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Rachel Leviss, Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix on "Vanderpump Rules" (Bravo)

The cost of our new reality TV heyday

Melanie McFarland

This summer of a famous "Vanderpump Rules" cheating scandal coincides with another Bravo star calling to unionize

Climeworks' DAC plant "Orca", Iceland, in the night (Climeworks)

Will carbon removal tech actually work?

Elizabeth Hlavinka

Questions remain if we can effectively stop cooking the planet by sucking carbon out of the air or using the ocean

Customers wait in line to order below signage for the Costco Kirkland Signature $1.50 hot dog and soda combo at the food court outside a Costco Wholesale store in Hawthorne, California. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Costco thrives while food courts die

Joy Saha

Costco's beloved food court remains a staple part of the wholesale warehouse's overall business success

Bob Barker attends the set of "The Price Is Right" to celebrate his 90th Birthday at CBS Television City on November 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic)

Bob Barker, dead at 99

Kelly McClure

Barker first began hosting the popular game show in 1972

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Oliver Anthony performs at the Eagle Creek Golf Club in Moyock, North Carolina, Aug. 19, 2023. (Mike Caudill for Billboard via Getty Images)

"Rich Men" versus the rest of us

Sonali Kolhatkar - Independent Media Institute

“Rich Men North of Richmond” channels a narrative of white male resentment — one that most Americans oppose

Wine Bottle (Getty Images/Shana Novak)

Dwindling demand for wine in France

Kelly McClure

With more and more people favoring craft beer, the wine industry is struggling

Lola Tung as Belly and Gavin Casalegno as Jeremiah in "The Summer I Turned Pretty" (Prime Video)

Why "The Summer I Turned Pretty" works

Nardos Haile

The Prime Video series swept the nation off its feet with its messy, teenage love triangle and summer angst

Children in soccer uniforms holding a trophy (Getty Images / Heide Benser)

Why is childhood such a rat race?

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Author Jennifer Wallace on why academic and career success shouldn't come at the expense of social connection

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Deborah Blum holds a photo of her teen, Esther Iris, at home in Los Angeles. Blum and her husband, Warren, lost Esther Iris to suicide in 2021. When it came time to write the death notice, Deborah Blum was open and specific about the mental health struggles that led to her child’s death. (LAUREN JUSTICE FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS)

Should we mention suicide in obituaries?

Debby Waldman - KFF Health News

The reluctance to acknowledge suicide has implications beyond the confines of a public notice

Artificial Intelligence Chatbot concept (Getty Images/Carol Yepes)

Why AI's war on language is dangerous

Norman Solomon

An AI-generated study guide turned my latest book into gobbledygook. What happens when the stakes are more serious?

Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump grand jurors face QAnon threats

Areeba Shah

Experts warn of "chilling effect that personal targeting can have on jurors, on voters, on elected officials"

Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez in "Red, White & Royal Blue" (Amazon Studios)

Let's make queer cinema fun again!

Joy Saha

Not all queer stories are tragedies. And not all queer stories end in heartbreak, death or great loss

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump poses for his booking photo at the Fulton County Jail on August 24, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Trump was booked on 13 charges related to an alleged plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. (Photo by Fulton County Sheriff's Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Fox commentator says Trump "looks hard"

Kelly McClure

After praising Trump's appearance, Watters made sure to highlight that he's a heterosexual

Tuna sandwich (Getty Images/VICUSCHKA)

A curry tuna salad for tuna salad haters

D. Watkins

It's embarrassing to say now, but I thought I hated tuna

President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales kisses Jennifer Hermoso of Spain during the medal ceremony of FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand on August 20, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. (Noemi Llamas/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)

Soccer players protest kiss & won't play

Olivia Luppino

Luis Rubiales decries the "false feminists" who want him to step down, and player Jenni Hermoso says she's a victim

Low-angle close-up of a ceiling fan on the ceiling of a domestic home in Lafayette, California, March 24, 2022. (Photo by Gado/Getty Images)

A new right-winger concern: ceiling fans

Kelly McClure

"GET YOUR FILTHY TYRANT HANDS OFF OF MY CEILING FANS," writes Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson on X

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Emperor Penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri, adults and chicks at colony Snow Hill Island, Antarctica (David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Melting ice destroying penguin habitats

Elizabeth Hlavinka

New research details "catastrophic breeding failure" for emperor penguins, threatening 90% of the species

What We Do In The Shadows (FX)

Laszlo, our enlightened pal in "Shadows"

Melanie McFarland

In a subplot reminiscent of a long-running "Friends" farce, Matt Berry's vampire wins hearts with wisdom and wit

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

AZ prosecutors investigating Giuliani

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes probes TrumpWorld attempt to "take over" state's selection of electors

Shopping in frozen food aisle (Getty Images)

Frozen vegetable recall announced by FDA

Michael La Corte

The products are frozen corn and frozen mixed vegetables and were sold at Food Lion, Signature and Kroger stores

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Law Professor Jonathan Turley testifies on Wednesday 04, 2019 during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, as part of the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry. (Lenin Nolly/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Experts rip Turley excusing Trump's call

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Law professor labeled "Mike Lindell with tenure" after claiming Raffensperger call was merely seeking a "recount"

Costco wholesale club store (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Two states are getting new Costco stores

Joy Saha

The beloved wholesale warehouse currently boasts 860 stores, with 591 locations in 46 U.S. states and Puerto Rico

R. Kelly pleads not guilty to a new indictment before Judge Lawrence Flood at Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. R&B star R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Thursday in a Chicago courtroom to 11 new felony sex crime charges. The charges were a refiling of one of the four cases of alleged abuse that prosecutors lodged against the singer earlier this year. (JASON WAMBSGANS/AFP via Getty Images)

R. Kelly to use royalties to pay victims

Hanh Nguyen

R. Kelly is currently serving 30 years in prison for his 2021 racketeering and sex trafficking conviction

Republican Presidential nominee Donald J. Trump holds a rally at Giant Center November 4, 2016 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

GOP debate ratings crush Trump interview

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Trump claimed that his interview was the most-watched ever. It didn't even beat the Trump-free Fox News GOP debate

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