Teddy Thompson is music’s best-kept secret
12:00pm By Jason Kyle HowardA longtime critical darling, the singer-songwriter’s latest album “Never Be the Same” deserves to be widely heardSupreme Court overrides abortion pill mail ban — for now
10:25am By Nicole KarlisThe ruling came after weeks of uncertainty over mail order mifepristone's legal statusLower drug prices won’t fix cancer care
10:05am By Kenneth E. ThorpeAs breakthrough drugs offer critical hope to patients, lawmakers should focus on shoring up the social safety netThe Christian right hijacks America’s 250th
6:45am By Amanda MarcotteTrump's Rededicate 250 event erases the U.S.'s secular historyTrump’s Iran war is pushing American farmers to the brink
6:30am By Garrett OwenSkyrocketing costs, unfair markets, and poor policy are pressuring farmers thanks to the ongoing conflictWhy is RFK Jr. so worried about sperm count?
6:00am By Mariel PadillaExperts weigh in on Kennedy’s claims about sperm and fertility“Michael,” Harry Potter and the death of the problematic fave
Thu 12:00pm By Melanie McFarland
"Michael" and the Potterverse are booming. Apparently, we're done feeling bad about what that meansA diminished Trump goes to China — for help
Thu 9:00am By Heather Digby PartonThe president, smarting from setbacks in war and tariffs, visits Ji Xinping ready to make dealsFlorida’s new history course whitewashes the founders on slavery
Thu 6:45am By Chauncey DeVegaA rival Advanced Placement curriculum is offering a dangerous view of the Constitution and America's foundersMassie’s primary isn’t really a test of Trump’s power
Thu 6:30am By Russell PayneA Massie victory, Republican strategists say, would speak more to the district than to Trump’s influenceA noncitizen says she was told she could vote. Then CBP detained her at the airport
Thu 6:00am By Jen FifieldThe permanent resident told authorities that a DMV worker said she could voteHow “The View” could put an end to Trump’s war on the media
Wed 9:00am By Sophia TesfayeABC is finally fighting back against censorship and pressure from the Federal Communications CommissionAssassination conspiracy theories? Blame Trump
Wed 6:45am By Amanda MarcotteFalse flag stories reveal a deeper truth about Trump’s failing presidencyFDA exit could threaten abortion access nationwide
Wed 6:30am By Shefali LuthraMarty Makary plans to resign from his post as FDA commissionerSuspending federal gas tax wouldn’t save drivers as much as they might hope
Wed 6:00am By Robert I. HarrisHere’s what goes into the price of a gallon of gasPaul McCartney’s “The Boys of Dungeon Lane” turns memory into melody
Tue 4:05pm By Kenneth Womack"This was a lot of memories of Liverpool for me," he remarked in a recent Abbey Road Studios listening sessionKeir Starmer looks doomed. But does anyone really want his job?
Tue 3:10pm By Andrew O'HehirBritain’s PM can't contain the damage after disastrous election. But ousting him will create a huge messBob Dylan’s baffling social media experiment
Tue 12:00pm By Caryn RoseDylan's cryptic content has turned his Instagram and Patreon into a captivating puzzle, fueling endless speculationFive meals, one fridge clean-out
Tue 10:30am By Ashlie D. StevensA no-spend week of pastina, shakshuka and pantry alchemyWhat’s a bored Donald Trump to do? Apparently, target Cuba
Tue 9:40am By Heather Digby PartonAs U.S. surveillance flights over the island increase, the president could be betting on action to regain his mojoCan rural-urban dialogue fix America’s broken democracy?
Tue 6:45am By Chauncey DeVegaThe U.S. seems hopelessly divided. These Americans think otherwiseAI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions
Tue 6:00am By Maria LunguAI algorithms such as facial recognition systems produce probabilities, not factsHantavirus is a warning. The Trump admin isn’t listening
Mon 6:30am By Troy Farah
The Dutch cruise ship incident probably isn’t the next pandemic. That doesn’t mean we’re risk-free from outbreaksA 40-year-old Iran tariff quietly built America’s pistachio empire
May 6, 2026, 6:30 am By Jelinda MontesBenefiting off viral trends, like Dubai chocolate, has been actually decades in the makingThe rising toll of Florida’s abortion ban
May 5, 2026, 6:30 am By Nicole KarlisThe number of Florida residents who traveled out of state nearly tripled between 2023 and 2024Trump’s latest science purge could bring major risks, experts say
May 2, 2026, 9:00 am By Garrett OwenThe abrupt firing of the board comes at a time of climate crisis and international competitionTrump’s $12B farm aid was meant as relief. The Iran war is wiping it out
Apr 25, 2026, 6:30 am By Garrett OwenWith rising costs of fuel and fertilizer, and tariffs still in place, the outlook for 2026 is bleakA timeline of Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s long-running beef
May 7, 2024, 7:15 am By Gabriella FerrigineFrom allegations of pedophilia and domestic violence, here is the background of the rappers' icy relationsHow Keith Lee, a TikTok food critic for the new economy, guides us to eat well – and good
Nov 1, 2023, 12:02 pm By Melanie McFarlandLee has a critic's ethos, just like the late Roger Ebert and the misunderstood Anton Ego from "Ratatouille"“After Neverland,” R. Kelly’s CBS meltdown, and the insidious patterns we refuse to see
Mar 7, 2019, 5:00 pm By Melanie McFarlandThe two specials hosted by Oprah and Gayle King are accidental companion pieces showing how abuse and abusers work
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