Covering the video games industry since 2017, with experience in news, articles, lists, and reviews (and I blame The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for that). If you are a fan of RPGs and want a third ...

(RNS) — Timothy Snyder, a historian of the Holocaust and Eastern European tyranny, has a tip for dealing with authoritarianism: “Don’t obey in advance.” So, when the university that granted me my ...

Movies are the great escape. “Optimistic endings, passionate romances,” sings the incarcerated dreamer of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” who looks to old Hollywood movies as an oasis of beauty and faith.

The end of year recaps can be dizzying. But they’re also full of gold. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. The lists are coming. The lists are here. Spotify and Apple Music pushed out their ...

The music world refused to stand still in 2025. This wasn’t a year for playing it safe. Across the globe and all over the stylistic map, music kept mutating in the weirdest, wildest ways. The artists ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...

On September 25, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol informed his employees in a public memo that the company would be cutting 900 corporate roles and closing down stores. However, the memo didn’t share ...

"Workers over Billionaires" protests against President Donald Trump and his administration are set to take place across the country on Labor Day. The protests are the latest nationwide demonstrations ...

We are ONE. FREAKING. WEEK from real, actual football as the 20th season kickoffs with the Dallas Cowboys visiting the Philadelphia Eagles. I’ll be on the sideline for that game, beginning my fourth ...