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Your freezer wants to be hot - Ashlie D. Stevens - Your freezer wants to be hot - Ashlie D. Stevens - Why do we romanticize the pantry, but not the freezer?

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The anguish of moving abroad - Nicole Karlis - Moving abroad sounds like an thrilling escape from America's chaos. Grief and guilt often follow

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What a subway ride with white supremacists taught me about America -- My subway ride with white supremacists -- Roswell Encina -- Surrounded by masked Patriot Front members on the DC Metro, I considered what it means to be an American

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Vance steps on Trump's midterms message - Sophia Tesfaye - Vance steps on Trump's midterms message - Sophia Tesfaye - The vice president's criticism of traditional Republican economics complicates Trump's attacks on Democrats

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Trump purges election commission members - Jessica Huseman - Votebeat - The firings leave the federal election agency with no commissioners as Trump seeks to reshape voting rules

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The sex ed icon who won't go quietly -- Coleman Spilde -- In "Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story," the sex-positive cable TV siren makes the case for aging loudly and proudly

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"Where's Mitch?" exposes media failures -- Brian Karem -- The lack of hard news about the Kentucky senator's condition shows the sad state of contemporary journalism

22 hours ago

MAGA still says T. Rex rode Noah's ark -- Amanda Marcotte -- Kentucky's Ark Encounter turns 10, and its founder Ken Ham is as bitter as ever

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Trump's "View" fight could backfire -- Russell Payne -- Leaning on liberal media sets a precedent conservative media can't abide

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Wall Street wants to change the rules for your 401(k) Wall Street wants to change 401(k) rules - Paul Kiel - ProPublica - It could put your retirement at risk.

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The working-class Dems beyond Platner -- Jason Kyle Howard -- Working-class candidates like Minnesota's Kaela Berg and Montana's Sam Forstag are focusing on blue-collar issues

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Platner exposes ugly truth of elections - Nicholas Jacobs - The Conversation - Both major parties are susceptible to being hijacked by insurgents

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Trump is now targeting science itself -- Chauncey DeVega -- MAGA political loyalists, not researchers or experts, could soon decide what counts as legitimate knowledge

21 hours ago

Trump family grift now extends to guns -- Heather Digby Parton -- As the administration rolls back gun safety measures, Donald Trump Jr. is a beneficiary

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Anti-lobbyist Republican used lobbyists -- Russell Payne -- Anti-lobbyist Republican used lobbyists -- Russell Payne -- Joe Mitchell, an Iowa Republican, campaigns against lobbyists, only after his trade org spent $75,000 on them

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SCOTUS helps Trump turn losses into wins -- Chauncey DeVega -- Birthright citizenship survived this round. But Trump's latest successes show that the fight is far from over

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Taylor Swift shows: no good billionaires -- Amanda Marcotte -- The pop star built an empire on relatability until she became part of the ultra-rich

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The fight to take down data centers -- Tatyana Tandanpolie -- Rural Ohioans are trying to put the future of hyper-scale data centers on the ballot, and they're gaining momentum

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Taylor, Travis and the cone of silence -- Andi Zeisler -- Taylor, Travis and the cone of silence -- Andi Zeisler -- Fans and haters alike are flummoxed by the pop star's insistence on post-nuptial privacy

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Why the Emmys snubbed your favorite show -- Melanie McFarland -- Major industry award pageants rarely take our feelings into account, but Emmy voters are predictable in some ways

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Madonna's irresistible contradictions -- Coleman Spilde -- With "Confessions II," Madonna reworks her scrapped biopic into an autobiographical album worthy of the big screen

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How "Spirited Away" inspired "Avatar" -- Melanie McFarland -- Nickelodeon's beloved cartoon saga is one of many modern fantasies inspired by Hayao Miyazaki

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The golden ambition of "Legally Blonde" -- Melanie McFarland -- Regardless of what "Elle" is doing, the 2001 movie still proves a woman's limitless potential

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John Oliver kills on "General Hospital" -- Melanie McFarland -- Move over, 007. The daytime drama transformed the "Last Week Tonight" host into a new international man of mystery

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Lorne Michaels' genius is judgment -- David Daley -- Susan Morrison's biography offers the fullest portrait yet of the elusive creator of "Saturday Night Live"

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"The Invite" debunks heteronormativity -- Coleman Spilde -- Olivia Wilde's third film is her best yet, a mature comedy that asserts no one is exempt from romantic hang-ups.

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How "freeze the rent" really works -- Russell Payne -- Even with Mamdani in the mayor's office, tenants aren't taking a rent freeze for granted

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Elon Musk's big payday from SpaceX IPO - Brad Badertscher - The Conversation - Investors who bought the shares are unlikely to see the explosive growth that past IPOs had

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Summer's mixed forecasts, rising costs -- CK Smith -- Memorial Day travel demand remains strong as NOAA predicts below-normal hurricane season and rising vacation costs

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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

2 months ago

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

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Minnesota takes on Polymarket, Kalshi -- Jelinda Montes -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is suing multiple states for trying to rein in Polymarket and Kalshi

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The Trump phone is here. It's junk -- Garrett Owen -- Tech experts and reviewers say the long-delayed $500 phone has high costs, middling specs and murky origins

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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

2 months ago

MAHA's diarrhea outbreak problem -- Troy Farah -- A rash of cyclospora infections is sending thousands to the bathroom. Experts say this was all predictable

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Half of Americans in extreme heat zone -- CK Smith -- Dangerous heat dome disrupts American celebrations in Midwest and East Coast with travel delays and health problems

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The price of Trump's anti-science agenda -- Troy Farah -- From measles to screwworm, Americans keep paying the cost of the admin's war on science

10 days ago

Trump: Cognitive tests prove he's smart -- CK Smith -- Doctors say MoCA is screening tool for cognitive impairment, not intelligence test, despite Trump's intellect claim

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How to pop the AI bubble -- Troy Farah -- Cory Doctorow argues AI dominance is not inevitable. How we fight back matters

19 days ago

Trump cuts to global health hit home - Russell Payne - Trump cuts to global health hit home - Russell Payne - Politicized public health agencies also make it harder to hold officials accountable

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PCOS becomes PMOS -- CK Smith -- This change to this common reproductive health issue could lead to better and earlier treatment for 15% of women.

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Can we ever get rid of nuclear weapons? -- Troy Farah -- Editor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says the doomsday threat is real — but human goodness will win out

26 days ago

The creamiest lemon pasta salad -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- The creamiest lemon pasta salad -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Whipped cottage cheese gives this sunny summer salad protein paired with plenty of fresh citrus

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Olive brine deserves better -- Francesca Giangiulio -- From pasta to focaccia, here are 7 dishes that benefit from the dirty martini treatment

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Dino nuggets, made better -- Joy Saha -- Because we all should be feeding our inner child — even into adulthood

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Green Goddess gets pickled -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- A splash of dill pickle brine wakes up the herbs in this creamy, crunchy macaroni salad

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"Struggle Meals" grows up -- Francesca Giangiulio -- Frankie Celenza returns with a season about wasting less, improvising more and redefining what it means to struggle

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The beauty of TV's saddest picnic -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- How a blue tarp, a hoagie and a clown became one of television's most profound meals

10 days ago

Don't waste your rotisserie chicken -- Joy Saha -- Here are a few ways to turn a hot bag of poultry into creative, satisfying weeknight meals

11 days ago

Chilled noodles, BLT-style -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Tomato, soy, bacon and crisp greens turn rice noodles into a cool, savory summer lunch

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My awkward adventure on a seniors cruise -- Katelyn Doyle -- On my solo research trip I ended up isolated, injured and curious about the men paid to charm older women at sea

19 days ago

What I wish I'd known about bisexuality -- Emma Nadler -- I'm not straight, but I appear that way to the world. Visibility and belonging can be a struggle

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My lifelong fascination with tornadoes -- Gabriella Ferrigine -- Am I a bad person for being so enamored with these destructive windstorms? It's complicated

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My (unexpectedly) feminist pilgrimage -- Ginny Bartolone -- I hadn't planned on walking 500 miles in Spain just to escape sexist assumptions, but it turned out to be a bonus

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