Crocodile dumplings and kangaroo on a train Down Under
Salonby Katie Lockhart30 Aug 2026
On this iconic train journey through the center of Australia, the country’s most dangerous and unique creatures are turned into a tasty snack.
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top 84%What defines millennial television? Just ask Lena Dunham
Salonby Alex Galbraith30 Aug 2026
A shaky Rolling Stone exposé published earlier this month set out to examine comedian Reggie Watts’ potential culpability in his ex-girlfriend’s suicide.
Nine years after Charlottesville, GOP pushes blood and soil
Salonby Heather Digby Parton30 Aug 2026
Nine years ago this month, America was introduced to what was then called the “alt-right” and is now pretty much just “the right.” On Aug.
They’re content creators with thousands of adoring fans – so why do they feel so terrible?
Salonby Julianna Pillemer30 Aug 2026
If given the chance to gain thousands of admirers for your work, would you take it? The artists who my colleagues and I interviewed as part of our research on content creators did – and many went...
Introducing Dolly Parton International Airport
Salonby CK Smith29 Aug 2026
Nashville International Airport could soon bear the name of one of Tennessee’s most famous daughters: Dolly Parton. Tennessee Gov.
Seneca Nation fights Trump’s “Lake America” rename
Salonby CK Smith29 Aug 2026
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...
The Dolly Parton covers everyone should hear
Salonby Melanie McFarland29 Aug 2026
Days after Dolly Parton died, we’re still discovering ways that she made people’s lives better. Whether through her body of work or quieter philanthropic contributions, Parton made it clear she...
Milo Yiannopoulos “overstayed his welcome,” DHS says
Salonby CK Smith29 Aug 2026
Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, who has advocated for aggressive immigration enforcement and immediate deportations, is now facing deportation himself. U.S.
Why don't celebrities go away anymore?
Salonby Alex Galbraith29 Aug 2026
Do me a favor. Picture MTV’s “Total Request Live” at the height of its powers. Carson Daly shouting to be heard over an audience of excited adolescents.
Pete Hegseth’s press crackdown smells like a coverup
Salonby Sophia Tesfaye29 Aug 2026
What is Pete Hegseth trying to hide? That is the question Americans should be asking as the Pentagon moves to punish journalists and crackdown on military whistleblowers.
Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring in 2026, signaling growing economic distress
Salonby Jay L. Zagorsky29 Aug 2026
The number of Americans who file for bankruptcy is growing. More than 500,000 people took this step in 2025, nearly 50% more than in 2022.
"Travelin' Thru" is the Dolly Parton song that can’t be forgotten
Salonby Coleman Spilde28 Aug 2026
When Dolly Parton spoke, one could tell she always had her tongue planted firmly in her cheek — and I’m not just talking about the way she’d deliver her “S” sounds with a slight whistle, courtesy...
Will Hurricane Dolly hit Mar-a-Lago?
Salonby Troy Farah28 Aug 2026
We’re already well into the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, and storm trackers are closely watching what forms near Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa, that may become the next big storm.
Democrats have a golden opportunity. They're fighting each other instead
Salonby Brian Karem28 Aug 2026
This year’s election season has already been entertaining and promises to be more so — provided we don’t burn the country to the ground in the process.
Trump's real estate career offers a hint of Kennedy Center's future
Salonby Heather Digby Parton28 Aug 2026
Just one month after Donald Trump boarded Marine One and headed off to exile at Mar-a-Lago in January 2021, a symbolic coda to his career as a builder and politician took place in Atlantic City...
The high cost of MAGA manhood
Salonby Amanda Marcotte28 Aug 2026
If there’s one thing MAGA males believe deep in their bones, it’s that “real” men eat a lot of beef.
Why the right is so afraid of the Girl Scouts
Salonby Ashlie D. Stevens28 Aug 2026
The American culture war has always had a bit of a sweet tooth. There were the Oreos that became boycott fodder after the brand released an ad centered on a young man coming out to his family.
Senator calls for criminal investigation into RFK Jr.'s lies to Congress over vaccines
Salonby Troy Farah27 Aug 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allegedly lied to Congress last year during his confirmation hearings, according to a new report from The Guardian and The Associated Press.
HBO Max is sacrificing its credibility to vertical video
Salonby Coleman Spilde27 Aug 2026
Historians like to claim that the pre-millennium monoculture is dead. Really, it’s just blurred. Smartphones have fooled us into thinking that we curate what our screens show us.
"Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" made me want to date again
Salonby Kelly McClure27 Aug 2026
There are two scenes in Jane Schoenbrun‘s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” that I hope will be among the first things to flash through my mind at the hour of my death, somewhere right after...