The University of Alabama Will Return $21.5 Million After the Donor Denounced...
The university will also rename its law school to remove the philanthropist’s name.
View ArticleTrump Helpfully Instructs NASA to Get “Focused” on “Science”
He also seemed to spontaneously reverse the administration's position on lunar travel because of a stray comment made by a daytime Fox anchor.
View ArticleSlate Spoiler Specials: Always Be My Maybe
Marissa Martinelli, Heather Schwedel, and Inkoo Kang discuss Always Be My Maybe, in spoiler-filled detail.
View ArticleWhy Can’t Abusive Men Bring Themselves to Apologize?
Eve Ensler discusses her memoir The Apology.
View ArticleThe Angle: There’s a Way to Stop the Spread of Online Hate Speech
Just look at the way we used to regulate TV and radio.
View ArticleOprah Winfrey Will Interview Ava DuVernay and the Real Central Park Five
She'll also talk to the cast of When They See Us.
View ArticleDr. John Was an Inspiration to New Orleans, The Muppets, and Me
I’ve been playing piano for 30-plus years, and watching him makes me want to quit.
View ArticleWhy Catholics Are Up in Arms Over the “Hostile” California Confession Bill
Some see this bill as an alarming state intrusion into a sacred ritual. Others see it as a reasonable move to help root out child abusers in the church.
View ArticleThis Can’t Be It for the Warriors, Can It?
Could someone really blow a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals?
View ArticleWhy Joe Biden Gets Away With It
Two weeks of recalcitrance, "evolution," and some light plagiarism.
View ArticleWhy the World’s Best Soccer Player Isn’t Playing in the Women’s World Cup
"Playing football can be damn harsh, but every day is a fight for equality. That’s a fact."
View ArticleThe Illusions of Sound Perception Reveal How the Mind Finds Meaning
We look at how Tchaikovsky deployed a musical illusion in the final movement of Symphony No. 6 to illustrate how the mind constructs meaning out of sound.
View ArticleSeveral U.S. Embassies Are Flying Rainbow Flags in Defiance of Trump...
Some are straight-out defying the order, while others are finding ways to get around it.
View ArticleGeorge Conway to Trump: “You Would Have Been Fired From Any Other Job by Now”
The husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway called on the president to resign and get psychological treatment.
View ArticleArmed Neo-Nazis Get a Police Escort to Disrupt Detroit Pride
Seven people were sent to the hospital in D.C. after fears of an active shooter at Pride led to a stampede.
View ArticleEnraged by a Co-Worker Who Slacks Off All Day? Here’s What to Do.
It’s a frustration that’s rampant in many workplaces.
View ArticleMexican Ambassador to U.S. Appears to Contradict Trump’s Claim of Agriculture...
Trump had said on Twitter that Mexico agreed to immediately start buying large quantities of agricultural products from the United States.
View ArticleE3: Keanu Reeves Is in a Video Game! (Again!)
The Cyberpunk 2077 trailer at E3 shows off the latest in a long line of digital Keanu Reeveses.
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