Editor’s note, December 25, 8 am ET: This story is being republished for the holiday season. It was originally published in 2020. It might seem unbelievable given that the “Christmas creep” now begins before Halloween, but the true Christmas season actually starts on Christmas Day itself. That’s right: December 25 marks the official start of […] Read more ›
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Demonstrators hold signs while picketing during the continuing strike by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in Los Angeles, California, on May 26, 2023. | Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesWhat happens if everybody walks off the job? Editor’s note, June 30, 10:57 pm ET: On June 30, the day the SAG-AFTRA contract was set to expire, the guild announced that the negotiation had been extended to July 12. On... Read more ›
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at a student loan cancellation rally in February 2023. | Jemal Countess/Getty ImagesThe White House hasn’t given up on loan forgiveness. Though the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday to strike down President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans, student debt relief might still be happening, albeit a little slower than with the original plan. Speaking from the White House hours... Read more ›
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Student Debt relief advocates stand outside of the Supreme Court of the United States as they wait for the Supreme Court to release its opinion on whether or not to strike down President Biden’s student debt relief program on Friday, June 30, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan and payments are restarting. What is the... Read more ›
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Justice Neil M. Gorsuch arrives at the US Capitol ahead of the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, in Washington, DC. | Melina Mara/Getty ImagesGorsuch hands a victory to the Christian right by making false claims about an important First Amendment case. On Thursday, Justice Neil Gorsuch released a 26-page opinion venting outrage about a legal dispute that does not exist, involving websites that do not exist.... Read more ›
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Amid a spate of anti-trans bills in various states, marchers in Manhattan celebrate trans and queer youth during the Queer Liberation March on June 25, 2023. | Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty ImagesKentucky and Tennessee are the latest states to see parts of gender-affirming care bans targeting trans youth blocked by a federal judge. In recent weeks, several prominent anti-trans laws have been blocked by federal courts, underscoring how shaky the legal footing... Read more ›
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Marcus (Lionel Boyce) gets sent to Copenhagen to get better at desserts. If my editor is reading this, they should send me to Copenhagen to get better at captions. | The Bear/FXThe Bear is a show about opening a restaurant. It’s also a fantasy about nourishing talent. For a show incredibly concerned with the reality of restaurant kitchens — the heat, the stress, the yelling, the emotions — The Bear... Read more ›
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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court canceled the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program on June 30. | Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe Court’s decision in Biden v. Nebraska is nothing more than an exercise of raw power. It bears no resemblance to actual law. Let’s not beat around the bush. The Supreme Court’s decision in Biden v. Nebraska, the one canceling President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, is complete... Read more ›
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Student Debt relief advocates stand outside of the Supreme Court of the United States as they wait for the Supreme Court to release its opinion on whether or not to strike down President Biden’s student debt relief program on Friday, June 30, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan and payments are restarting. What is the... Read more ›
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Flowers, messages, balloons, stuffed animals, toys and other items left by mourners commemorating the students and teachers of the Robb Elementary Schools mass shooting are displayed outside the school on May 31, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. | Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe justices are forced to confront the gun policy disaster that it created. Last February, the far-right United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held... Read more ›
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Jonathan Majors, pictured at the European premiere of Creed III in London on February 15, 2023. | Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Warner BrosThe Marvel star faces domestic assault charges, and now other allegations spanning years. New allegations of abuse and domestic violence have surfaced against Jonathan Majors. As reported by Rolling Stone, Majors stands accused of a decade-long pattern of relationships in which he was allegedly controlling, manipulative, and in... Read more ›
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First, build more houses. | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThere’s more to the housing affordability crisis than Airbnb. The US housing market is scary right now, and Americans seem to be scrambling for signs that help is on the way. This week a viral tweet said Airbnb revenue had fallen off a cliff. But what’s perhaps more interesting than a potentially misleading tweet is the response it got. Many suggested the revenue... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesGet ready now to resume (or start) paying back your student loans. More than three years after student loan repayments were paused due to the Covid-19 pandemic, borrowers will soon receive their first bill since early 2020. With the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling striking down Joe Biden’s debt relief plan — which would have canceled up to $20,000 in debt — and the debt ceiling bill preventing any future... Read more ›
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Student loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People’s Rally To Cancel Student Debt during the Supreme Court hearings on student debt relief on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. | Jemal Countess/Getty Images for People’s Rally to Cancel Student DebtThe Court ruled 6-3. The Supreme Court killed President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, halting relief to the more than 40 million Americans who could have seen some of... Read more ›
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at a student loan cancellation rally in February 2023. | Jemal Countess/Getty ImagesAdvocates see another path — if the administration is willing to take it. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday to strike down President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt, halting relief for the more than 40 million Americans who would have had some of their debt erased.... Read more ›
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Bud Light sent beers to a trans influencer is the new M&Ms are girls. | Patrick McDermott/Getty ImagesBud Light sent a handful of beers to a trans influencer, and all hell broke loose. In early April, Bud Light sent an influencer named Dylan Mulvaney a handful of beers. Mulvaney, in turn, posted a video of herself dressed like Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, using said beers to celebrate both... Read more ›
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People walk through the gate at the Harvard University campus on June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Scott Eisen/Getty ImagesLegacy admits, athletic recruits, and the children of donors, faculty members, and VIPs still have a leg up under the Supreme Court’s new ruling. The Supreme Court’s decision to effectively ban the consideration of race in college admissions reversed more than 40 years of precedent. It also left other kinds... Read more ›
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Boris SV/Getty ImagesThe science of consciousness still has no theory. In 1998, at the conference of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC), the neuroscientist Christof Koch made a bet with the philosopher David Chalmers: by 2023, science would be able to explain how the brain’s tangle of neurons gives rise to the phenomenon we call consciousness. The winner would get a case of wine. Koch was a... Read more ›
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Jennifer Gratz was one of the first to successfully argue against race in affirmative action. | Andrew Burton via Getty ImagesEditor’s note, June 29, 2023: The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively ended affirmative action in higher education in a pair of cases concerning admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Read our latest coverage here. The original story, on a separate 2016 case out of Texas, follows.... Read more ›
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Crowds protest during a memorial march for a French teenager, named Nahel, on June 29, 2023 in Nanterre, France. | Abdulmonam Eassa/Getty ImagesFrance finds itself at the center of the global reckoning over police violence. Widespread protests have continued for days across France after police killed a 17-year-old in a Paris suburb when he refused to comply with a traffic stop, prompting a national reckoning on racism and excessive force... Read more ›
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Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, addresses the crowd during a Medical Professionals speak out against Hate Speech press conference at Chinese Hospital on June 30, 2020, in San Francisco, California. | Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesThe cases rely on a narrative that doesn’t reflect the diversity of views among Asian Americans. On June 29, the Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action in a 6-3... Read more ›
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