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Caitlin Clark’s staggeringly low starting salary, briefly explained

The WNBA draft puts pro basketball’s longstanding pay gap on stark display.

By Li Zhou

January 6 insurrectionists had a great day in the Supreme Court today

Most of the justices seem to want to make it harder to prosecute January 6 rioters.

By Ian Millhiser

Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks. Here’s how they get made.

It’s partly AI, partly a get-rich-quick scheme, and entirely bad for confused consumers.

By Constance Grady

The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say “bird flu in cows”

How industrial meat and dairy trap us in an infectious disease cycle.

By Marina Bolotnikova

Why the case at the center of Netflix’s What Jennifer Did isn’t over yet

Jennifer Pan allegedly hired hitmen to kill her parents in 2010. But the case is in limbo.

By Aja Romano

Tucker Carlson went after Israel — and his fellow conservatives are furious

Carlson mainstreamed antisemitism for a long time, and conservatives seemed not to care. Then he set his sights on Israel.

By Zack Beauchamp

We can make birth safer for Black mothers. Here’s how.

What doulas, midwives, and policymakers are doing to end the maternal mortality crisis.

By Anna North

One Good Thing: The cartoon dog who taught me how to be a dad

Bluey opened up my imagination and made the most boring part of parenting fun.

By Bryan Walsh

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