Will extreme risk protection laws work?
"Extreme Risk Protection Orders" allows a court to intervene when someone shows warning signs of impending violence
How hospitals prepare for mass shootings
As the U.S. gun violence problem becomes politically intractable, hospitals mandate training for the unthinkable
Save time with an easy milkshake recipe
A milkshake is the absolute best way to treat yourself in five minutes or less.
Food truck fights hunger, gentrification
North Brooklyn Angels prove neighbors helping neighbors is a model for fighting hunger in America
Toni Morrison's radical ambiguity
In both her fiction and non-fiction, she sought to expose the "national amnesia" underlying forms of racism
Beto blasts Trump on Epstein hoax
Beto O'Rourke, a Democratic presidential candidate, blasted Trump for his conspiracy theories on Epstein's death
Ann Curry on "Chasing the Cure"
Salon talks to the veteran journalist about her new live series seeking diagnoses from an audience of thousands
"Wokewashing": Companies and good PR
Consumers addressing societal problems, such as race and climate change, might increase skepticism and not support.
"The Hunt" is pulled to heavy criticism
A controversy has emerged over Universal's decision to pull the release of its horror satire, "The Hunt"
Fires pose new risks for firefighters
Studies are now linking fire-related toxin exposure to an increased risk of cancer
The myth of the rugged individual
Why is America still perpetuating the fallacy of the self-made individual?
A revolutionary plan to save democracy
Our gerrymandered congressional maps must be entirely wiped out. One man has a plan to save our democracy
Armed man at Walmart cries 2nd Amendment
Dmitriy Andreychenko says he entered a Missouri Walmart while armed to test his Second Amendment rights
New West: Smoke in sky, purifier in home
Downtown San Francisco was obscured by smoke from the Camp Fire burning about 90 miles north of Sacramento.
Watts shines in this Fox News drama
As Showtime's drama about Roger Ailes' reign at Fox News wraps this week, let's pause to recognize her performance
Trump tweets Clinton-Epstein hoax
Trump tweeted conspiracy theories connecting the Clintons to Jeffrey Epstein's death, despite his own Epstein ties
Chicago teachers threaten strike
The powerful teachers’ union may go on strike again in the fall, demanding Lightfoot make good on her promises.
Is our problem guns or a big business?
As tragic as our domestic mass murders are, they're a fraction of the global carnage caused by guns made in the USA
Big brands could help the gender pay gap
Women’s sports have been stuck in a boom-and-bust cycle for the past 20 years. It’s time to start a new narrative
Keep calling McConnell #MoscowMitch
Are Trump and his traitorous enablers modern-day McCarthyists?
Trump's China tantrum
The U.S.-China trade war continues
"Compostable" bowl isn't biodegradable
According to a new report, those light brown “100 percent compostable” bowls aren’t actually biodegradable.
Federal experts' confusing advice on HPV
A recent panel recommended the vaccine, but also questioned whether the benefits outweigh the cost.