It's scary how watchable these tales are - Melanie McFarland - It's scary how watchable these tales are - Melanie McFarland - "Black Zombie," "Carrie" and "Yaga" are Halloween horrors that will get inside your head

7 hours ago

The mystery of Texas' trans mailers - Sophia Tesfaye - The mystery of Texas' trans mailers - Sophia Tesfaye - Who paid for the midterm panic? Texas court blocks answers before Election Day

11 hours ago

Voting rights groups afraid in Texas - Natalia Contreras - Votebeat - Changes to state law forced voting advocacy groups to dial back assistance efforts, or risk facing criminal charges

7 hours ago

How ugly will Trump's loss get? Brian Karem - His crowds are shrinking and his influence is fading. He may try anything to cling to power

7 hours ago

DOJ voter fraud list raises red flags -- CK Smith -- A new analysis found 42% of names on a list of alleged noncitizen voters weren't on California's current rolls.

1 hour ago

Norway makes toilets great again -- CK Smith -- After Trump's latest insult, Norway's tourism board turns its spectacular public toilets into a viral sensation

4 hours ago

O'Keefe's voter fraud sting backfires -- CK Smith -- The conservative activist tried to expose election vulnerabilities. Now he faces felony voting charges himself

5 hours ago

The Star Trek captain who elevated TV -- Melanie McFarland -- The man behind Jean-Luc Picard aimed for the stars in all his work and made TV nobler for it

11 hours ago

Amanda Seyfried is the "You Can See Everything" wild card -- The "You Can See Everything" wild card -- Coleman Spilde -- "The Dropout" star turns the Elizabeth Holmes doc into a metafiction labyrinth unlike any other

5 days ago

Nicki Minaj's MAGA turn has more to do with Cardi B than Trump -- The real reason Nicki Minaj went MAGA -- Melanie McFarland -- If Minaj becomes Trump's press secretary, credit her drive to outdo a bigger New York rapper

2 days ago

Jon Husted is an empty pair of pants -- Amanda Marcotte -- Trump's admiration of the senator's rear end can't distract from the GOP's hollow agenda

1 day ago

Anxiety rises about Trump post-midterms -- Troy Farah -- The president may try to declare an emergency or seize voting machines but some experts say his options are limited

23 hours ago

Make America hate again -- Heather Digby Parton -- As the midterms slip away, Republicans are relying on anti-Muslim bigotry to turn out their base

1 day ago

The ICE arrest that has MAGA in uproar -- Sophia Tesfaye -- Podcaster Samuel Sey was a vocal supporter of ICE. Then he was detained

2 days ago

Trump has a point about Bill Maher -- Alex Galbraith -- Trump has a point about Bill Maher -- Alex Galbraith -- In his longest social media post ever, the president hit on a kernel of truth about the "Real Time" host

4 hours ago

Trump's border backfire - Justin Gest - The Conversation - Trump's heavy-handed tactics have deprived Republicans of a powerful wedge issue

1 day ago

The Cheesecake Factory won't save MAGA -- Amanda Marcotte -- The president's love of kitsch once charmed his base. Now it's finally failing him

3 days ago

The first line of Trump's obituary -- Allan J. Lichtman -- The president's signature accomplishment is undermining faith in elections

3 days ago

Scary mommies are everywhere -- Jen Chaney -- Scary mommies are everywhere -- Jen Chaney -- "Phony," "Other Mommy" and "Carrie" rethink one of horror's oldest archetypes

1 hour ago

Elvis vs. AI: Just look past the irony -- Alex Galbraith -- Defending the most famous pop culture bandit against AI thievery isn't hypocrisy. It's righteous

1 day ago

'Star Trek' star Patrick Stewart dies -- Troy Farah, Natalie Moore -- The actor's transformation from British stage veteran to sci-fi icon made him a household name

1 day ago

A novel for the terminally online -- Coleman Spilde -- "Camp Miasma" filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun's horror-fiction debut probes the internet's deeper, darker corners

2 days ago

Trump gets richer while gas prices soar -- Troy Farah -- The Iran war and energy crisis aren't problems for the president. They're a business model

20 days ago

We have no business running a school - Jennifer Smith Richards, Jodi S. Cohen, Jennifer Berry Hawes, Milo Strain, Carli Brosseau - ProPublica - Our reporting has shown how easily people have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and more

27 days ago

The controversy of Tim Tebow & LifeSurge -- CK Smith -- Christian star is taking heat over Life Surge, but dozens of celebs lent credibility to questionable financial org

1 month ago

Fast food and the private equity fallout -- Alex Galbraith -- The places Americans once loved for being cheap are a lesson in what buyouts do

1 month ago

Texas unplugs over 900 Flock cameras - Ayden Runnels - The Texas Tribune - Texas unplugs over 900 Flock cameras - Ayden Runnels - The Texas Tribune - Fourteen cities and counties have dropped Flock contracts or cut their number of cameras

1 month ago

Man City scandal isn't about soccer -- Andrew O'Hehir -- It's a tangled tale of global corruption and cynicism, and we're all complicit

27 days ago

I don't want another restaurant app -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- In an age of predictive shopping and fake-friendly alerts, a paper punchcard respects your appetite

2 months ago

Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring - Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation - Here's what to know about this growing trend

2 months ago

RFK Jr.'s measles reckoning -- Troy Farah -- The CDC is accused of hiding measles deaths. Kennedy is busy campaigning for the GOP

6 days ago

A bipartisan healthcare fix -- Howard Dean, Larry Bucshon -- Holding insurers accountable could be a point of agreement in a divided Washington

22 days ago

Leave the Greenland sharks alone -- Troy Farah -- A bounty on 1,000 fish hearts is as barbaric as it sounds

22 days ago

Christa Pike needed competent doctors -- Austin Sarat -- Lethal injection is a cruel procedure. If it's going to be done, doctors should be allowed to administer it

27 days ago

Don't buy the AI miracle pitch -- Troy Farah -- Trump and Silicon Valley are selling the idea that AI will save us. It's a dangerous bet

1 month ago

Suing Ken Paxton over abortion access - Shefali Luthra - The 19th - Suing Ken Paxton over abortion access - Shefali Luthra - The 19th - The case argues that Texas' near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions

6 days ago

Russian plague catches Trump's eye -- Troy Farah -- A 28-year-old lab technician's could be a highly fatal disease but a cause of death has yet to be released

25 days ago

The cost of scheduling conversations -- Nicole Karlis -- What's lost when spontaneous communication declines?

1 month ago

I can't stop making this cabbage -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- I can't stop making this cabbage -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Miso butter, crispy lemon-panko crumbs and one head of cabbage make a weeknight side worth repeating

9 hours ago

The trouble with playing house on Airbnb -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Airbnb's latest cleaning rules reignite an old question: Who handles the housework when a vacation feels like home?

3 days ago

Americans hate tipping. They still pay -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- The backlash against tipping is loud. Restaurant gratuities are holding steady. What are diners really mad about?

5 days ago

New York City, deliciously off-script -- Chaya Milchtein -- From sticky lamb ribs to tuna-head shots, burlesque and stained glass, a very different kind of New York itinerary

1 day ago

Why women dread male Instacart shoppers -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Behind the jokes about grocery substitutions is a familiar frustration: paying for help and still doing the work

5 days ago

You should throw a soup party -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Three pots, an unreasonable number of toppings and one very good excuse to gather

11 days ago

Food safety's partisan trust gap -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Ahead of the midterms, voters in both parties fear recalls but split 40 points on oversight

12 days ago

I miss the restaurant pager -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- It buzzed, it blinked, it did one job. Then restaurants made waiting for a table another task for our phones

13 days ago

My affair with witchcraft -- Sarah Herrington -- Reeling from two break-ups — romantic and spiritual — I went to a local witch's Halloween healing event

30 days ago

"Where will you spend eternity?" -- S.J. Stover -- An evangelical theater experience like "Sleep No More" meets Dante's "Inferno," as interpreted by Franklin Graham

30 days ago

I smell dead people -- Kelly McClure -- You may believe that ghosts don't exist because you've never seen one, but eyes aren't the only indicators

30 days ago

What owning a cemetery taught me -- Sarah Gundle -- Despite being featured on Zillow Gone Wild, the house — a renovated church — sat on the market for nearly a year

30 days ago