Black survival tool or white lie?
Why I despise magical Negro films that convert the real horrors of racism into white folks’ feel-good stories
Jim Jordan owned by Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd grilled Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio for trying to discredit the investigations into Donald Trump
What the Green New Deal will really do
It’s what we do with the funds that matters.
Would you help your good friend die?
This Ray Romano and Mark Duplass drama, currently on Netflix, explores how to help someone have a dignified death
Trump goes off the rails at CPAC
Trump attacked the Russia investigation and the Green New Deal during a controversial speech at CPAC
Learning English with mobile gaming
Mobile gaming may reduce anxiety and encourage fluency in students learning English as a second language
How do you destroy a world order?
The decline and fall of American global power is, of course, nothing special in the great sweep of history
Cancer survivors need funded rehab care
Many cancer survivors suffer toxic side-effects of treatment — and these patients desperately need recovery care
Spend border billions to WTC survivors
The WTC victims compensation fund has come up short by about $5 billion, why is that number so familiar?
Medicare For All will lower drug prices
For a Medicare for All system to meaningfully lower prescription drug prices, we must value patients over patents
Don't break the bank for AirPods
These three sets of earbuds prove that you don’t need to pay AirPod prices for superior sound quality
Dems get a big win on guns — sort of
Historic wins or embarrassing setbacks? Actually, the House Democratic majority had both at once this week
Survival of the richest
Today’s thin veneer of political populism covers a grotesque underbelly of growing inequality
Screw the sisterhood!
What did I want? What the guys had. When did I want it? Now. How would I get it? Get close to them any way I could
No-chop chickpea salad
It's what's for lunch
Bittman cooks everything for everybody
A new book from the indefatigable champion of home cooking offers dinner recipes three ways so everybody eats well
Progressives and teachers win WV strike
The day after schools reopened, the teachers got what they wanted—a “clean” bill increasing teacher pay 5%.
Killer Mike and Kal Penn explain it all
This week's can't-miss TV also includes "The Bush Years" on CNN and Oscar-winning documentary "Free Solo"
The art of the loaded baked potato
Garlicky yogurt! Mushroom bacon! Cheese!
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How border architecture affects us
Border wall architecture encourages us to see Canadians as gentle and kind — and Mexicans as suspicious
Cuba's market for racist curios
As an anthropology professor, I was surprised to find rows of racist memorabilia during a recent trip to Cuba
Back to middle school hell with "PEN15"
Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play 13-year-old versions of themselves, braces and all, in this essential Hulu comedy
Buttery scallops: My favorite TV dinner
A ready-made meal for the '90s kid in me