The Most Shouted-At Politician in America
Scott Wiener has an unusual distinction in American politics: He upsets almost everybody. In the months before I met the...
Trump’s first-year actions sparked a fiery legal war, and stunning rebukes from judges
A few months into President Trump’s second term, federal appeals court Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III — a conservative appointee...
I Was Kidnapped by Idiots
Four men searched my mouth for implanted tracking devices. I had told them I didn’t have any—that, as far as...
A major factor in Gen Z and millennial divorce is ‘financial future faking.’ It’s like long-term partner catfishing about money
Many of us have experienced that gut-wrenching feeling when we realize the relationship we’re in and thought was “the one”...
Congress debates possible consequences for ICE, Noem after Renee Good’s killing
WASHINGTON — The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats,...
The merch wars have come to fast food
Collectible cups, keychains, and tote bags are the new normal at fast food restaurants. Ploy Phutpheng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesCollectable...
The rise and fall of the Sprinkles empire that made cupcakes cool
After the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s, Candace Nelson reevaluated her career. She had just been laid off...
Gen Zers aren’t talking — and it could cost them
Maryellen MacDonald is professor emerit of psychology and language sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of “More Than...
VR headsets as ‘hope machines’: Devices offer California inmates respite, practical experience
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades, but he and other inmates are still taking regular trips...
I moved in with my girlfriend in London after only a few months of dating. I was terrified.
The author and his new partner moved in together in London. Tirachard/Getty ImagesWhen I met my girlfriend, we instantly connected,...
