How to spend a perfect day in Milwaukee
Salonby Chaya Milchtein·8 Sept 2026
Milwaukee is a city I’ve always loved, but now I can appreciate it even more through adult eyes. I was born and raised here, moved to New York and eventually came home, where I put down roots with...
The rock critic who changed the way I listen to music
Salonby Caryn Rose·8 Sept 2026
“A great new sound reaches us, always, as a miraculous gift.” The rock critic Dave Marsh, now of blessed memory, wrote that about Albert Ayler in 1998, and out of the thousands of memorable words...
Mariska Hargitay and the quiet death of the award-show roast
Salonby Candice Frederick·8 Sept 2026
The news that Mariska Hargitay will host this year’s Primetime Emmys didn’t inspire many posts in the usual social spaces, and there’s a good reason why.
Why Erika Kirk failed as Turning Point USA’s leader
Salonby Amanda Marcotte·8 Sept 2026
When Charlie Kirk was alive, his wife Erika had a retrograde role that was easy to understand. She didn’t use the word, but she was a tradwife.
“GTA VI” leaks draw more scrutiny than Epstein files
Salonby Troy Farah·8 Sept 2026
On Aug. 31, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., finally delivered on his threat to read the names of the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged accomplices on the House floor.
"GIVE THEM NIGHTMARES": Trump unleashes AI robot army
Salonby CK Smith·7 Sept 2026
President Donald Trump spent part of his Labor Day weekend commanding armies of giant robots, threatening his enemies with nightmares and launching attacks from space — at least according to the...
"Chronovisor" makes literacy the key to another world
Salonby Coleman Spilde·7 Sept 2026
When people talk about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, no one ever seems to discuss what it would’ve been like from Christ’s point of view.
5 dead after Amazon cargo plane crashes in Miami
Salonby CK Smith·7 Sept 2026
Five people were killed Sunday after an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway while landing at Miami International Airport, struck several vehicles and caught fire.
The global appeal of the pastry dog
Salonby Ashlie D. Stevens·7 Sept 2026
For five years, Sister Schubert’s fans asked, begged and eventually petitioned for the return of a frozen food composed of two things: a small smoked sausage and a soft Parker House roll.
Putin is testing Europe. How far will he go before war?
Salonby Andrew O'Hehir·7 Sept 2026
It’s always been a cop-out to blame the sinister influence of Vladimir Putin for the failings of liberal democracy.
Trump's weird war against the states
Salonby Heather Digby Parton·7 Sept 2026
Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, he hasn’t tried to hide the fact that he holds Americans who didn’t vote for him in contempt.
Women who remember life before Roe are turning away from Susan Collins
Salonby Shefali Luthra·7 Sept 2026
This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Shefali and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
Measles death undercuts RFK Jr.’s doubts
Salonby CK Smith·6 Sept 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has acknowledged that measles caused the death of a Pennsylvania infant, days after reports revealed that he asked the Centers for Disease Control and...
Trump’s "small potatoes" Iran War keeps escalating
Salonby CK Smith·6 Sept 2026
Iran threatened a “faster, heavier and more painful” response to further U.S. attacks Sunday as the six-month conflict between the two countries escalated again at sea, days after President Donald...
"Idiocracy" is still a worthless artifact 20 years later
Salonby Alex Galbraith·6 Sept 2026
Mike Judge has always had a soft spot for dimwits. Beavis and Butt-head might leave chaos and destruction in their muttering, giggling wake, but they rarely suffer lasting harm themselves.
Stuffing deserves a life beyond Thanksgiving
Salonby Ashlie D. Stevens·6 Sept 2026
Back when Twitter was still the kind of place where a stray observation could become communal property by lunchtime — before the app hardened quite so completely into a highly polarized...
My library card has saved me $1,330 — and I want more
Salonby Ashlie D. Stevens·6 Sept 2026
In June, I became briefly preoccupied with the question of what kind of reader I intended to be that summer.
Harry Styles is the antidote to MAGA's counterfeit masculinity
Salonby Dimitrios Aletras Jr.·6 Sept 2026
I walked into Manhattan’s Rawhide one night with four blond supermodels on my arm, and we danced until we were soaked.
Lawmakers added $1 to Texans’ car insurance policies. That money paid for thousands of Flock cameras
Salonby Alex Ford·6 Sept 2026
In 2023, the Texas Legislature unanimously passed a law raising auto insurance costs for Texans by $1 to combat rampant catalytic converter theft.
MAGA has entered its arcade era
Salonby CK Smith·5 Sept 2026
The White House has found a new way to promote President Donald Trump’s agenda: retro video games. There is, unfortunately for the administration, already a boss battle.
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