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Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara is seen during the Walk for Peace closing ceremony in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on February 11, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Buddhist monks vs. Trump's fake UN

Troy Farah
Hudson Williams in "Heated Rivalry" (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)

What lesbians see in "Heated Rivalry"

Ava Pauline Emilione
Donald Trump is creating a Washington that's becoming unrecognizable (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Washington is unrecognizable

Brian Karem
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for her chaotic management of the agency (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Why Kristi Noem wants ICE body cams

Amanda Marcotte
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Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Paul Kelly as John F. Kennedy Jr. in "Love Story" (FX)

The shrunken ambition of "Love Story"

Melanie McFarland
Deli salads (AJ_Watt)

Why sides make the best dinner

Ashlie D. Stevens
Bad Bunny performed mostly in Spanish at the Super Bowl LX halftime show, which angered many on the right (Kindell Buchanan/PA Images via Getty Images)

Bad Bunny and America's bilingual roots

Katherine Kelaidis
Thousands attended the "No Kings" protest in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18, 2025. (Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images)

This isn’t Trump’s "Golden Age"

Heather Digby Parton
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House on Nov. 2, 2025 after taking off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

The con behind nationalizing elections

Chauncey DeVega
Gen X woman stressing out over hormone replacement therapy (Fiordaliso/Getty Images)

How the FDA fueled a menopause panic

Andi Zeisler
Faith leaders pray over President Donald Trump during a 'Evangelicals for Trump' campaign event held at the King Jesus International Ministry on Jan. 3, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Evangelicals won't dump Trump over race

Amanda Marcotte
Bruce Springsteen performs on stage as part of a concert in protest of federal agents in Minnesota (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Springsteen’s 10 best protest songs

Caryn Rose
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California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a news conference in Downey, California, on July 16, 2025. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Gavin Newsom is worse than you think

Norman Solomon
Bad Bunny performs onstage during the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Bad Bunny's all-American halftime show

Melanie McFarland
Kid Rock in Wichita, Kansas, on April 18, 2025. (Gary Miller/Getty Images)

Kid Rock's alt halftime was just boring

Amanda Marcotte
Charli xcx and Kate Berlant in "The Moment" (A24)

Charli xcx's disturbing sellout fantasy

Coleman Spilde
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A better looks over their Super Bowl LVIII betting slip tickets (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

The racial costs of sports betting

Jerel Ezell
Deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller speaks to the media, Sept. 5, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

MAGA's war on woke is centuries old

Andrew O'Hehir
Harrison Ford and Lukita Maxwell in "Shrinking" (Apple TV)

A therapeutic retreat from an ugly world

Melanie McFarland
Firearms store in Orem, Utah, March 2020. (George Frey/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump abolishes the Second Amendment

Mike Lofgren
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President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 5, 2026. ( SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump is still weird

Alex Galbraith
Protesters decry American ICE tactics (Omer Messinger/Getty Images)

Let people knit their resistance hats

Andi Zeisler
Washington Post readers joined members of the newspaper's guild to protest Jeff Bezos' mass layoffs on Feb. 5, 2026. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Democracy dies in daylight

Brian Karem
Texas librarians have been on the front lines in fighting back against book bans organized by Moms for Liberty (Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Democrat won because of book bans

Amanda Marcotte
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