Anti-vaccine sentiment is, more or less, as old as vaccines. When Cotton Mather promoted inoculations against smallpox in the 1720s,... more

We warned you last month to “Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula.” In a recent study conducted about consumer products,... more

With all the noise around Donald Trump’s nominees, it’s easy to lose sight of his administration’s bigger plan: placing people... more

We hash out the “Democrats are too woke” theory with New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, who tweeted the day after... more

In the last few months of his campaign, Trump was free and open with his dictatorial impulses, as he talked... more

One thing tomorrow’s election will test is Americans’ appetite for chaos, particularly the kind that Donald Trump has been exhibiting... more

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has mused, a few times, about throwing reporters in jail if they refuse to... more

The way Donald Trump talks about January 6 has evolved over time. Directly after the insurrection, he condemned the rioters,... more

Autocrats often dare their followers to believe absurd claims, as a kind of loyalty test, because “humor and fear can... more

North Carolina has voted for a Democratic president only once since the 1970s. But the party’s dream to flip the... more