Nicki Minaj’s MAGA pivot was a long time coming

The rapper and pop star has trended in a MAGA —and generally problematic — direction for a while.

Kali Holloway

The Epstein files sinkhole widening under Trump

These polls suggest the issue is a bigger problem than the president wants to admit.

Philip Bump

Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches

The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save “the miracle cure birds” is over — and the fringe activists lost.

Brandy Zadrozny

‘AI doesn’t have to be this way’: Joseph Gordon-Levitt urges ban on ‘superintelligence’

The actor told MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle that the new technology “is not about tools for helping people.”

Allison Detzel

The irony in an AI musician singing ‘How Was I supposed to Know?’

Billboard’s announcement of an AI artist on one of its charts is even more unsettling than it first seems.

Ben Naddaff-Hafrey

I work with refugees — and I’ve seen the human cost of Trump’s policy changes

The U.S. refugee program was never just about who we let in; it mirrors our character as a country. We can welcome more than 7,500 people. So why won’t we?

Krish O’Mara Vignarajah

There’s no question where Cheryl Hines stands on vaccines now

The actress finally steps out as first lady of the anti-vaccine movement.

Brandy Zadrozny

Zohran Mamdani’s win shows it’s morning in America for democratic socialists

Mamdani’s victory marks a sharp and necessary break from establishment Democrats — hopefully more is to come.

Zeeshan Aleem

UK’s Andrew losing his ‘prince’ title isn’t the end of the story

Britain’s royal family distanced themselves from the most disgraced Windsor. That’s not the same thing as accountability.

Autumn Brewington

What trick-or-treating taught an immigrant child about America

Free Halloween chocolate speaks to this country’s civic trust and social ideals.

Lev Golinkin