Democracy headache
As 2020’s elections continue, there may be millions who mistrust American democracy
Why Trump is just a mob boss
Trump’s pardons show he’s just a mob boss — and his presidency is a criminal enterprise
Georgia voters transforming the future
More than a million Georgians requested mail-in ballots for the runoffs
Rudy Giulliani just he won't quit
Trump campaign files second claim to Supreme Court citing fake news report on 'alternative electors'
Humanity's space travel plans for 2021
2020 may have been a bad year on Earth — but we're looking to the stars in 2021
Voting groups: Voter suppression in GA
Voting rights groups say early voting site closures in six counties are limiting turnout from voters of color
Predicting abusive romantic partners
The origins of "dehumanization" behavior may rest in childhood experiences, a new study says
The collapse of Seattle's CHOP/CHAZ
Our 2020 retrospective continues with this on the ground experience—hopeful, angry, sometimes violent—in Seattle
Fact, fiction and "Little House"
The beloved "Little House on the Prairie" author once said "All I have told is the truth, but not the whole truth"
Trump's border wall boondoggle
Trump's strategy of awarding contracts before acquiring titles to land in Texas has cost the taxpayer millions
Trump is fuming at Melania
The president is reportedly taking his post-election loss frustrations out on his wife
TV and film got abortion wrong in 2020
Abortion was more prevalent on film and TV this year, but portrayals contained the same old inaccurate patterns
Searching for ethical sugar
Unlike some other crops, sugar — the stand-alone product, as well as the ingredient — is lacking in traceability
Biden: Transition faces "obstruction"
Many security agencies have “incurred enormous damage” under Trump, he said. “Many have been hollowed out”
WHO experts: next pandemic may be worse
The "next pandemic may be more severe" if the international community does not learn from the COVID-19 crisis
I'm adding pickled shiso to everything
Drape it over grain bowls with jammy eggs, mix it into rice with beef or tofu and so much more
Lost on the frontline
Many of the deaths — about 680 — occurred in New York and New Jersey, which were hit hard early in the pandemic
Trumpers headed for dumpster? Maybe not
Even as elected Republicans turn against Trump, the forces that gave him power remain intact. Beware the future
Bernie aims to force vote on $2K checks
The House voted to increase payments to $2,000 on Monday despite GOP opposition to Trump’s demand
Cruz gets COVID relief cash for Big Oil
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz helped donors' Texas fracking company secure COVID relief cash
Dreamy-smooth hummus from a kitchen oops
What if every time we fumbled in the kitchen could not only work, but also make something new and genius?
The last days of Donald Trump
Our pathological president is sunk in worsening delusion, with three weeks to go. And none of this had to happen
Robert Reich on Trump’s vilest legacy
The acceptance of Trump’s behavior will be his vilest legacy
Blackwater pardon sparks outrage
"The families believed in justice," lawyer says. After Trump pardoned killers, "it's been taken away from them"