Trump announces TikTok, WeChat ban
The move, says one advocate, is "shortsighted, ridiculous, and likely unconstitutional"
How Trump makes a mockery of patriotism
Loving your country is not the same as loving Trump
Comfort reading for the pandemic age
Amid the pandemic, I’ve started buying copies of my favorite childhood books — and I'm not the only one
Why is Trump banning TikTok again?
The TikTok ban comes after users from the social media platform led a prank that humiliated Trump during a rally
Fake videos, Biden & the 2020 election
It's easy to edit video of public figures to make them appear asleep or cognitively impaired when they're not
Young voters: absentee ballot rejection
A California Voter Foundation study identifies the causes behind the highest ballot-rejection rates
Is Zoom making us vain?
The pandemic video-conferencing boom is causing some to go to extreme lengths to look their best for the camera
Don't punish people for voting early
As many states expand early voting and mail-in voting, ranked choice voting is more important than ever
Reform police? Decriminalize drugs
Too much police violence against people of color is justified by a connection to illegal drugs. There's an easy fix
An ex-CIA agent incites far-right hate
A former CIA official once in charge of the search for bin Laden is now promoting QAnon on his blog and podcast
Census field workers on faulty tech
"We’ve all started calling it 'the Senseless'"
Patton and Westy meet in a bar
A play of many parts in one act
Why today's wildfires are so severe
Blame both poor forest management and climate change for today's devastating wildfires
The new healthy me gets a COVID scare
I thought I'd conquered my valid distrust of the medical field, but one messed-up test threatened to undo it all
Make the most of the freezer section
From pizza to DIY dim sum, make the most of the culinary building blocks found in your grocery's frozen food aisles
"Big mistake
Conservative pollster Scott Rasmussen warned Republicans it would be a bad idea
How to level up Rice Krispies treats
Here, corn flakes become the starring cereal, and peanut butter and butterscotch do the work
"Ratched": A poor prequel
Ryan Murphy's latest horror story remakes the infamous nurse in Sarah Paulson's image—and the results are skin deep
ACLU: Barr's protest orders "tyrannical"
"Treating protest as a form of sedition won't hold up in court," said the ACLU
The RV park that's saving lives in SF
Pier 94 is perhaps the most successful model of how to treat and serve homeless populations
National (in)security and the Pentagon
A post-coronavirus economy can no longer afford to put the Pentagon first
Trump's destruction starts with Reagan
Why Reaganism needs to be ripped out by the root
Will the Democrats fight?
If there was ever a moment for Democrats to throw caution to the wind and stand up, that moment is here and now