Show in the World Is Like Game of Thrones in Reverse
“Men’s Rights Asians” Think This Is Their Moment
Why Is Nicki Minaj Doing This? There Are Some Dark Theories.
Gavin Newsom’s Super Easy Advice for Winning an Election
Woodward’s Latest Book Seems to Misunderstand Trump’s Central Motivation
Unvaccinated People Are Not Criminals
The Emmys Underlined the Paradox of Too Much TV
The Most Confounding Part of Woodward’s New Trump Book Is What It Doesn’t Say
Star Wars Has Figured Out Something Marvel Hasn’t
Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him.
Hollywood’s Big #MeToo Movement Collapsed Under Its Own Hypocrisy
Netflix’s No. 2 Show Will Make You Feel Gross, but You Should Watch It Anyway
Japanese Breakfast Thinks This Is the Best Song She’s Ever Written
“We Get to Hear Them Training to Kill Us”
Impossible Pork Is Testing My Faith
We Now Know Why Biden Was in a Hurry to Exit Afghanistan
The Cost of the Chicago Bears Fleeing to the Suburbs
OCTOBER
The South’s Resistance to Vaccination Is Not As Incomprehensible As It Seems
Wait, Why Did Anyone Ever Think Manchin Would Be OK With a Giant Progressive Bill?
It’s Been Quite a Week for Bozo Behavior in Trump’s Extended Circle of Bozos
Online Ordering Is Ruining Lunch for the Rest of Us
Is the German Catholic Church Going Rogue or Saving Itself?
The Decision Blocking Texas’ Abortion Ban Is a Meticulous Rebuke to the Supreme Court
Vaccination Has Become a Culture War, and Joe Biden Is Winning It
Is Mitch MicConnell Losing a Step?
I’ve Read Nearly every Trump Tell-All. This Is the Dishiest.
Social Media Can Be Unsafe for Kids. The Next Digital Frontier Is Even Riskier.
Millions of People Left Behind by the Vaccine Are Facing a Stark Future
I Found ClickHole’s “Worst Person You Know”
A Mom Who Hasn’t Gotten Vaxxed–and Might not Vaccinate Her Kids–Explains Herself
Dave Chappelle Accomplished Exactly What He Wanted To
Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Walked Straight Into a Trap
What Americans Who Can’t Find a New Couch Are Resorting To
The Moment When Colin Powell Squandered His Spectacular Career
Ending Roe Could Send More Women to Prison for Miscarrying
The 20-Lane Highway Texas Wants to Force Through Austin
Dune Is a Ponderous Striptease With a Very Impressive Sandworm
I Was Wrong About Joe Manchin
Joe Biden Is Making Decisions, and It Isn’t Pretty
The Century-Old Sci-Fi Trope That Just Won’t Die
Were Democrats Wrong to Support Redistricting Reform in Virginia?
Who Gets to Ask to “Move On” From Jan. 6
I Live in the Best-Run State in America. Really!
Three Trials in America Are Demonstrating the Limits of Our Justice System
How a Corny Joke Became the Preferred Way to Challenge Christian Anti-Vaxxers
Katie Couric’s Extremely Juicy Memoir Delivers Two Different Types of Voyeurism
All Hail the Only Halloween Candy That’s Learned From Its Mistakes
NOVEMBER
Maybe the Santa Barbara Nightmare Dorm Is the Best We Can Do
The Second-Ever Female Solicitor General Couldn’t Get a Word in Edgewise at SCOTUS
The Democrats’ Loss in Virginia Is Merrick Garland’s Fault, Too
Men Need to Hear the Stories Women Whisper to One Another
The Embarrassment of NYC’s Next Mayor Taking His Paychecks in Bitcoin
The EPA’s New Rule Corrects a Mistake That’s Haunted Environmental Policy for Decades
The Odd, True History of the Villain in the Netflix’s No. 1 Movie
The Insidious Idea About “Safety” that Keeps Putting Us in Danger
Will China Really Invade Taiwan?
How the Supreme Court Unleashed a Brutal New Era of Gerrymandering
The People Who Should Be Panicking About Inflation
Josh Hawley Gets One Thing Right About the Plight of Men
You Can’t Understand Squid Game Without Understanding the Korean Idea Driving It
Climate Change Is Now Threatening One of Our Greatest Tools Against It
Actually, Trump Disappearing From the News Has Been Terrible for Democracy
Could a New Government Report Spell Felony Charges for Trump?
So, Does Beto Have a Shot?
How Justin Timberlake Came Undone
Kyle Rittenhouse Won by Redefining What “Active Shooter” Means
A Liberal Guns’ Rights Advocate Explains What Both Sides Got Wrong About Kyle Rittenhouse
Republicans Will Be Sorry if the Supreme Court Overturns Roe
Why Are the McMichaels So Scared
How the Far-Right Deep Web Is Talking About Kyle Rittenhouse Now – and What to Do About It
How the Berenstain Bears Thanksgiving Book Became the Bane of My Existence
Why the Democrats’ Agenda Is Popular but Democrats Are Not
Everything You Need to Know About the New COVID-19 Variant
The Exact Wrong Thing to Do About Omicron
How Will We Know When COVID Is Over?
The Alternative to Overturning Roe That Terrifies Anti-Abortion Advocates
DECEMBER
During Arguments Over Roe’s Fate, Kavanaugh and Barrett Finally Showed Their Cards
The Supreme Court Will Gaslight Until the End
Meet the Trump Fanatics Who Have Taken Over Elections in a Critical Swing State
The Battle for the Senate Is On, and It’s Already a Doozy
Yellowjackets Is Pulling Off a Feat No Other Show Is
Why Isn’t Anyone Listening to Joe Biden?
Every Single Way Trump World Is Lying About Its Latest COVID Scandal
The 10 Best Books of the Year
Why Did Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Fail So Completely?
John Roberts Has Lost Control
Why Our Fantasy of a Dark and Bloody Middle Ages Is So Hard to Shake
The People Who Are Very Understandably Vaccine Hesitant
What I Missed About Brett Kavanaugh and Abortion
How America Broke the Speed Limit
Why It Feels Like “Everyone” Has COVID Right Now
The End of the Afghanistan War Was Even Worse Than Anyone Realized
Don’t Cancel Your Holiday Plans (Yet). Do These Five Things Instead.
Joe Manchin’s “No” Might Be Just What Democrats Need
Why Don’t We Remember the Man Who Broke the NFL’s Color Barrier?
Trump’s COVID Response Was Even Worse Than We Thought
What Vaccinated People Need to Do About Omicron
Louis C.K.’s New Special Shows Exactly What He’s Lost
What’s Different About This Latest COVID Spike
It’s Time to Stop Giving Gifts to Adults
The Permanent Damage Joe Manchin Could Cause
The One Thing Biden Is Doing Exceptionally Well
“Meet a Jew,” Germany’s New Scheme to Convince the Country That Jews Are People
We Got Two Ridley Scott Movies This Year. One of Them Was Great.
The CDC’s Defense of Its New COVID Guidelines Is Complete Nonsense
Joe Biden Picked a Rough Year to Become President
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