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If I Knew You Were Coming, I’d’ve Baked a Cake

If I Knew You Were Coming, I’d’ve Baked a Cake If I Knew You Were Coming, I’d’ve Baked a Cake

(North Carolina Wedding-Cake Bakers’ Version)
 If I know that you’re gay, I will not bake a cake, Bake a cake, bake a cake. ’Cause I’m staying true to Jesus—that I won’t forsake. S…

Apr 7, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Asking for a Friend: I’m Putting My Kids Through College With an Evil Job—Should I Quit?

Asking for a Friend: I’m Putting My Kids Through College With an Evil Job—Should I Quit? Asking for a Friend: I’m Putting My Kids Through College With an Evil Job—Should I Quit?

And another questioner just can’t quit Amazon.

Apr 7, 2016 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone

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Letters From the April 25-May 2, 2016, Issue Letters From the April 25-May 2, 2016, Issue

Newsroom blues… When tests fail girls… Playing the long game…

Apr 7, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers

UC Irvine Protest

Why Doesn’t the First Amendment Count for Students? Why Doesn’t the First Amendment Count for Students?

This year, a generation is erupting. The easiest response? Trying to keep it in the ground.

Apr 6, 2016 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law Caused Major Problems at the Polls Last Night

Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law Caused Major Problems at the Polls Last Night Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law Caused Major Problems at the Polls Last Night

Students waited hours to vote and longtime voters were turned away by the state’s new photo ID law.

Apr 6, 2016 / Ari Berman

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and US Secretary of State John Kerry

US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente

Is the recent tsunami of anti-Putin news reports meant to undermine US–Russian negotiations on Syria and Ukraine?

Apr 6, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

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Vox’s Tax Calculator Is Wildly Misleading—So We Made a Better One Vox’s Tax Calculator Is Wildly Misleading—So We Made a Better One

You can’t count taxing without counting spending.

Apr 6, 2016 / Mark Paul, David Rosnick, and Emily Stephens

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 5: Williamsburg, What’s Good?

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 5: Williamsburg, What’s Good? There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 5: Williamsburg, What’s Good?

Tales from the epicenter of New York gentrification.

Apr 6, 2016 / Audio / There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright

Panama Papers

The Panama Papers Are Only the Beginning The Panama Papers Are Only the Beginning

Financial crimes and political conspiracies aren’t discrete events but the essence of neoliberalism.

Apr 5, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Drought

This Is Your Brain on Climate Change This Is Your Brain on Climate Change

A major new study paints a grim picture of how climate change will affect health, both physical and mental.

Apr 5, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

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