Netherlands' changing blackface custom
An annual tradition or a national embarrassment?
Many health experts underestimated COVID
Many leading infectious disease specialists underestimated the fast-moving outbreak in its first weeks and months
President Lysol's dumbest moments
Donald Trump is a dull, nasty and childish man — but his legacy of amazing idiocy will be long remembered
Can less-than-perfect donors save lives?
Demand for healthy kidneys has long outstripped supply. Better testing and treatment is expanding the donor pool
Latino voters are turning Georgia blue
Georgia and Arizona are very different states — but grassroots organizing has turned the tide in both of them
What this election told us
Despite backlash, voters gave Biden and Congress a mandate for bold, progressive change. Now they must deliver
An end to all-war-all-the-time?
It’s probably hard for people born since 9/11 to imagine how much — and how little — things changed after that day
Will Trump pardon Edward Snowden?
The NSA whistleblower has used his platform to pressure the president to pardon someone other than himself: Assange
"Low class" Donald Trump and the Wasps
Our 2020 retrospective continues with this familial reckoning with vulgarity, snobbery and the presidency
On CNN, Nashville bombing described
Eye-witness tells CNN's Anderson Cooper that she woke up on Christmas Day to a computerized countdown and gunshots
What is tempeh? Everything to know
Looking for a new way to perk up your meat-free meals? Tempeh is climbing the ranks of our top vegan ingredients
"I wouldn’t be here but for the Beatles"
On this episode of Everything Fab Four: The Hall of Famer talks his Beatles journey, from revelation to revolution
Why don't we still eat Christmas goose?
The bird that used to dominate holiday tables became a ghost of Christmas past, but some say that is changing
The White House will get scrubbed down
The executive mansion will get a deep clean after two COVID-19 outbreaks this fall
Leavenworth lost
My Christmassy hometown is looking less and less like a winter wonderland.
Why some don't believe election results
When unfavorable decisions are made on issues central to one's identity, one is more likely to distrust the system
"Bridgerton," a holiday boinking binge
As with all things made to be mindlessly inhaled over the holidays, gorge now and think about its flaws later
Gingerbread brownies and eggnog frosting
This holiday-themed bake is a great last-minute dessert idea, because it's incredibly easy to make
What critics say about "Wonder Woman 2"
Patty Jenkins' follow-up to her 2017 blockbuster is a totally '80s adventure with two villains and fanny packs
Partyland 2020
And what if, after the pandemic hit America, Donald J. Trump had launched a global war against COVID-19?
My Christmas among the spies
Spending the holidays in Beirut didn’t make much sense. Unless you were 27 — and you had lost your mind
How to make jam with only 3 ingredients
Once you have shallot jam around, the world is yours, as far as your eyes can see
Ivanka may have to help remove Trump
Other options include locking his staff out on Jan. 19 — or even escorting him out as a trespasser on Jan. 20
After the protests, police budgets cut
Despite intense criticism coming from across the political spectrum, new city budgets show the protests worked