The Far Right Is Spreading Misinformation Claiming the Lakewood Church Shooter Was Trans
The far-right is desperate to make “trans terrorism” a thing. So desperate, in fact, that it’s willing to push out incorrect or false information just to shore up their baseless…
University protests dominate media coverage, obscuring the true horror of Gaza war
The mention of mass graves is so deeply disturbing that it’s preferable to think of such wartime horrors as dark remnants of another era, chapters of history we’ll never repeat.…
T. Rex was not as smart as primates, new study finds
In December 2022, Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel published a paper that caused an uproar in the dinosaur world.After analyzing previous research on fossilized dinosaur brain cavities and the neuron…
HBO’s ‘Girls’ Shows a Unique View of Trauma in ‘American Bitch,’ Starring Matthew Rhys as a Creepy Author
Why do the girls of Girls act that way? That’s the question underlying five years of baffled cultural responses to Lena Dunham’s epic of questionable decisions, cruelty, narcissism, and grace.…
The End of Political Centrism
Between the Super Tuesday results and the president’s State of the Union address, a Joe Biden–Donald Trump face-off—the first presidential rematch since the 1950s—has become all but certain.The end of…
So Banksy has visited your property. Now what? : NPR
BRISTOL, ENGLAND - What do you do if you find Banksy has paid a visit to your property? It's a question Dennis Stinchcombe found himself asking about 10 years ago…
Ondine Achampong, top British gymnast, likely out of Paris Olympics : NPR
British gymnast Ondine Achampong announced Monday she's torn her ACL. The injury will likely keep her out of this Summer Olympics in Paris where she was expected to be a…
Why a power struggle has broken out over Kirkuk
JUDY WOODRUFF: Longstanding rivalries were re-ignited in Iraq today between vital American allies. Iraqi military forces and militia moved to push Kurdish forces out of the disputed city of Kirkuk…
Puerto Ricans still don’t have reliable drinking water, and fears of contamination are rising
DAVID BEGNAUD: The two men running the ship told us that nearly 87 percent of the ship is empty. Sounds alarming, right? They have 200 beds, and 87 percent are…
Elliott Abrams and the Contradictions of U.S. Human-Rights Policy
For more than four decades, Elliott Abrams has been near the center of American foreign policy. Abrams was an Assistant Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration, a deputy national-security…