Black voters' election night surprise - Heather Digby Parton - Black voters' election night surprise - Heather Digby Parton - SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act. Early voting numbers indicate that Black Americans are fighting back

4 hours ago

Tom Petty and The Who open their vaults - Caryn Rose - Tom Petty and The Who open their vaults - Caryn Rose - The best classic rock box sets don't just revisit history — they bring it to life

1 hour ago

Fox News loses its grip on culture wars -- Amanda Marcotte -- Coded bigotry is harder to sell when MAGA gets unfiltered garbage online

4 hours ago

Ali Velshi is on the Big Board now -- Melanie McFarland -- The MS NOW anchor on early midterm numbers and the stories behind the election-night Big Board

4 hours ago

Israel's election paradox — and ours -- Andrew O'Hehir -- After last week's big political surprise, Israel has an opportunity for historic change. So do we

22 hours ago

The new mystery of the grocery price tag -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- As stores embrace algorithms, the cost of groceries is becoming a question of whom — and what — we trust

22 hours ago

Five ways voting could be disrupted - Jen Fifield, Peter Elkind - ProPublica - Voting experts remain concerned about potential problems at the polls thanks to the Trump admin's involvement

2 hours ago

Martha Stewart's grave Halloween mistake -- Melanie McFarland -- The lifestyle mogul's tasteless choice to dress up as a homeless person has fans questioning her judgment

17 hours ago

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

5 days ago

Trump's right. Bill Maher is a man without a party — or a point -- 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 days ago

After Trump's looming midterm loss, how ugly will it get? -- 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

2 days ago

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

4 days ago

Trump reflects on self before midterms -- Troy Farah -- As early voting breaks records, the president harps on Washington construction projects and "communist jihadists"

16 hours ago

Why fallen leaders run to Florida -- Alex Galbraith -- Defeated Brazilian politician joins a long line of authoritarians to seek refuge in the Sunshine State

1 day ago

Trump Show on the verge of cancellation -- Heather Digby Parton -- As polls predict GOP midterm losses, the president turns to dubious reinforcements to save his MAGA project

1 day ago

The power of Latinas' Trump regret - Mel Leonor Barclay - The 19th - Latinas were less likely to back Trump but their slide to the right helped fuel his reelection

1 day ago

Stevens breaks ranks to endorse Rogers -- CK Smith -- Stevens breaks ranks to endorse Rogers -- CK Smith -- Stevens' endorsement exposed a bitter Democratic divide as Michigan's closely watched Senate race nears its end

1 hour ago

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

2 days ago

"Mansplaining" on the campaign trail - Grace Panetta - The 19th - The Cornell case made sexual misconduct a theme in the toss-up race between Rep. Mike Lawler and Dem Cait Conley

2 days ago

CT Sen. Chris Murphy suffers stroke -- CK Smith -- Murphy, 53, experienced arm numbness at his son's hockey game Saturday and then hospitalized for treatment

1 day ago

Everest climbers: dreamers or cultists? -- Coleman Spilde -- Everest climbers: dreamers or cultists? -- Coleman Spilde -- "Everest: The Other Side" is a moving, maddening look at humanity's need to defy the odds

2 hours ago

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

2 days 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

3 days ago

Trump crashed SNL's Halloween special -- CK Smith -- Tom Hanks and Bobby Moynihan cameo vs. SNL's Trump. Host Inde Navarrette took a swipe at previous host Shane Gillis

1 day ago

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

3 days 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

4 days 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

4 days 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

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

23 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

30 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

29 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

9 days ago

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

25 days ago

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

25 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

30 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

8 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

28 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

3 days 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?

5 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?

8 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 days 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

8 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

14 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

15 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

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

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month ago