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Edmon de Haro There’s No Such Thing as Free Will
But we’re better off believing in it anyway.
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Tom Pennington / Getty Images The Mind of Donald Trump
Narcissism, disagreeableness, grandiosity—a psychologist investigates how Trump’s extraordinary personality might shape his possible presidency.
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Mel Evans / AP Live Coverage of the Oregon and Kentucky Primaries
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face off in the Beaver and Bluegrass states, while West Coast Republicans consider Trump.
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Steve Dipaola / Reuters Can Portland Avoid Repeating San Francisco’s Mistakes?
The city is facing a housing crisis, but despite its progressive reputation, it’s done little to ensure affordability for longtime residents.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Is the Democratic Primary Really Rigged?
Bernie Sanders supporters are increasingly convinced the election isn’t a fair fight. That's bad news for the Democratic Party.
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Fernando Llano / AP Venezuela Is Falling Apart
Scenes from daily life in the failing state
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Is This the Worst Congress Ever?
It can’t pass a budget, can’t confirm appointments, and now it can’t even scrounge up funding to address public-health crises.
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The Voorhes The False Promise of DNA Testing
The forensic technique is becoming ever more common—and ever less reliable.
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Robb D. Cohen / AP Chance the Rapper and the Lessons of Childhood
The uplifting Coloring Book makes profound use of Millennial nostalgia.
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Lisa Maree Williams / Getty The Complex Psychology of Why People Like Things
How do you account for taste?
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Wilson Ring / AP What Killed Burlington College?
The small Vermont liberal-arts college will close up shop this month, and a controversial real-estate deal made by Jane Sanders, Bernie Sanders’s wife, may be to blame.
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Gary Hershorn / Reuters The Evolutionary Power of Loneliness
The pain of isolation may be what motivates people to make friends.
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Hugh Kretschmer The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans
Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. I’m one of them.
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Andrew Winning / Reuters Getting to Know the World’s Super-Rich
Who are they? Where do they live? And more importantly, where does their wealth come from?
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters The Harm in Blindly ‘Going Gluten Free’
It is not an innocuous decision.
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Your Stories of Financial Struggle
Readers share their experiences with economic hardship, insecurity, and overcoming misfortune.
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Martin Bernetti / AFP / Getty A Trip to Patagonia
A virtual trip to the southern tip of South America, where Getty Images photographers recently captured scenes from across Patagonia
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Stephan Savoia / AP Being Black at America's Elite Public High Schools
The complacency and inaction of school administrators following incidents of racism isn’t confined to colleges campuses.