Cake fails and the rebirth of expertise
The Food Network sold us the lie that anyone should be able to cook like a pro. "Nailed It!" is our revenge
Signs to avoid a restaurant
Look for these red flags before placing your order
Why wealth inequality doesn't make TV
"I think people are sick of seeing folks shout at each other, they're sick of being spoken down to"
Trump approves transgender military ban
The policy seeks to disqualify transgender troops who require or have undergone a transition with some exceptions
YouTube as a conspiracy theory conduit
From Alex Jones to Atomwaffen, the video platform enables harassment of student shooting survivors
Climate change harms everyone's health
No one evades global increases in extreme weather, disease, and injury
Interior Dept weakens bird protections
Protection for birds who are in danger isn't going to happen anytime soon
A tale of two (low-carbon) cities
Cities like San Francisco and Burlington are vital to the transition to a low-carbon economy
Trump: CEO or Führer? Maybe it's both
Is Trump just an ego-driven salesman, or a discount-store dictator trolling democracy into its grave? Yes
Hawking's theory of everything
Stephen Hawking is revered for his "M-theory" to explain the universe, but most people don't even know what it is
Life, liberty and the pursuit of profit?
The new federal spending bill ups funding for the NEA, thankfully. But at the state level, outlooks aren't so rosy
Economy based on spying
Companies are selling our data to the highest bidder so we can buy more products we don't need
Trooper, the bobcat kitten who moved in
Is it fair to tame and keep a bobcat as a pet? Or should I have released him back to the wild?
A buyback boondoggle is ruining America
Robert Reich: Corporate tax cuts are resulting in corporations buying back more stock rather than increasing wages
After 15 years in Iraq, we deserve this
John Bolton lied us into the Iraq War, and promised it would be easy and fun. What shock-and-awe has he got next?
FDA takes step to help smokers quit
Cigarettes that contain less addictive nicotine increase the odds that a smoker will drop the habit
Take a break from your digital calendar
It's time to ditch your old knives
Maher dismisses Bolton in monologue
"He’s another one of those hawks…who never served in Vietnam," Maher said
Trump's legal hit squad ready for war
Whatever Trump, Joe diGenova and Jay Sekulow are planning with Dowd off the team, things are about to get ugly
Fed on verge of major error
Policymakers have helped to perpetuate an economic model that is ultimately unsustainable
Trump, Putin and Christian nationalism
Cut from the same Christian cloth?
Why Americans are unhappier than ever
The U.S. doesn't rank very high on the happiness scale
Oldest human object in space
The Vanguard 1 satellite has been in orbit for sixty years and is the oldest human-made object in space