After more than a year of scientific hypotheses, baseless conspiracy theories, and a lack of transparency from China, we still don’t know Covid-19’s origin story — the precise route SARS-CoV-2 took to end up as the […]
Satanic Cult Murders Get New Investigation in New Docuseries ‘Fall River’
On the evening of February 8th, 1980, 20-year-old sex worker Karen Marsden was sobbing in a police car. The officers who’d picked her up wanted her to take them to the sites of satanic rituals […]
Why Are Israeli Defense Forces Soldiers Posting Thirst Traps on TikTok?
With her long, lush blond hair, almond-shaped blue eyes, and expertly manicured brows, influencer Natalia Fadeev bears a striking resemblance to model Gigi Hadid. On TikTok, where she’s racked up nearly a million followers, she’s […]
Eric Carle, Author and Illustrator of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ Dead at 91
Eric Carle, revered by generations reared on his children’s books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has died. He was 91. He died on Sunday at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts from kidney failure, as […]
On Pandemics, Climate Change, and Finding Humor Amid the Doom
The Covid pandemic is not over, and may not be over for a long while yet. But with vaccination rates up, this might be a good moment to pause and think about what a microscopic […]
Tony Awards Announce Ceremony Date, ‘Broadway’s Back’ Special
Following a lengthy postponement, the 74th annual Tony Awards will take place September 26th as part of a four-hour event trumpeting the return of Broadway Originally scheduled for fall 2020, the 74th annual Tonys will […]
David Kushner’s New Podcast Looks Back at Brother’s Murder, 48 Years Later
The last time David Kushner saw his older brother, it was 1973. He was only four years old, and he’d been hassling 11-year-old Jon to bring him back candy from the 7-Eleven near their Florida […]
Meet Deep Patel: The College Dropout Who Founded and Sold a CBD Powerhouse
Silicon Valley is known for attracting the world’s most ambitious young entrepreneurs. With accelerators like Y Combinator and access to the world’s top venture capitalists, it continues to dominate as the hub for technological innovation. […]
The Instagram Accounts Helping Gen Z Navigate Existential Dread
In the mid-2010s, about 100 years ago in internet years, one of the cornerstones of editorial strategy on the internet was to publish “identity shares,” a term used to describe pieces that were designed to […]
‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ NFT Sells for $760,999 at Auction
A bidding war over an NFT of the viral “Charlie Bit My Finger” video — a “lovable piece of internet history” that “helped YouTube grow” in 2007, the family involved proclaimed — ended with a […]
Tinder and the White House Want Gen Z to Get Vaccinated, Go on Dates
The White House has teamed up with Tinder to encourage young people get vaccinated. On Tinder, users will be able to locate their nearest vaccination site, while they’ll also allow users to add stickers to […]
Young American Jews Have Reached a Tipping Point With Israel
There’s a story from last week I can’t get out of my head: A Palestinian family takes a taxi to their daughter’s home in Gaza City, five minutes away, on the last day of Ramadan, […]
Joe Budden Apologizes to Olivia Dope Following Sexual Harassment Allegation
Joe Budden has apologized to DJ and podcast host Olivia Dope, who accused the rapper and media personality of sexual harassment. Dope leveled the allegations in a video posted on Instagram on Monday, May 17th. […]
States Are One-Upping Each Other with Vaccine Rewards — But Will It Work?
On Wednesday, May 12th, in what sounded more like a pitch from a used car salesman than the introduction of a major public health initiative, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the launch of a $1 […]
Journal of a Progressive Prepper
It’s March 7th, 2020 and I’m at the Louisville Survival Expo & Gun Show, the last “prepper” event of its kind before the Covid-19 pandemic shuts the country down. The Kentucky Exposition Center is a […]
Bennifer 2.0 Is a Blast From the Past in the Worst Way Possible
The early 2000s were, objectively, a pretty rough time. It was the peak of post-9/11 jingoism and everyone was either aggressively championing the Iraq War or making terrible concept albums protesting it; people were still […]
Artist Jimmy Chiale Talks Working Fast, Projecting Confidence, and Designing a Racecar for the Vuse Design Challenge
“It starts with a good marker, the rest is in my blood,” says visual artist Jimmy Chiale about the genesis of his work, “I almost do it with my eyes closed.” Rolling Stone caught up […]
Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey Launch New Podcast ‘The Midnight Miracle’
Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, and Yasiin Bey have launched a new podcast, The Midnight Miracle, on the subscription podcast network Luminary. The show was recorded last summer during Chappelle’s 2020 Summer Camp shows, which he […]