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It’s all about conflict and exposition.


More than 50 years after its invention, the promise of the birth control pill is still out of reach for many women.


What if climate change is a predictable consequence of intelligent life?


What you need to know about the two American prisoners who were just released in North Korea.


Taylor Swift pulled all of her songs from streaming services this week. Survive the weekend with these songs


The odds of El Niño are now down to 58% — and if one emerges, it’s expected to be weak.


They wouldn’t really — or would they?


Finally, a show about a normal girl and her space-age puppycat.


A Supreme Court case could dismantle Obamacare in 36 states.


This story is bigger than just this episode. It touches on two simultaneous debates that have swirled around Dunham and her work since her HBO show premiered in 2012.


There’s a gender gap, but it’s probably not 15 points.


This prevents corruption, supposedly.


The Supreme Court gets a second chance to gut Obamacare. And at least four justices sound like they want to take it.


She’d become the second woman and the second African-American to hold the post.


The Supreme Court only takes 1.1 percent of the cases presented to it. The fact that they took this one is solid evidence that at least four justices — and maybe more — are considering gutting Obamacare in 36 states.