MAGA attacks on women voters are no joke - Amanda Marcotte - MAGA attacks on women voters are no joke - Amanda Marcotte - Even if they can't repeal the 19th Amendment, opponents of women's suffrage are gaining power in the GOP

12 hours ago

"Wicker" is much more than its weird sex - Coleman Spilde - "Wicker" is much more than its weird sex - Coleman Spilde - Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård revive the simple tenderness missing from the big screen

7 hours ago

Why are young people so angry? -- Andrew O'Hehir -- Youth protests in Europe and India signal a deepening crisis. For most people, democracy hasn't delivered

7 hours 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?

7 hours ago

Merriam-Webster adding DARVO matters -- Sarah Harsey, Ashley Judd, Jennifer Freyd -- The term for deny, attack, reverse victim and offender gives survivors language for abuse

9 hours ago

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

13 hours 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

13 hours ago

Trump's Big Beautiful healthcare cuts -- Sophia Tesfaye -- Viral medical horror stories could scramble Republican Sen. Roger Marshall's odds in the Kansas Senate race

1 day ago

Bari Weiss' pro-MAGA CBS News pivot is falling flat -- Bari Weiss' MAGA CBS pivot is failing -- Sophia Tesfaye -- Ratings and journalistic credibility are suffering amid reports of editorial meddling

3 days ago

Ramaswamy's ad exposes MAGA's obsession with parental estrangement -- Why MAGA stands by Ramaswamy's ad -- Amanda Marcotte -- Many Republicans have kids who won't talk to them — and they blame their offspring

1 day ago

Midterm panic turns Trump's GOP into "Lord of the Flies" -- MAGA's "Lord of the Flies" moment -- Brian Karem -- With a blue wave on the horizon, Republicans are turning on each other — and it's getting ugly

12 hours ago

Fox News' midterm fear mongering grows increasingly desperate -- Fox News' erratic midterm meltdown -- Sophia Tesfaye -- As early voting begins, the network lurches from French protests to fixating on Ilhan Omar

1 day ago

Watters seems tired of Fox's culture war -- Alex Galbraith -- With the GOP staring down brutal midterm math, the network's host is getting cranky

1 day ago

Trump appointees: Hack a voting machine - Andy Mannix, Doug Bock Clark - ProPublica - Trump has said voting is vulnerable even as his administration has undermined the agency supposed to protect it

12 hours ago

Obama warns as Trump doubles down -- CK Smith -- A day after Obama campaigned for Democrats in Michigan, Trump escalated his attacks on Abdul El-Sayed

1 day ago

Blanche erupts on CNN over 2026 election -- CK Smith -- Blanche accuses CNN host of asking "gotcha questions" as she presses him on Trump's election interference in Alaska

1 day ago

Unexpected ways inequality is worsening -- Markus Schneider -- - The Conversation -- Unexpected ways inequality is worsening -- Markus Schneider -- - The Conversation -- Some policies enacted more recently appear to be accelerating this trend

7 hours ago

How Hegseth smashed the world Ike made -- Heather Digby Parton -- The defense secretary broke the 34th president's globe — and provided an inadvertent metaphor

1 day ago

Ballot rejections soar in rural counties - Ken B. Morales, Jen Fifield, Misty Harris - ProPublica - Delays resulting from the U.S. Postal Service's cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots cast

2 days ago

A tale of two election ads -- Jason Kyle Howard -- Recent spots by Abdul El-Sayed and Vivek Ramaswamy show a choice between service and cruelty

2 days ago

The global rise of listening bars -- Melanie McFarland -- The global rise of listening bars -- Melanie McFarland -- When was the last time you heard a whole album in one sitting?

1 day ago

Meghan's dad faces "grossest" claims -- CK Smith -- Philippine official and London police raise alarm over abuse allegations as details of Meghan's final letter emerge

1 day ago

Vision is the AI boyfriend we all want -- Melanie McFarland -- To paraphrase the famous "WandaVision" line, what is our lust for this show if not a hot bot crush persevering?

2 days ago

Jay-Z picked himself for the Super Bowl -- Alex Galbraith -- The billionaire rap mogul has spoken his accomplishments into reality his entire career

3 days ago

Maria Bamford comes full-circle -- Coleman Spilde -- "Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story" explores a life remade from scratch

3 days ago

Don't pass up Michael Kiwanuka's "Fudge" -- Melanie McFarland -- The British musician's fifth album takes on a poignant significance in the wake of his health struggles

3 days ago

Remember smart political marriages? -- Melanie McFarland -- Netflix's hit drama recalls eras when presidents and their spouses were intellectual equals

3 days ago

Eminem's MAGA misstep -- Alex Galbraith -- Morgan Wallen cost Tate McRae some goodwill. Kid Rock may cost Eminem even more

4 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

15 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

22 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

29 days 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

14 days 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

22 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

1 month ago

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

1 day ago

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

17 days ago

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

17 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

22 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

26 days 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

1 day 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

20 days ago

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

26 days ago

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

5 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

7 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

8 days ago

Why the GOP needs a 'secret vegan' -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Trump and Paxton have turned a false claim about his diet into a masculinity test. Why does eating meat matter?

12 days ago

Your soup needs a little drama -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Puff pastry dots, herby sauce and the crunchy little extras that make all the difference

13 days ago

The real stakes of the AI drive-thru -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- As McDonald's automates and Chick-fil-A sticks with people, hospitality is up for grabs

14 days ago

Trump may kill free chips and salsa -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Tariffs on tomatoes could turn one of dining's smallest gestures of hospitality into a line item

19 days ago

Your soup needs a little vinegar -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Before reaching for salt, add acid

21 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

25 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

25 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

25 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

25 days ago