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"You Can See Everything" is a tragedy - Coleman Spilde - "You Can See Everything" is a tragedy - Coleman Spilde - Nathan Fielder's remarkable documentary contextualizes fact with fiction to reach sad, vital truths

4 hours ago

I miss the restaurant pager - Ashlie D. Stevens - 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

7 hours ago

A blue wave could take out Susie Wiles -- Heather Digby Parton -- Trump's chief of staff and 2024 architect could be his scapegoat for the GOP's expected midterm losses

4 hours ago

The media's Ilhan Omar blind spot -- Sophia Tesfaye -- How mainstream journalism sanitized MAGA's weaponization of justice against the Minnesota Democrat

4 hours ago

Busfield's charges dismissed, sort of -- CK Smith -- A New Mexico judge faults prosecutors' grand jury conduct but leaves open the possibility of new charges

1 hour ago

Zelenskyy: Trump is letting Putin off -- CK Smith -- Ukraine's president condemns suspension of sanctions, Moscow celebrates the decision, both brace for winter attacks

3 hours ago

Musk tries to save Paxton campaign - Gabby Birenbaum, Alejandro Serrano - The Texas Tribune - Musk transformed Texas' U.S. Senate race with a massive cash infusion to the Senate GOP's main outside group

9 hours ago

Why did we give Elon Musk so much power? -- Melanie McFarland -- The filmmaker tells Salon his documentary reveals as much about us as the world's richest man

10 hours ago

French students are in the streets. Donald Trump and Fox News are freaking out -- France is on fire. Fox News freaks out -- Andrew O'Hehir -- A mass uprising against neoliberal budget cuts captures the world's attention — and fuels right-wing paranoia

5 days ago

Trump's new QAnon press secretary exposes his desperation -- Trump's QAnon hire shows his desperation -- Amanda Marcotte -- Like presidential aide Natalie Harp, Katie Zacharia treats Trump less like a boss and more like a savior

2 days ago

Who really controls Greg Abbott? -- Amanda Marcotte -- The Texas governor's war on public schools is bankrolled by donors who want a Christian state

4 days ago

What will Trump do after the midterms, with nothing left to lose? -- What will Trump do after Election Day? -- Brian Karem -- Expect lies, threats and empty bluster. He's becoming politically insignificant — but still dangerous

5 days ago

Kelly Clarkson is nobody's idol -- Coleman Spilde -- A fight with Brooklyn small business Art of Play reveals the dark side of celebrity worship

1 day ago

Katie Zacharia lasted just five days -- Brian Karem -- UPDATED: After half a "Scaramucci," Trump has had enough of his hapless new White House press secretary

10 hours ago

The real reason MAGA fears Ilhan Omar -- Amanda Marcotte -- Trump is reviving his Obama-era birther conspiracy, this time targeting the Minnesota Democrat

1 day ago

MAGA just wants to watch people die -- Alex Galbraith -- Every Trump policy comes with a body count. Is that the point?

1 day ago

Zacharia too incompetent even for Trump -- Troy Farah -- Trump fired his latest White House press secretary after less than a week on the job

1 day ago

Talarico hoax buried Paxton's scandal -- Sophia Tesfaye -- Talarico hoax buried Paxton's scandal -- Sophia Tesfaye -- Right-wing influencers pushed fake Talarico rumors, while report on Paxton donors disappeared

1 hour ago

The internet isn't dead. It's even worse -- Troy Farah -- Ukraine didn't knock out Russia's digital troll army, but the attacks say a lot about our fears of being online

2 days ago

Election deniers urge Trump: go extreme - Dion Nissenbaum, Votebeat - Votebeat - A vocal group of activists has Trump's ear, but it remains unclear how the president will respond

1 day ago

Democrats' key to midterm victory -- Heather Digby Parton -- The party is successfully linking kitchen table issues to Donald Trump's corruption

2 days ago

Kate Berlant's great American clown show -- Coleman Spilde -- Kate Berlant's great American clown show -- Coleman Spilde -- Berlant's brilliant HBO special, "Parmesan," positions her among history's great comics

7 hours ago

Your pity laugh built Shane Gillis -- Kelly McClure -- "Saturday Night Live" has something for everyone. Women just never seem to make the list

2 days ago

Elvis Costello's debut still hits hard -- Kenneth Womack -- Nearly 50 years later, "My Aim Is True" captures the restless genius of an artist in motion

3 days ago

What remains after everything changes -- Kristen Millares Young -- An excerpt from Kristen Millares Young's "Desire Lines" on marriage, motherhood and renewal

3 days ago

In "The Debut," midlife is a new start -- Coleman Spilde -- Julianne Moore's character in this A24 comedy finds a new passion, and herself, on the local stage

4 days ago

The journalism thriller isn't dead (yet) -- Coleman Spilde -- Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network" semi-sequel takes on much more than Facebook

5 days ago

Josh Hartnett always had what we needed -- Coleman Spilde -- In "Verity," Hartnett once again subverts expectations in a way Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise can't manage

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

6 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

13 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

20 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

22 days 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

19 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

13 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

1 month ago

Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring - Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation - Here's what to know about this growing trend

1 month ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 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

13 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

17 days ago

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 month ago

Russian plague catches Trump's eye - Troy Farah - 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

7 days ago

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

17 days ago

Are we in the AI end times? -- Troy Farah -- Anxiety over the dangers of artificial "intelligence" says more about human nature than about the machines

1 month ago

Why the GOP needs a 'secret vegan' -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- 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?

1 day 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

4 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

5 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

10 days ago

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

12 days ago

We're over restaurant slop -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- From ghost kitchens to AI menus and PE slop, diners are hungry for food that feels like somebody meant it

13 days ago

Generic food lost its stigma -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Private label used to mean settling. Aldi and other store brands turned it into a reason to shop

16 days ago

For better soups, start in the oven -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- Roast first, simmer later

19 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

16 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

16 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

16 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

16 days ago