Before she was a radio show host and CNN legal analyst, Laura Coates was an attorney for the Department of Justice. Raised on the stories of Ruby Bridges and the Freedom Riders, she wanted to make a difference by upholding the Constitution in ways that affected every-dayAmericans. At first, she …
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The Marxist political scientist Michael Parenti once wrote, “The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital.” Perhaps no one knows this more intimately than90-Day Fiancestar Stephanie Matto, a YouTuber turned adult content creator who claims to have made upwards of $200,000 selling her farts …
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Every couple of months, a new TikTok phenomenon takes over, racking up millions of views, along with endless conspiracy theories and half-baked takes. For a brief period in November, that was the #SurvivingSophia hashtag. Based on a handful of tweets and TikToks, the story was compelling and confusing — the …
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The first time Tom Hanks nearly destroyed Connor Ratliff’s career was on June 12, 2000. The Missouri-born Ratliff, then an aspiring actor in his mid-twenties living in England, landed what he hoped would be a life-changing role in HBO’s World War II epic Band of Brothers, playing Private Zielinski, the …
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Parenting blogger and former Bachelor contestant Bekah Martinez takes most Sundays off of Instagram to spend time at her California home with her husband and two children. When Monday arrives, though, she’s ready to start the week. “Usually we have our nanny Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays so that I can …
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* Some names have been changed to protect survivors of sexual assault and abuse. Years before the secret room in the garage behind his place, years before he ran around sickening the souls of untold girls in Putnam County, New York, Howard Gombert had a jones for Rachel R.* From …
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Two years ago, a South Carolina fourth grader wrote an essay about transgender rights that was censored by her school principal. After the principal refused to include the paragraph in a collection of fourth grade essays, the student’s mother sued the school for violating her daughter’s First Amendment rights. Unfortunately, …
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Who knew that in this dark hour of the climate crisis hope would arrive in the form of a 563-page novel by a sci-fi writer best known for a trilogy about establishing a human civilization on Mars? But alas, that’s what Kim Stanley Robinson – the author of 20 books …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — You could almost feel their anguish. Thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters streamed down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Supreme Court here Saturday, their collective lament about a stolen election clanging off the white marble of the institutions this president has tried — is still trying — to pulverize. …
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“Are you guys going to put me on the cover again?” Tom Green asks. He’s referring to photographer Mark Seliger’s infamous 2000 shot of Green holding a baby who’s peeing on his face. Back then, the Canadian comedian was at the height of his fame after starring in one of …
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