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Tina Turner deserves better than this.
Tina Turner deserves better than this.
This technology could feed a world of 10 billion. We’re squandering it, and the trade war with China could make it worse.
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The retro, cryptofascist aesthetic of all those ICE recruitment ads, explained.
Experts created a coding scheme for kids’ media quality. Here’s what’s at the top and bottom.
It’s not millennial cringe to wonder if you can enjoy the work of problematic artists.
We’ve made tremendous progress against famine — but hunger hasn’t disappeared.
Comedians went to Saudi Araba — and faced blowback in America.
The self-help mantra that’s helping young people navigate their economic anxiety.
Reckoning with Jane Austen and empire on her 250th anniversary.
The “anti-woke” commentator quit the New York Times in protest 5 years ago. Now she’ll be CBS News’s top editor. How?
The real reason why the animated movie resonates.
It’s not just you. Today’s fads are harder to follow now.
Is Tilly Norwood a threat to the film industry? It’s complicated.
Taylor Swift used to try to hide her ambition. In Life of a Showgirl, she’s done with that.
TikTok is only part of the reason the snack has become the epitome of “IRL brainrot aesthetic.”
Penne? Angel hair? Farfalle? Why??
Why are so many young men turning toward fatherhood?
Zoomers might fear cringe, but the internet embraces personal humiliation.
In Trump’s manosphere, the center is not holding.
An emotional monologue, a takedown of Trump, and a victory for individual action.
The internet loves to point and laugh at names like Oaklynn and Haleigh. There’s real anxieteigh behind it.
One author’s quest to get to the bottom of our self-improvement obsession.
How ignoring two-parent families has warped the narrative.
The conservative defense of Trump’s FCC rests on a myth.
What studying hundreds of political assassinations has revealed.
The former Man Show host has gone from the least political voice in late night to a victim of the war on woke.
Charlie Kirk and meme culture’s violent turn.
Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.
Weapons, The Conjuring, and more have fueled a horror movie boom.
Three reasons his message resonated so strongly with young conservatives.
They’re calling him a martyr for free speech as they demand a violent crackdown on progressive dissent.
Our unmoderated online reality bares its teeth.
How A/C, tax breaks, and hip-hop tilted America southward.
The hit Broadway musical turns 10 this year. Does anyone think it’s cool anymore?
The greatest grand slam in the world has become an etiquette nightmare — and it’s not alone.
Decoding the long history of Gen Alpha’s favorite photo pose.
Parasocial relationships get a bad rap. How should you relate to your favorite celebrity?
The weird lie animating the right-wing womanosphere.
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NFL dance squads and sorority rush dances have become the front lines of gender anxiety.