Why Did California Build Such Tall Bridges Over Its High-Speed Train Tracks?
Take a ride into the world of catenary design.
View ArticleThe Daily Show’s Sex Crime Roundup Shows Why Humanity Is Doomed
Man is the only animal who does sex crime roundups. Or needs to.
View ArticleBernie’s Baggage From 2016 Could Drag Down His 2020 Bid
It’s the one downside to running for president a second time.
View ArticleTrump’s “National Emergency” Is a Ploy Straight Out of Venezuela
Each country has a president who seizes power, and a party that’s blocking the legislature from stopping him.
View Article16-Year-Olds Can Drive, Pay Taxes, and Be Tried as Adults. Should They Have...
Some young activists and state politicians in Oregon think so.
View ArticleEvery Law Professor With a Twitter Account Says Congressman Matt Gaetz Just...
And getting a bunch of professors to agree on something is no small feat.
View ArticleWe Don’t Actually Know What’s Going to Happen to Clouds
A mind-melting study showcases the terrifying limits of what we can and can’t know about the Earth.
View ArticleMichael Cohen’s Claims About Trump-Russia Collusion Are Either Unprovable or...
The former Trump attorney’s bombshells appear to be a little hollow inside. (Is that how bombshells work?)
View ArticleHigh School Students Fight to Solve Civil Rights Cold Cases
Work still needs to be done to solve decades-old hate crimes.
View ArticleHow Leaving Neverland Does a Disservice to Michael Jackson’s Accusers
The documentary denies its subjects the chance to address doubters’ claims about their accounts of abuse.
View ArticleThis Isn’t the First Time a Michael Jackson Documentary Inspired a Reckoning
Revisiting Living With Michael Jackson, ABC’s “world-exploding” 2003 special.
View ArticleWhat Leaving Neverland Leaves Out by Ignoring Race
This isn’t a “public lynching,” but this story’s racial dimensions shouldn’t be ignored.
View ArticleLeaving Neverland Could Transform Our Ideas of What Sexual Assault Victims...
It took years for Wade Robson and James Safechuck to come to terms with what they say Michael Jackson did to them.
View ArticleThere’s No Separating Michael Jackson’s Music From His Obsession With Children
It’s in his songs. It’s in his videos. You can’t separate this art from this artist.
View ArticleMichael Jackson’s Legacy Shouldn’t Survive Leaving Neverland. Here’s Why It...
It’s too late to cancel Michael Jackson.
View ArticleDear Care and Feeding: I’m Worried My Eighth-Grader Is Getting Handsy With...
Parenting advice on teen boys and consent, grandparent help with newborns, and a smack-talking ex.
View ArticleDear Prudence Podcast: Help! Should I Quit My Job Because I’m Still in Love...
I love him, and am regularly in agony. He appears not to share these feelings.
View ArticleAndrew Wheeler’s EPA Is Just As Dysfunctional As Scott Pruitt’s
The work it’s doing won’t hold up in court.
View ArticleMichael Cohen Live: Watch Trump’s Former Attorney Testify Before the House...
Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen is testifying before the House Oversight Committee. This post will be updated as hearing develops.
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