Mueller Finally Used His Voice. Did Everyone Just Hear What They Wanted to Hear?
The outgoing special counsel insists that his work must speak for itself. A relentless media cycle would disagree.
View ArticleTrevor Noah Finds the Perfect Metaphor to Explain Mueller’s Press Conference...
Herpes to the rescue!
View ArticleWhy Society Goes Easy on Rapists
It’s not just that sexual assailants are often let off the hook. It’s that there is often not a hook to begin with.
View ArticleLike Climate Change and College Debt, the California Housing Crisis Is...
On the politics of “Screw you, I got mine.”
View ArticleAsk a Teacher: My Child’s Teacher Yells All the Time. Is This OK?
These anger outbursts do not seem at all appropriate.
View ArticleHelp! Should I Tell My Co-Workers I Saw Their Son on a Porn Site?
Prudie’s column for May 30.
View ArticleWhen They See Us Is a New Kind of Must-See TV
Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five series offers edification without the sense of obligation.
View ArticleTrump Says Russia Helped Him Get Elected … and Then Immediately Says the...
“You know who got me elected?” he said later. “I got me elected.”
View ArticleWhat Fleabag Understands About Sisterhood
The Waves also discusses Curvy Wife Guy and the incels seeking out plastic surgery.
View ArticleWhy Do So Many Researchers Still Treat Race as a Scientific Concept?
Angela Saini’s new book makes a compelling argument about race, genetics, and why we keep making the same mistake.
View ArticleNew Memo Reveals the Census Question Was Added to Boost White Voting Power
The case should be an easy one for the Supreme Court. Instead, the conservatives will still look the other way.
View ArticleClarence Thomas Just Voted With the Liberals in a Big Consumer Rights Case. Why?
How did consumer rights advocates nab Thomas’ vote this time around?
View ArticleTiffany Haddish Secretly Recorded What People Said About Her After Auditions
The comedian told Jane Fonda, Maya Rudolph, and others about her sneaky tactic to get more honest feedback.
View ArticleNew Hampshire Legislature Overrides Veto, Abolishes Death Penalty
A coalition of pro-life conservatives and libertarians joined Democrats in overriding the Republican governor's veto.
View ArticleBibi Is Not As Powerful As We Thought He Was
Yes, Israel is moving to the right. But that doesn't mean the right will fall in line behind Netanyahu.
View ArticleIt’s HAL’s World, We Just Live In It
Kubrick’s 2001 now, with Tom Hanks, Christopher Nolan, Tracy K. Smith, and James Turrell.
View ArticleDespite Righteous Anger Online, Millennial Turnout Doubled in the 2018 Election
Younger generations outvoted older ones for the first time in a midterm election.
View ArticleWhy Do Children Keep Dying in U.S. Custody? Maybe Because Nobody Is Holding...
Whatever the court’s answer in this case, it won’t solve the underlying problems with CBP violence and lack of remedies available to victims.
View ArticleNetflix’s Always Be My Maybe Is Culturally Specific and Also Hysterical
Ali Wong and Randall Park’s rom-com finds laughs and surprising depth in another side of San Francisco.
View ArticleNew Data Shows Police Use More Force Against Black Citizens Even Though...
This analysis was based on Chicago police’s own descriptions of the incidents in question.
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