Thirteen former gymnasts have taken the next step toward justice regarding the alleged mishandling of their allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, filing complaints against the FBI and […]
‘No Mercy for Child Groomers’: Far Right Targets LGBTQ TikToker Preaching Acceptance
Wearing fuschsia lipstick and a resplendent, Pucci-inspired cornflower-blue blouse, Jeffrey Marsh addresses the camera head-on: “Hey, kids!,” Marsh says chirpily. “It’s possible to be like me and to be happy.” Marsh, who is nonbinary, then […]
Elon Musk Claims He Raised $46.5 Billion to Finance Twitter Takeover
Elon Musk’s pursuit of Twitter continued Thursday with the Tesla CEO claiming in an SEC filing that he has raised $46.5 billion to fund the purchase of the social network. In the amended filing, Musk […]
Weed Sales Start Today in New Jersey: Where to Buy It
Passed into law in the depths of the pandemic, adult-use marijuana finally goes on sale Thursday for the first time in the state of New Jersey. Residents voted to legalize it in November 2020; in […]
How to Quit Meat — Without Feeling Like Shit
This article is a collaboration between Rolling Stone and one5c, a weekly newsletter devoted to helping anyone identify easy steps they can take to help solve the climate crisis. Here’s an inexpensive, concrete […]
Striking Down the CDC’s Mask Mandate Could F-ck Us For the Next Pandemic
On Monday, an unqualified Trump-appointed federal judge in Florida ended the national mandate requiring face masks on airplanes and public transit, representing a major victory for those who have decided that the worst thing about […]
How a Gross-Out Food TikTok About ‘Spokane-Style Pizza’ Went Massively Viral
There is nothing people on the internet love more than to bond over being collectively grossed out by bizarre food videos. (Remember the girl who made a milkshake in a toilet, or the guy who […]
Ready to Eat for Free? Find Your Own Food
Finding nutrition in wild plants may be an ancient necessity, but for Alexis Nelson — known as the Black Forager on TikTok, where she has 3.5 million followers — it’s urgently 21st century. “Foraging is […]
What’s With the Far-Right’s Interest in Ball Tanning?
If you think the Covid-19 pandemic was the first time the far right took strange health advice proffered by wellness devotees, think again. Bodily sovereignty and purity tests have long been part of fascist and […]
How Do You Make an Airplane Climate Friendly? Start by Shaping It Like a Whale
The world’s first all-electric passenger airplane looks like it could be at home in the sea. Instead of a traditional metal tube, its fuselage resembles an orca — with a sharp nose and a wide […]
Taylor Lorenz Wrote About Libs of TikTok — and Conservatives Are Having a Meltdown Over It
When a well-known reporter on the internet culture beat writes about a viral right-wing social media account, what’s the proper response? Well, if you’re a conservative on the internet, the best course of action is […]
Right-Wing Protesters Launch Extremely Ineffective Protest Outside Disney World
Over the weekend, a bunch of right-wing protesters tried their hardest to stick it to Disney and disrupt the giant corporation’s massive theme park business by hanging outside one of several entrances to Disney World. […]