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  1. vulture investigates
    Okay, But When Did Lil Yachty Take the Wock to Poland?He’s been invited to Poland by the prime minister — but will he bring the wock?
    By Justin Curto
  2. power
    She Gave Abortion Pills to a Woman Who Needed ThemPoland’s Justyna Wydrzyńska now faces three years in prison. Her case is a glimpse into the U.S.’s future.
    By Anna Louie Sussman
  3. foreign policy
    Biden Says Putin ‘Cannot Remain in Power’The White House quickly tried to walk back the comment, insisting the president wasn’t talking about regime change.
    By Chas Danner
  4. oops
    A Woman Called Animal Control on a CroissantClassic mistake.
    By Amanda Arnold
  5. reproductive rights
    Poland Just Imposed a Near-Total Ban on AbortionEven after 430,000 people took to the streets in protest.
    By Amanda Arnold
  6. donald trump
    Trump Congratulates Poland for the Catastrophe of Its Invasion by GermanySurely the Poles appreciate a presidential attaboy on the anniversary of the beginning of World War II and the Holocaust.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. foreign interests
    Poland’s Judicial Purge Fails, But Nationalists’ Fight With the E.U. Isn’t OverThough they’ve backed down for now, agreeing to reinstate Supreme Court judges, Polish nationalists are looking to European Parliament elections.
    By Jonah Shepp
  8. foreign affairs
    Poland’s Holocaust Law and the Right-Wing Desire to Rewrite HistoryNew restrictions on speech reflect right-wing nationalists’ obsession with whitewashing the crimes of the past.
    By Jonah Shepp
  9. binomo
    Nikki Haley (Apparently) Duped by Prank Call From Fake Polish Prime MinisterThe U.N. ambassador assured the Polish leader that she was aware of Russia’s meddling in (the fake island of) Binomo’s recent elections.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. Nikki Haley (Apparently) Duped by Prank Call From Fake Polish Prime MinisterThe U.N. ambassador assured the Polish leader that she was aware of Russia’s meddling in (the fake island of) Binomo’s recent elections.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. select all
    I’m Inspired by This HorseGo, horse, go!
    By Brian Feldman
  12. foreign policy
    The Anti-Semitism Around Donald TrumpWhy does he seem so willing to enable a dark form of nationalist politics?
    By Jonah Shepp
  13. Bused-in Crowds Do Their Job During Trump’s Warsaw SpeechTrump lavishes praise on Poland, reaffirms his commitment to NATO, and even brings up Russia to a cheering audience.
    By Jen Kirby
  14. Poland Is Busing Trump Supporters to Warsaw to Ensure Cheering CrowdsThe government reportedly promised the White House cheering crowds for Trump’s speech, and this is how it will deliver.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. military rations
    Army Bans Soldiers Stationed Near Russia From Eating Fast FoodWhoppers and lattes apparently don’t put troops “in the right mind-set to fight.”
    By Clint Rainey
  16. strike
    The Only Way to Know If Striking Works Is to Do ItWomen from Poland and Iceland explain what made their women’s strikes successful. And why ours could be, too.
    By Dayna Evans
  17. abortion rights
    Polish Lawmakers Reject Proposed Abortion Ban After ProtestsLawmakers backtracked after 116,000 people protested the ban.
    By Lisa Ryan
  18. abortion rights
    Women’s Protests Against Poland’s Abortion Ban Actually WorkedPoland’s conservative government called the protests a lesson in “humility.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  19. abortion rights
    Thousands of Polish Women Are Protesting a Proposed Law That Would Ban AbortionPoland already has some of the toughest abortion laws in Europe.
    By Lisa Ryan
  20. Watch a Polish Airport Security Worker Catch a Falling Baby It’s way more impressive than it sounds, honest. 
    By Dan Amira
  21. early and awkward
    Mitt Romney Adviser to Press: ‘Kiss My Ass … Shove It’The Offend the World megatour continues.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  22. international relations
    While Honoring WWII Hero, Obama Nearly Starts War With PolandPoles are understandably sensitive about being conflated with Nazis.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. Mediavore
    Eva Longoria’s Beso Sued For Slippery Floor; Ludo Launches Baby WebsiteWhoever told the actress owning a restaurant was easy should have thought again.
  24. the worst form of travel
    Watch a Newark Flight Touch Down in Poland Without Landing GearEveryone was okay.
    By Dan Amira
  25. clickables
    Here’s a Pretty Video of 8,000 Lanterns Floating Over PolandThis is how they celebrate the solstice.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  26. ash holes
    Volcanic Ash Keeps Obama From Polish President’s FuneralThe U.S. ambassador to Poland, Lee Feinstein, will represent Obama.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  27. sad things
    Plane Crash in Russia Kills Polish PresidentAir-traffic controllers tried to stop the pilots from attempting to land.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  28. god’s work
    Look Out, Poland!Goldman Sachs is opening a branch in Warsaw.
    By Jessica Pressler
  29. Mediavore
    Paula Deen Plans Food for Jonas Brother’s Wedding; Bruce Willis Pushes SobieskiA celeb chef writes a menu for a celeb wedding and a Polish vodka gains a new U.S. pitchman and shareholder..
    By Hadley Tomicki
  30. international intrigue
    There Will Be No Interceptor Missiles for the Children of Poland This ChristmasWhich is to say, President Obama has new plans for his predecessor’s missile shield.
    By Dan Amira
  31. agenda
    Poet Julia Hartwig Links Freedom With Having an Iron WillJulia Hartwig is a poet too little known in America: Countryman Czeslaw Milosz called her “the grande dame of Polish poetry.”