2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (752+ words) There are plenty of unsettling facts to choose from in the accounting of this summer’s outbreak. But one of the stranger ones is that, somewhere along the way, Taco Bell became a model of competent public-health communication. That assessment did…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (419+ words) Today, resentment towards South Asian Americans has reached levels on par with 25 years ago. Even more worrisome, the anger toward them runs deeper than fears of a physical attack. Following 9/11, the immediate fears of some Americans were of Muslims hijacking…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (310+ words) Salon.com Lonnie Bunch, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, announces retirement The move comes after the White House labeled Smithsonian leadership radicals On Tuesday, the longtime secretary of the Smithsonian Institution announced his retirement at the end of the year....

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (967+ words) For much of the past 25 years, each anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has arrived with signs and stickers reminding people to “never forget.” I have always felt unsure about what those words mean. For those of us who were alive…...

6+ day, 41+ min ago   (263+ words) For five years, Sister Schubert’s fans asked, begged and eventually petitioned for the return of a frozen food composed of two things: a small smoked sausage and a soft Parker House roll. The answer, finally, was now. Sister Schubert’s announced…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (545+ words) Top U.S. Postal Service officials tasked with issuing new regulations on mail voting expressed concerns in internal meetings about how the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (744+ words) Simón Bolivar, the great liberator of South America, famously observed, “The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” For 200 years, U.S. leaders have never proved him wrong. In…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (336+ words) Salon.com Kalshi kicks out George Santos forever Meanwhile, a federal appeals court ruled 3-0 that states can regulate prediction markets like gambling Kalshi, the online prediction market platform, has finally had enough of George Santos, issuing the company’s first-ever lifetime…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (394+ words) Nashville International Airport could soon bear the name of one of Tennessee’s most famous daughters: Dolly Parton. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport announced Friday plans to rename BNA in honor of Parton, following a growing public campaign…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (344+ words) The Seneca Nation is calling on President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” arguing that the move disregards centuries of Indigenous history and the United States’ treaty obligations. Trump signed an executive order Thursday…...