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Paperwork

In a Time of Crisis, How Do Governments Determine the Value of a Life?

Some economists' work has become very relevant this year

Was the Word of Faith Fellowship a cult from the beginning, or did it gradually become one?

When a Community Becomes a Cult

Nicolás Maduro

The Human Cost of Creating Venezuelan Cryptocurrency

Justin Trudeau in 2018

Justin Trudeau Implements Severe Border Restrictions to Prevent Coronavirus Infections

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) appears with musician John Legend at a Get Out the Vote Rally at South Carolina State University ahead of South Carolina's primary on February 26, 2020. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Arts & Entertainment

Are Musician Endorsements Actually Worth Anything to Politicians?

Warren staffers are being criticized for getting tattoos that resemble Holocaust numbers.

Elizabeth Warren Staffers Criticized for Getting Tattoos That Resemble Holocaust Numbers

Robert Morrow

Texas School Board Candidate Endorses Conspiracy Theories, Pole Dancing

Jordan Peterson

Inside the Treatment of Jordan Peterson

Pete Buttigieg announces he is ending his campaign to be the Democratic nominee for president during a speech at the Century Center on March 01, 2020 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Arts & Entertainment

Pete Buttigieg to Guest Host “Jimmy Kimmel Live” This Week

Elizabeth Warrens on SNL

Elizabeth Warren Met Kate McKinnon's Elizabeth Warren on "Saturday Night Live"

Chris Matthews

The Story Behind Chris Matthews’s Departure from MSNBC

Hillary Clinton speaking in a microphone

Hillary Clinton Is Reportedly Starting a Podcast

Social media

How Algorithms and Data Will Affect the 2020 Presidential Election

Flavor Flav attends the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Arts & Entertainment

Public Enemy Fires Flavor Flav

Thomas Pynchon 2020

Inside the Campaign to Get Thomas Pynchon to Endorse a Presidential Candidate

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani arrives to campaign for Republican Senate hopeful Mike Braun on November 3, 2018 in Franklin Township, Indiana. Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Rudy Giuliani Says He Only Has "Five Friends Left"

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Architecture & Real Estate

United States Won't Sign Global Pledge to Eliminate Road Traffic Deaths

Bernie Sanders

Watch Bernie Sanders Thank a Bunch of Bands for Their Music

Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews Compares Sanders Win in Nevada to Nazis Occupying France, Faces Calls to Resign

Michael Bloomberg

Report: 70 Pro-Bloomberg Twitter Accounts Suspended

China

China Expels Three “Wall Street Journal” Journalists

Democratic presidential candidate former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Paris Las Vegas on February 19, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Can Mike Bloomberg Win Voters Over With Food?

A visitor walks around the Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles in Room 18 of the British Museum, on 12th June 2018, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images)

Greece May Ask for Return of Parthenon’s “Elgin Marbles” in Brexit Deal

President Barack Obama alongside Bruce Springsteen waves to the crowd during a campaign stop in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, November 5, 2012. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Arts & Entertainment

A Brief History of the Presidential Campaign Song

Michael Bloomberg

Are Bloomberg-Sponsored Memes Political Ads? Facebook Says No.

Hospital

When Health Insurance Doesn't Stop You From Being Billed

Pete Rose

Donald Trump Announces Support for Pete Rose's Baseball Reinstatement Bid

Bears Ears National Monument in Mexican Hat, Utah

The U.S. Set to Decimate National Monuments Despite Public Opposition

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