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Have we forgotten how to party? Andi Zeisler - Have we forgotten how to party? Andi Zeisler - "Party Coach" Evan Cudworth wants to get us off our phones, out of our grinds, and back into fun for fun's sake

14 hours ago

Gorsuch's book tour angers the right - Sophia Tesfaye - Gorsuch's book tour angers the right - Sophia Tesfaye - Supreme Court justice's interviews with friendly media get a cold reception from conservatives

15 hours ago

"Rooster" ends with women in the lead -- Melanie McFarland -- Bill Lawrence's latest comedy closes by kicking male wish fulfillment to the curb to spotlight what women want

14 hours ago

Trump's war on wokeness is not new -- Heather Digby Parton -- Only the acronyms have changed in the fight to purge the National Endowment for the Humanities and "woke" education

15 hours ago

Hantavirus is a warning. We must listen -- Troy Farah -- The Dutch cruise ship incident probably isn't the next pandemic. That doesn't mean we're risk-free from outbreaks

18 hours ago

What makes an actress "mother"? -- Coleman Spilde -- "Mother" escaped its ballroom roots and proliferated Hollywood over the last 10 years. Time to pump the brakes

21 hours ago

UK in chaos: A warning for Dems? -- Andrew O'Hehir -- Two years after the British Labour Party's "landslide" win, a crushing defeat threatens its future

21 hours ago

The American workforce is a matriarchy -- Sara Estep -- As moms are driving the growth in America's labor market, it's time for major investments in early childcare

21 hours ago

The dark purpose behind Trump's Washington makeover -- The dark purpose of Trump's DC makeover -- Jason Kyle Howard -- The president's grand plans for the nation's capital aren't just personal monuments. They are rooted in erasure

3 days ago

Trump's "affordability hoax" may doom him -- "Affordability hoax" could doom Trump -- Heather Digby Parton -- A stagnant economy and a crisis in Iran doomed one president. Donald Trump could be next

2 days ago

Not even Nixon would stoop so low -- Brian Karem -- Donald Trump's graphic display in front of children in the Oval Office should be the GOP's wake-up call

3 days ago

Trump angers right-wing fans with censorship campaign -- Trump censorship binge angers MAGA fans -- Sophia Tesfaye -- As some members of MAGA media begin pushing back against Trump, there may be a limit to his campaign of retribution

4 days ago

Trump: Baby vaccines should be smaller -- Alex Galbraith -- The president thinks "smaller shots" will tamp down anti-vax paranoia and offer "much better results with autism"

1 day ago

Where is the Trump Mobile gold phone? -- CK Smith -- Trump-branded phone launched with patriotic fanfare, but shifting timelines and limited updates fuel uncertainty

1 day ago

Trump's latest "golden calf" statue -- CK Smith -- Trump's fascination with gold aesthetics fuels criticism from religious observers uneasy with his imagery, branding

1 day ago

Axios' Iran reporting under scrutiny -- Sophia Tesfaye -- Journalist Barak Ravid draws range of criticism from Wall Street to Marjorie Taylor Greene

1 day ago

MAGA's sad effort to make "trad" sexy -- Amanda Marcotte -- Evie magazine, conservatism's answer to Cosmo, tried to make "trad" sexy. It failed

3 days ago

This was John Roberts' plan all along -- David Daley -- The chief justice has declared that the Court is not political. The facts — and his own history — say otherwise

1 day ago

We're drowning in euphemism -- Troy Farah -- Social media openly longs for the death of an individual who is hardly ever named

2 days ago

"SNL": Kavanaugh, Hegseth walk into bar -- Alex Galbraith -- "SNL": Kavanaugh, Hegseth walk into bar -- Alex Galbraith -- The sketch show had Matt Damon and Aziz Ansari play MAGA members meeting at a DC watering hole

19 hours ago

Stolen WW2 art still waiting to go home -- CK Smith -- Musée d'Orsay's new permanent gallery exposes the unfinished search for justice decades after World War II

2 days ago

A one-time cinematic vandal, vindicated -- Melanie McFarland -- Turner shocked Hollywood by colorizing classic film gems. Founding Turner Classic Movies cleaned the slate

2 days ago

Tiffany's "Pop Life" is tasty nostalgia -- Nicole Michael -- The '80s icon dishes with "Everything Fab Four" on her musical roots and her culinary second act

4 days ago

The "Devil Wears Prada 2" wake-up call -- Coleman Spilde -- At the Met Gala and beyond, consumers must reconcile the same choices as the Miranda Priestlys of the world

4 days ago

11 wild (or mild) Met Gala looks -- Andi Zeisler, Coleman Spilde, Natalie Moore, Hanh Nguyen, Kelly McClure -- Sarah Paulson and Emma Chamberlain understood the theme, while others looked like prom chaperones

6 days ago

In America, the body is the hustle -- Melanie McFarland -- OnlyFans is just one of the gigs featured on two shows that depict how capitalism extracts its dues from our flesh

6 days ago

Something's off about "Animal Farm" -- Coleman Spilde -- Distributed by the studio behind "Sound of Freedom," this take on George Orwell's classic is uniquely insidious

7 days ago

Farm aid can't outrun Trump's war -- Garrett Owen -- With rising costs of fuel and fertilizer, and tariffs still in place, the outlook for 2026 is bleak

16 days ago

The pistachio trend has some history -- Jelinda Montes -- Benefiting off viral trends, like Dubai chocolate, has been actually decades in the making

5 days ago

Spirit collapses after failed bailout -- CK Smith -- The shutdown of Spirit marks end of a major low-cost carrier and raises questions about budget air travel in future

9 days ago

Private prisons cash in on ICE crackdown -- Nicholas Liu -- Over 90 percent of detained immigrants languish in prisons that aren't actually run by the government

20 days ago

Trump wants $1.5 trillion for military -- Garrett Owen -- Massive cuts to domestic programs, with higher state taxes, would bolster the spending increase

20 days ago

A no-spend week, starting in the kitchen -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- How planning meals, stretching ingredients and baking something sweet can make a no-spend week feel generous

20 days ago

Colleges had no backup for cyber attack -- CK Smith -- The nationwide cybersecurity incident exposed how fragile our increasingly digital campuses are during finals week

2 days ago

The toll of Florida's abortion ban -- Nicole Karlis -- The number of Florida residents who traveled out of state nearly tripled between 2023 and 2024

6 days ago

RFK Jr. supports tanning beds for minors -- CK Smith -- Public health officials warn the decision fits a growing pattern of deregulation across youth health policy

2 days ago

Trump's Silicon Valley bet on science -- Garrett Owen -- Jim O'Neill, a longevity enthusiast and vaccine skeptic, is Trump's pick to head the National Science Foundation

4 days ago

What the chimp "civil war" says about us - Troy Farah - What the chimp "civil war" says about us - Troy Farah - Outbreaks of violence between chimpanzees have sparked fierce debate online about the origins of war in humans

18 days ago

Measles outbreaks are here to stay -- Nicole Karlis -- Normalization and apathy from the Trump admin is making health experts less hopeful measles can be contained

1 month ago

Should we give Musk control of the sun? -- Troy Farah -- We're sleepwalking into ecocide. Like it or not, Starlink may one day be our last resort

20 days ago

The resilience of uchche, bitter melon -- Madhushree Ghosh -- The resilience of uchche, bitter melon -- Madhushree Ghosh -- A bitter melon vine in San Diego becomes a lifeline to family, memory and the complicated meaning of home

1 day ago

Enough with the "-maxxing" -- Joy Saha -- The Gen Z-coined suffix has infiltrated lifestyle and dietary spaces, encouraging us to obsess over what we eat

3 days ago

For Delta flyers, snack time is over -- Joy Saha -- Will I get a free Biscoff? How about some pretzels? Not on Delta's short-haul flights, says the airline

2 days ago

A gentle 15-minute kitchen reset -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Not a deep clean. Not a weekend project. Just a reset that helps you start again

6 days ago

The cult of New England Chinese food -- Katie Lockhart -- A fiercely loyal regional cuisine — sweet, saucy, nostalgic — shaped by immigrants and beloved beyond New England

7 days ago

7 WAYS TO USE UP THAT CAN OF BLACK BEANS -- Francesca Giangiulio -- From salads to brownies, smart, low-effort ways to turn pantry black beans into meals, snacks and sweets

6 days ago

This is the ultimate spring pasta -- Joy Saha -- Lemon juice and freshly grated Parmesan cheese help elevate a simple dish into a seasonal classic

10 days ago

The 7 recipes "Bite" readers love most -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- The recipes readers have loved most — easy, reliable, worth making again

13 days ago

Fatherhood, fear and our family gifts -- Kuang Lee -- "You turned out fine, right?" my mother said when I wanted to confront my own father. But had I?

15 hours ago

Magic half-hours at Lozano Car Wash -- Natalie Jabbar -- Under the distinctive green arches of this Bay Area landmark, before he left us, my father once doted on me

15 hours ago

My father, the disapproving doctor -- Susan Shapiro -- My father said my confessional writing humiliated him. We got along best when I had an ailment he could fix

15 hours ago

"Dear Father" letters and DNA tests -- Brittany Penner -- Fathers have always been prickly territory for me, a Métis child of the Sixties Scoop adopted by Mennonites

15 hours ago