Pulling The Simpsons’ Michael Jackson Episode Was a Mistake
Memory-holing art can seem like a virtuous act, but it’s as much about hiding from the past as reckoning with it.
View ArticleYou Can Hate Sarah Michelle Gellar’s “Mug Cakes” All You Like. I’ll Eat Them.
A single-serving tribute to human ingenuity.
View ArticleSNL’s “Can I Play That?” Takes on Twitter Outrage Over Movie Casting
Good news, white men: You’re still eligible for “white guy, white guy who gained 50 pounds, or slave owner.”
View ArticleWhat Fresh Brexit Hell Will This Week Bring?
This is may be the week that will determine Britain’s economic future for decades to come—or they’ll just do it all again in a few months.
View ArticleCould Your At-Home DNA Test Be Used to Crack a Cold Case? A Future Tense Event.
Join Future Tense on March 20 in Washington, D.C.or a true crime happy hour conversation about genetic genealogy.
View ArticleWatch the Musical Outtake that Proves Vice Could Have Been Even Worse
Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard was nearly another name in Vice's crammed cameo list.
View ArticleJoe Biden’s Nomination Is Nearly Unstoppable
Biden is certainly not the future of the Democratic Party—but he is its present.
View ArticleThe Year’s Best Comics Are on the Cartoonist Studio Prize Nominations List
Each winner will receive $1,000 and eternal glory.
View ArticleTrump’s Latest Plan to Shake Down U.S. Allies Shows He Still Thinks the...
Trump wants to spend record amounts of money on the military without any of its benefits.
View ArticleA Trump Super PAC That Did Nothing but Post Memes Paid Its Director $42,000...
It’s hard work, but someone’s got to be extravagantly compensated for it in a way that draws the attention of federal investigators.
View ArticleWhat Made Dan Jenkins Great
A conversation with Bryan Curtis about Jenkins’ “sportswriterly state of being.”
View ArticleAdnan Syed Deserves a New Trial. It’s a Travesty That He’ll Never Get One.
This ruling weakens the right to counsel in Maryland and inexplicably dismisses the value of alibi witnesses.
View ArticleWe Appear to Be on the Path to Another Government Shutdown
Trump’s budget is a blueprint for the next stalemate.
View ArticlePelosi Says She’s Against Trying to Impeach Trump Because “He’s Just Not...
“I’m not for impeachment,” Pelosi said. “I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country.”
View ArticleHow a Bad Business Decision May Have Made Boeing’s 737 Max Vulnerable to Crashes
Where Boeing might have gone wrong.
View ArticleChill Out, Pete Davidson. No One’s Shaming You for Dating Kate Beckinsale.
“Apparently people have a crazy fascination with our age difference.”
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel on R. Kelly: “He’s Gonna Make a Great President One Day.”
What does this have to do with Al Pacino chewing scenery in The Devil’s Advocate? Glad you asked!
View ArticleTrump’s Campaign Manager Says He’s Building an “Unstoppable Apparatus” and...
The White House would neither confirm nor deny reports that Trump 2020 was creating a race of atomic supermen.
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