Wild myths I believed about white people
America will never cure its racial sickness because no one wants to begin with what they do not understand
In the beginning was Josephine Baker
When her film characters shed their façades and the great Josephine Baker is revealed, something startling happens
Biden's secret legal team to stop Trump
The New Yorker reveals new details on Democrats' efforts to prevent Donald Trump from stealing the 2020 election
Why fennel deserves a Renaissance
If you don't already stock up on this unique vegetable, maybe I can convince you to on your next grocery trip
Giada's lemon poppyseed cake is the best
This cake is delicious and nutritious aka the perfect no-guilt sweet to pair with an afternoon cup of coffee or tea
The latest on Bannon's "crackpottery"
Opinion writer Greg Sargent warns that Bannon's recent actions underscore the Republican Party's “radicalization”
No-measure peanut butter cookies. How?
For this recipe, you’ll need no measuring cups, no measuring spoons, no scale
Interracial romance and cringe TV
Regina King's "SNL" dating game, Chris Harrison's video & a Black Regency-era duke are pushing our racial reckoning
Why we love music from our youth
Do we think music from the past is better, or has it got something to do with the memories we have of that time?
How consciousness emerges from static
Consciousness may be an emergent property from a bunch of background chatter. The implications are huge
We tried snow ice cream — how was it?
Will you scoop up this sweet winter dessert trend before it melts away?
Pixar’s Platonist conception of the soul
Disney Pixar's film "Soul" harks back to some of the most influential ideas of western intellectual history
Conspiracy theories — unmasked!
Do we live in a golden age of wacko paranoia? No, says German scholar Michael Butter: It's always been with us
Dying on the waitlist
In Los Angeles County and around the country, doctors have had to decide who gets a lifesaving COVID-19 treatment
That problematic "Behind Her Eyes" twist
The novel on which it's based inspired the hashtag #wtfthatending? I'm left with the same question for new reasons
Brownies’ Book: A pioneering publication
At the turn of the 20th century, one editor implored his peers to "Let us make the world know that we are living"
DA issues key subpoena in Trump probe
It's the latest indication that Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. is looking closely at Trump's taxes
Big Pharma is broken
Though they were warned, pharmaceutical companies refused to invest in coronavirus research until it was too late
Trump's elaborate Diet Coke service
During his presidency, Trump was known to drink many Diet Cokes a day
We escaped the "Mussolini moment." Maybe
Trump's heinous regime was enabled by a large cast of villains. We have to recognize that all of us enabled them
Power outages across the Plains
The Plains states have a lot of wild weather. Why is this cold wave such a problem for utilities?
Rush Limbaugh’s legacy: Toxic patriotism
Rush Limbaugh might be dead, but his brand of toxic patriotism lives on
QAnon preps for March 4 Trump comeback
Trump’s D.C. hotel hopes to cash in on QAnon true believers who may descend on Washington for his big comeback
W.Va. voters blast Manchin on $15 wage
"When will you give us a living wage?" one activist demands of West Virginia's so-called Democrat