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beyond the ballot How Black Women Feel About Biden, Kamala Harris, and 2024 A Cut survey shows a warning sign for Democrats ahead of Election Day. By Tariro Mzezewa
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19 Best Longest-Lasting No-Chip Nail Polishes By Cleo von Siebenthal
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obsessive tester The Longest-Lasting Nail Polishes, According to a Manicure Obsessive Starting at $8. By Cleo von Siebenthal
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amazon prime day 2024 The Best Prime Day Fashion Deals to Shop Before Midnight Deals on everything, including the best denim, dresses, shoes, and activewear. By Morgan Evans and Hanna Flanagan
amazon prime day 2024 We’re Buying Laneige’s Lip Sleeping Mask During Prime Day Here’s why you should, too. By Kathleen Hou and Bianca Nieves
amazon prime day 2024 41 Last Minute Prime Day Home Deals That Are Worth It Last minute deals on everything from home décor and essentials to tech and travel gadgets. By Morgan Evans

republicans The Most Unhinged Moments From the RNC Trump referenced Gypsy, Amber Rose abandoned her morals, and we met a fabulous dog. By Olivia Craighead
politics Donald Trump Jr. Thinks His Teenage Daughter Is ‘Sexy’ Apparently being a creepy dad is a Trump family tradition. By Tariro Mzezewa

2024 election By Andrea González-Ramírez What to Know About Project 2025, Trump’s Second-Term Blueprint Right-wing groups are pushing a transition plan that guts abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights and transforms the government as we know it.

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career How to Negotiate a Salary After a Job Offer The safest time to bring it up, what to say, and more. By Alison Green

2024 election Conservatives Are Already Attacking Kamala As a ‘DEI Hire’ A New York Post op-ed pushing the racist narrative was widely panned over the weekend. By Andrea González-Ramírez

personal finance ‘Do I Need to Buy a Home Before the Baby Comes?’ Maybe consider renting instead. By Charlotte Cowles

career Well before the WNBA started breaking attendance and viewership records this season, sports journalist Arielle Chambers championed the league. “The WNBA is so important,” Chambers first wrote on Facebook in 2016. She continued to use the phrase when she saw players “do dope things in the community,” and it caught fire with fans. Here’s how she gets it done.

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sex diaries The College Student Having a Threesome Before Leaving Town This week’s sex diary. By Alyssa Shelasky

family ‘People Say, You Sold Your Baby’ How Utah became the most exploitative state in private adoption. By Gabrielle Glaser

esther calling ‘My Partner Wants Children, But I Don’t. Now What?’ This week’s “Esther Calling” caller is anxious about future and needs advice about how to discuss this openly with his partner. By Esther Perel

the bigger picture When she launched Girls Run NYC in 2014, Jessie Zapo wanted to make it easier for women of all abilities to run “in fellowship with others”: “Our goal was to create a space where it didn’t feel scary, and you weren’t going to get left behind in the dust.” Now Girls Run NYC isn’t just a running club. For many of its members, it’s a support group.

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scene report Filth and Glory at Twinks vs. Dolls Olympics 3.0 Inside the Pride event of the year. By Muna Mire

royals When Will Kate Middleton Return to Public Life? Her treatment is reportedly going well, but sources say she “may never come back in the role that people saw her in before.” By Danielle Cohen

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health When a Mammogram Misses Breast Cancer Women with dense breasts can be blindsided by advanced diagnoses — even after years of negative screenings. By Dyan Neary
chapters My Job Was My Life. Then I Got Fired. How failure changed my relationship to work. By Samhita Mukhopadhyay
keep it moving The Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark Drama Is Only The Beginning Is this what “growing the game” looks like? What the media frenzy says about the WNBA now. By Emma Carmichael
scene report Filth and Glory at Twinks vs. Dolls Olympics 3.0 Inside the Pride event of the year. By Muna Mire
love and war How the NDA Became the Defining Legal Document of Our Time Love and other negotiations in the time of the non-disclosure agreement. By Reeves Wiedeman
fashion Who Will Lead Chanel? At Paris Couture Week, it was the one question on everyone’s lips. By Cathy Horyn
power Florida’s Trans Activists Aren’t Going Down Without a Fight Andrea Montanez went head-to-head with Pablo Escobar. Now she’s taking on Ron DeSantis. By Aviva Stahl
life after roe 78 Patients and 10 Hours Inside an Abortion Clinic in the South “There’s a zombie-apocalypse mind-set in this building: We are going to survive.” By Andrea González-Ramírez
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parenting The Transgender Family Handbook 144 specific suggestions for how to be a supportive parent to your trans kid, according to trans young people and their loved ones.
cut covers Normani, On Her Own Time Five years after “Motivation,” her debut album Dopamine is finally here. Normani explains the wait. By Connor Garel