In “The Valley” finale, Count Bookula drains our patience
Danny Booko's cringey vampire impression caps his season as its biggest source of secondhand embarrassment
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The painful cost of bringing “Children of Blood and Bone” to screen
Days after its trailer debuted, Tomi Adeyemi declared she wants nothing to do with the movie version of her book
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“I Want Your Sex” is deliberately unsexy
Gregg Araki's first film in 12 years declares Gen Z's disaffection with sex a problem only shame can solve
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What Comic Con cosplay taught me about America’s divided politics
The White House correspondents' dinner was phony and ugly. Comic Con was joyful, colorful and way more real
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The real reason Todd Blanche won’t drop Trump’s slush fund
The acting attorney general made $10 million as the president’s defense attorney
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Dan Patrick directs Texas Senate to study ways to further ingrain religion into public life
The lieutenant governor released seven new charges for state senators to study before the Legislature reconvenes
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Your magical burnout cure is in this Miyazaki film
"Kiki's Delivery Service" is a family movie that holds practical magic for adulthood
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The art of the beach sandwich
Unlike the airport sandwich, a great beach sandwich doesn’t merely survive the wait — it gets better as it sits
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Madison police killing shows accountability can’t stop at ICE
Corey Ruiz's death in Wisconsin shows that local police need scrutiny too
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The performing arts can help solve America’s empathy crisis
We’re losing our connection with one another. Performing arts education can help us get it back
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Judges call out Trump DOJ for “unlawful,” “unethical” and “unseemly” conduct
Federal judges have criticized the administration's prosecutors in hundreds of cases since Trump took office
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Kaitlan Collins and CNN are complicit in the Trump circus
The press didn't just cover Trump's White House Correspondents' Dinner meltdown — it enabled it
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How Patti Smith helped Lenny Kaye find his solo voice
After decades as one of rock's most influential collaborators, Kaye has finally released his first true solo album
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JD Vance will never be the GOP Obama
He can copy Obama's biography, but the vice president will never have the charisma
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Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in new poll of Texas’ U.S. Senate race
The poll found the Austin Democrat with a surprising edge
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It’s always rice and eggs
With crisp feta, bacon, avocado and a runny yolk, it’s the meal I return to again and again
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The colonial reckoning “The English Patient” adaptation couldn’t capture
"But Have You Read the Book?" revisits the adaptation of Ondaatje's novel, which favored romance over history
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Trump’s great private school handout
A provision now taking effect under the Big Beautiful Bill sends students to private schools at public expense
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Trump and Musk both want to control America’s history
The frenemies' strange obsession with historical "accuracy" has disturbing connections to big AI
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Ken Paxton has long crusaded against voter fraud. His Senate rival now accuses him of committing it.
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that the attorney general may have broken state law
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The conservative movement’s sporadic anointment of Gen-Z spokeswomen
From Phyllis Schlafly to Emma Waters, a familiar agenda cycle continues
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A former FBI target has the playbook to fight Rubio’s enemies list
The FBI's targeting of civil rights activist Lillian Smith provides lessons for solidarity and resistance
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Kamala Harris’ biggest opponent in 2028? Herself
As she lays the groundwork for a campaign, Harris again risks a trap of her own making
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A founding father’s queer legacy
Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' family tree keeps getting more complicated and colorful
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Barns, go-karts and strip malls: The wild west of private schools that collect taxpayer dollars
State legislatures are steering money to private schools with far-reaching consequences
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DNC chair Ken Martin is under fire and melting down
The embattled Democratic National Committee leader is undermining the party’s midterm — and 2028 — prospects
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Court rebuffs Trump EO on mail voting rules
Court continues blocking key portions of Trump's executive order, siding with states' rights and the Constitution
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How Māori food tells New Zealand’s story
From smoky hāngī to tangy rēwena bread, Māori cooking turns land, memory and tradition into a feast
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“People are sick of Rahm Emanuel”: Sanders says progressive wins make Dem establishment “nervous”
The senator said establishment Dems are pushing a losing message ahead of the midterms
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UPDATED: Berlin Pride attack leaves 1 dead, dozens injured, suspect dead
Police searching for suspect after a van drove into crowds at Germany's largest LGBTQ+ Pride event
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The small-screen seduction of the middle-aged woman
Midlife can be as blissful as "The Five-Star Weekend" or as cathartic as "Ride or Die"
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Trump’s foreign policy enters its decadent, desperate end stage
He restarted a war no one wanted and signed a nuclear deal no one read. What's next?
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Pete Hegseth’s Iran war math doesn’t add up
The defense secretary pegged the war's cost at $37 billion. The real total is far higher
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Even in conservative North Dakota, some socialist institutions thrive
North Dakota has a long history of policies and institutions that could be considered socialist
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Now arriving at Trump Station?
A recent push from the administration to rename NYC's iconic Penn Station after Trump is ruffling some feathers
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Court: AG Paxton didn’t prove abortion claims
A Texas appeals court said the attorney general relied on insufficient evidence to win a clinic shutdown order
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