The Star Trek captain who elevated TV - Melanie McFarland - 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

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How ugly will Trump's loss get? Brian Karem - 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

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

2 hours 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

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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

4 hours ago

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

5 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

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

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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

2 days ago

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

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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

2 days ago

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

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Betrayed, hurt, but backing Dems anyway -- Brooke Migdon -- - The 19th -- Betrayed, hurt, but backing Dems anyway -- Brooke Migdon -- - The 19th -- Many trans voters said they're voting for Democrats who don't fully support them, fearing Republicans will be worse

2 hours ago

Is anyone watching Iran? -- Heather Digby Parton -- With U.S. and Israeli elections days away, the Iran war may be entering a more dangerous phase

2 days ago

Trump admin embraces fleeing Bolsonaro -- Troy Farah -- "This act of leaving Brazil is shameful," Brazil's President Lula said

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Trump prepping to deny election results -- Troy Farah -- The president declined to accept the midterm election results Tuesday as he unleashes the DOJ on states

2 days ago

'Star Trek' star Patrick Stewart dies -- Troy Farah, Natalie Moore -- '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

4 hours 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

1 day ago

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

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

The documentary revolution is here -- Coleman Spilde -- Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary is changing genre perceptions — and history

2 days 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?

6 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

7 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

19 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

26 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

18 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

26 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

5 days ago

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

21 days ago

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

21 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

26 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

5 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

24 days ago

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

1 month ago

The trouble with playing house on Airbnb -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- 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?

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?

4 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

3 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

4 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

10 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

11 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

12 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?

16 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

29 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

29 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

29 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

29 days ago