Mildred Pitts Walter, Author of Books for Black Children, Dies at 103
Mildred Pitts Walter, a Los Angeles schoolteacher who grew up in the Jim Crow South and wrote award-winning children’s books...
Rickroll Forever: After All These Years, People Are Still Finding New Ways to Prank the Internet With Rick Astley’s Iconic 80s Tune
You’d think that after all these years, we’d seen the extent of what Rickrolling could do. It turns out, however,...
Inside the Meltdown of a Wunderkind’s A.I. Hedge Fund
Last year, Leopold Aschenbrenner, a man barely of legal drinking age with a fondness for Rubik’s Cubes, crisscrossed the nation...
U.S. cites ‘unauthorized travel’ to end DACA status for a mother of 3 deported to Mexico
McALLEN, Texas — A Texas mother deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to stay in the U.S. has filed a lawsuit...
Inside Goodwill, the world’s biggest thrift machine
Goodwill handles over 4.4 billion pounds of donations every year. Most of it gets cleaned, priced, and sold at a...
MAGA media empire collapsing — just in time for the midterms: report
The right-wing media ecosystem that has spent years building up President Donald Trump’s image and promoting his causes is now...
Trump’s Gaza Deal Sparks Questions on Whether Israel and Hamas Will Comply
A day after President Trump announced a new Gaza deal to begin disarming Hamas, his Board of Peace released a...
Warsh Considers Reducing Frequency of Fed Policy Meetings
Kevin M. Warsh is considering reducing the number of regularly scheduled meetings at which the Federal Reserve sets interest rates,...
Major Publisher Cans $2.4 Million Book Deal After Author Was Accused of Using AI, for a Very Cynical Reason
Book publisher Minotaur, which is owned by leading publishing company Macmillan US, has walked away from a $2.4 million deal...
Why Mitch McConnell Isn’t Giving Up His Senate Seat
Mitch McConnell is just the latest member of the Senate to be absent for an extended period of time because...
