the lesson I'm taking from all these recent scam stories is to never answer the phone # | Continue reading
Barbara Walters died on December 30 at the age of 93 during a low ebb in the news cycle. Her home of 50 years, ABC News, pressed PLAY on a two-hour prime-time special, Our Barbara , but it aired during the attentional wasteland of New Year's Day.(thecut.com) | Continue reading
When a 10-year-old girl complained of mysterious pain, a doctor suspected child abuse. How far would she go to prove it? | Continue reading
Conservative fathers explain why the fall of Roe is motivating them to vote for Democrats in November. | Continue reading
We were just as confused. So we found out. | Continue reading
The loneliness of growing older made bearable with playdates. | Continue reading
The burden of swallowing anti-Asian racism is making America and me sick. | Continue reading
Joe Biden’s Dobbs Response Has Been Breathtakingly Awful. | Continue reading
BeReal wants to capitalize on our desire for authenticity on social media. | Continue reading
If you’re terrified about losing Roe v. Wade, it’s the best thing you can do. | Continue reading
Who knew the world needed a celebrity crypto anti-influencer influencer — and that it would be Ryan from The O.C.? | Continue reading
Learning about mortality and immortality from my father, Carl Sagan. | Continue reading
It sure does seem like your current manager said something that gave them pause. | Continue reading
The hottest new trend in fashion is working in tech. | Continue reading
The trope was infantilizing, sexist, and a pitfall of corporate feminism. But for many women, it was also essential. | Continue reading
Texas has financially incentivized private citizens to enforce an unconstitutional law and police their neighbors. | Continue reading
Adopting used to be a good thing that good people could do. These days, you’re probably not good enough. | Continue reading
This expectation isn’t healthy or reasonable, but it’s also not uncommon. | Continue reading
As a record number of Americans leave their jobs, those who can’t are working themselves sick. | Continue reading
Take it from Shilla Kim-Parker of online vintage marketplace Thrilling. | Continue reading
Adopting used to be a good thing that good people could do. These days, you’re probably not good enough. | Continue reading
Adopting used to be a good thing that good people could do. These days, you’re probably not good enough. | Continue reading
Consuming crumb-size amounts of psychedelics — not to get high but to feel more focused and creative and present — has moved a tiny bit mainstream. | Continue reading
The government’s system wasn’t made for couples like Dan and Sasha, but they followed the new rules anyway. | Continue reading
Three successful entrepreneurs on the wisdom they gained from setbacks. | Continue reading
For those who can afford it, quitting has become the ultimate form of self-care. | Continue reading
I tracked down Robert, a 58-year-old man living in New Jersey, and asked him: Why?? | Continue reading
An overwhelming demand for professional counseling has spawned slickly marketed companies promising a service they cannot possibly provide. | Continue reading
Mental meanderings are “the baseline state of you as a cognitive system” — is that a good thing? | Continue reading
Why did I ever believe a teen girl could hold all the power? | Continue reading
Last week’s viral video of a 91-year-old man being shoved to the ground in Oakland’s Chinatown is the latest in a growing number of racist attacks. | Continue reading
She posted an ad for a roommate. What’s the worst that could happen? | Continue reading
A new lawsuit alleges that the ingredients masquerading as tuna are “not tuna and not fish.” | Continue reading
Hundreds of other New Yorkers did, too. | Continue reading
Jennifer Freyd accused her father of sexual abuse. Her parents’ attempt to discredit her created a defense for countless sex offenders. | Continue reading
Jared Rutledge fancied himself a big man of the “manosphere.” But when his online musings about 46 women were exposed, his whole town turned against him. | Continue reading
“He gets very sick if he doesn’t eat organic food,” Jake Angeli’s mom said. | Continue reading
Deciphering the most beloved, most reviled children’s-book author in history. | Continue reading
Deciphering the most beloved, most reviled children’s-book author in history. | Continue reading
I never listen to music anymore, or even simply let my mind wander in silence. | Continue reading
Sometimes, ideas that are a bit scientifically suspect catch on because they are too good to not believe. | Continue reading
“I’m aware that what we are doing is pretty stupid because we’re putting mad people at risk. For some reason, we still kept doing it.” | Continue reading
After hours in the contagious city. | Continue reading
A certain kind of American is still traveling internationally — and they’re not sorry. | Continue reading