In '68, music failed to seize the moment
That year, the pillars of 1960s pop music released unfocused, confused albums
SNL covers liberal fears about midterms
The most recent episode of "Saturday Night Live" covers the midterm election fears held by liberals
"Shut Up and Dribble" hits its shot
LeBron James' Showtime docuseries examines the power of black athletes who have advocated for social justice
How Sears changed the way we shop
The Sears catalog made it easier for anyone to live the American dream
Trump attacking FL and GA Dems
Trump said Abrams was unqualified to lead Georgia and called Gillum "a radical socialist" who would hurt Florida
Neoliberal sophistry & housing policy
Why do so many California politicians count themselves as adherents of YIMBY, a pure form of neoliberal sophistry?
Digital money for charities is risky
Charities are accepting millions — billions — of dollars worth of digital assets. But this could backfire
Kemp is accusing GA Dems of hacking
Georgia's GOP candidate for governor and Secretary of State is accusing the Dems of trying to hack the voter system
Beating breast cancer in Appalachia
Pain medication often helps cancer patients deal with intense pain after treatment, but it also can lead to abuse
Evangelicals silent on Trump's rhetoric
Few wanted to talk about it
"Cultural Marxism" and the Tree of Life
The bizarre, conspiratorial worldview of Trumpism made this happen — and its roots run deep in the paranoid right
Numbers in the news? Don't fall for this
If it seems too good to be true, maybe it is
Yoga shooter was incel sympathizer
The man suspected of shooting up a yoga studio is believed to have expressed sympathy for involuntary celibates
"Mid90s" exposes the violence of boyhood
Jonah Hill shows how the mandates of coolness hurt naïve young boys. We're used to seeing that as a girl's story
Why data is the new oil
With the advent of machine learning, computers can think — sort of. Here’s what that means for the future
Polls say Democrats will take the House
Only a systematic error in the polls could explain a Democratic inability to retake the House on Tuesday
Trump doesn't understand citizenship
The anti-immigrant, racist president now says he can deny citizenship to people born in the U.S.
A caravan is all the talk 45 can afford
Trump's treasury just broke the trillion dollar debt mark and we are busy watching him bark at the southern border
VA program is failing
A $10 billion technology upgrade championed by Jared Kushner and the Mar-a-Lago trio is at risk of failing
America at the crossroads of history
The last two weeks have made clear why Republicans must be defeated — but the Democrats can't save America
Right-wing media outlets bash Prop. 127
National right-wing media outlets have published two dozen articles criticizing Proposition 127
Training lawyers in big data
Artificial intelligence and data analytics are transforming the practice of law
Dreamy mushroom ragu in the West Village
Vegetarian nirvana on a plate
Growing up in Westboro Baptist Church
My grandfather was Fred Phelps, who founded the notorious Westboro Baptist Church. This is what he taught us