When a racial slur was shouted from the audience as Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented at the BAFTA Awards, many viewers experienced a familiar mix of shock and exhaustion. The moment was ...

In the 2010s it described an insurgent rhetorical style; in the 2020s it is inadequate to account for the wildly diverging fates of the left and right “Populism” may well have been the defining word ...

Queen Bee, a massive Burmese python, tightens around the vet as he tries to treat a painful mouth infection that could slowly starve her to death. At the same time, a tiny cat named Lucky fights for ...

“I’m right here nigger,” a voice screamed in the dark Lawrence High School parking lot. Nothing like a high school basketball game, in this case a quarterfinal showdown between top-seed Lawrence and ...

It takes a lot to flummox Edmund Fry, erstwhile proprietor of the Rose Tree Cottage teahouse in Pasadena. Katherine Baumchen did it on Feb. 8. The Los Angeles resident arrived at the teahouse door ...

There was an outside shot for Isaiah Williams and even his return partner Kene Nwangwu to win a showdown with Buffalo's Ray Davis for the NFL's kick-return crown. And it seemed perhaps Williams might ...

A recent social media post has brought attention to the usage of the r-word. Many are up in arms about it, while others don’t get it at all. The r‑word has been tossed around for years, usually as a ...

The Oxford Dictionary has announced that its 2025 Word of the Year is "rage bait." Perfect. There were many candidates this year, including "rizz," shorthand for charisma, and "Ohio," which is not a ...

It’s that wonderful time of year again — when twinkling holiday lights glow against early sunsets, children buzz with excitement as winter break approaches and goodwill seems to drift through the ...

For an issue that was “moot,” the Illinois courts spent a lot of time addressing the legal question raised by alleged drug dealer Geoffrey Seymore. The DeKalb County resident violated the terms of his ...

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