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Amid an alarming rise in anti-Asian rhetoric and hate crimes, less than 20% say they they feel accepted in the US

With primary elections swirling all over the country, it’s easy to lose track of what’s happening where. But a recent Washington Post analysis clarifies a troubling pattern: In most of the half-dozen battleground states that will matter most in the 2024 presidential election, the GOP has nominated Trumpian election-deniers to…

What’s to blame? The change in the balance of power between large corporations and the government

From Walmart to the neighborhood supermarket, retailers across the country are having to adjust as Americans watch their pennies in the face of high inflation.

Twenty years ago, bathtime wouldn’t have been much fun without Bart, Barbie and Darth Vader. The story of the golden age of bath toys is a real soap opera

Rusty Bowers stood up to the former president’s demand that he overturn Arizona’s election result. He paid the price but has no regrets

A surprising (to me) controversy.

The U.S. Air Force says it was the subject of a “propaganda attack” by a previously unheard-of Iraqi militant group that falsely claimed it had launched a drone attack targeting American troops at an air base in Kuwait

Follow the ‘hot and goofy’ actor down the rabbit hole to find unlikely links to the original American Gigolo