Editors' picks
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The sad legacy of 9/11: Isis and al-Qaida are stronger than ever
Ali Soufan: We haven't been fighting a 13-year war. We've been fighting a new one-year war, 13 times. What now?
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Marriage is going down. I'm yelling 'Tinder'
Samhita Mukhopadhyay: More than half of people are now single. Is that because we can always swipe right, or because everyone else can, too? -
If you think men should help decide if a woman gets an abortion, just shut up
Jessica Valenti: Her body, her choice. Period -
Apple Pay is a really cool way to drain your entire bank account
Oliver Burkeman: It will make spending money easier than ever. And that's supposed to be a good thing? -
Google has sleep pods, Yelp has beer – why don't we just live at work?
Michael Moran: If we want to further blur the boundaries between leisure and work, offices will be full of pool tables, nursery webcams and exercise treadmills before we know it
Trevor Timm: Thanks to a say-anything media, hawkish politicians and an Orwellian administration, a once war-weary public is now terrified. Are there any red lines anymore – or just launch buttons?
Steven W Thrasher: It’s been a stop-and-start kind of year. But equality is not all court cases and headlines, because a judge doesn’t change hearts and minds. Queer people do
Emma Brockes: Don’t kid a kidder: you clicked on it, you liked it and you shared it. We can’t help but get invested in the royals’ progeny
Heidi Moore: As news conglomerates break apart, the Rupert Murdochs of the world need to look further down the food chain for the next great money-makers
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The lighter side of the debate
Royal Baby 2.0: stop rolling your eyes and enjoy the happy news
Emma Brockes: Don't kid a kidder: you clicked on it, you liked it and you shared it. We can't help but get invested in the royals' progeny
Stop the panda slander: the bears don't breed just for your viewing pleasure
Jules Howard: The panda industrial complex is a weird, perverted Build-A-Bear Workshop driven in part by profit and international chest-beating
Your toddler is not such a precious dear that he cannot listen to other parents
Jessica Valenti: It takes a village, people