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The ways the two deaths were shown—and withheld—reveals the uneasy role of violent video in our digital lives.

The new documentary from the Oscar-winning director of CitizenFour follows perhaps our most legendary—and controversial—journalist.

It’s important to note that, as of now, this proposal has been met with significant backlash, even among gun lobbyists, traditionally some of the right wing’s strongest supporters. As it stands, the ...

My father and his (childless) brother inherited their father’s lake house in 1962. On my father’s death in 1997, he gave me ...

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It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, My ex-boyfriend and I shared an iPad, and I took it in the “divorce.” It was logged into ...