French actor signs open letter that claims witch-hunt in wake of Harvey Weinstein scandal poses threat to sexual freedom The revered French actor Catherine Deneuve has hit out at a new puritanism sparked by sexual harassment scandals, declaring that men …
(CNN)Former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remain the most admired man and woman in the United States — a 10-year trend for Obama and 16 years running for Clinton. Gallup’s December poll found 17% of …
Benjamin Franta: Somebody cut the cake new documents reveal that American oil writ large was warned of global warming at its 100th birthday party. It was a typical November day in New York City. The year: 1959. Robert Dunlop, 50 …
(CNN)When Eminem unleashed on President Donald Trump at the BET Hip Hop Awards awhile back, he did something that few musicians have done before: He directed his ire toward his own fans, some of whom are Trump supporters. “At the …
Two California professors are criticizing farmers’ markets for causing “environmental gentrification” in which “habits of white people are normalized.” San Diego State University geography professors Pascale Joassart-Marcelli and Fernando J. Bosco contend that farmers’ markets are “white spaces” oppressing minorities …
In just under half of the worlds countries 65 out of 134 US standing collapsed, by 10 percentage points or more. Photograph: Kham/AFP/Getty Images Global confidence in US leadership has fallen to a new low, and the country now ranks …
Because the world is getting warmer, it’s getting colder, too. Crazy as that sounds, there’s an explanation in the northernmost corner of the the planet, where temperatures are rising twice as fast as anywhere else. That affects the jet streams …
What would dampen a buyer’s enthusiasm for Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency whose uncharted, speculative price bubble has eclipsed history’s tulip manias and gold rushes? Three things come to mind: a security breach or theft, a major retailer warning against its patchy …
After the singers death the world waited for the sordid tabloid exposs. Instead we got stories about his extraordinary generosity, writes Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone There was always a poignancy to the song Last Christmas, but George Michael could …
(CNN)In our current political climate, the term “cuck” — short for “cuckservative” — has become an insult of the so-called alt-right, aimed at men they view as spineless and emasculated. The slur has its roots in the concept of cuckolding, …
