10 Great Books About BooksI recently came across the first pages of a crime novel, written when I was eleven. It was called The Hair of the Dog and was about an author who steals someone else’s plot and is subsequently murdered. At this point in my life I’d never met a writer or written a book.
29 Rhubarb Recipes to Make This SpringAdd a shock of pink to this season’s agenda with our best rhubarb desserts, salads, sides, and more.
Indigenous people rush to stop ‘false climate solutions’ ahead of COP29This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, Native News Online and APTN.
The Ultimate Book Lover’s Stay: Sleep in Your Favourite Author’s HomeFrom Agatha Christie to Ian Fleming to Jane Austen, here are five famous author homes-turned hotels where bookworms can lay their heads.
Why Did Cars Get So Expensive?The cost of insurance is up 40 percent over the past two years. Inflation, finally, has cooled off. Prices have increased 2.5 percent over the past year, down from increases as high as 7 percent during the early pandemic. Rents are high but stabilizing.
Keeping It in the Family: Why We Pick the Partners We DoWading into the intriguing research on choosing a mate.
WNBA Players Could Earn More Money, but It Will Take Big Changes to Make It HappenDespite its momentum, the WNBA still generates only a small fraction of the revenue the NBA does, making it tough for women’s pay to reach parity with men’s.
Americans have always borrowed, but how exactly did their lives become so entangled with the power of plastic cards?The American economy has always relied on household borrowing. Since before the founding, the colonies had been ever short of metallic currency. Our 18th-century forebears substituted credit for cash.
The Norwegian Attack on Heavy Water That Deprived the Nazis of the Atomic BombOperation Gunnerside: How a group of stealthy, skiing commandos took out a crucial Nazi facility.
AI and the End of the Human WriterThe most nauseating, addictive thing about writing is the uncertainty—and I don’t mean the is-anyone-reading? or will-I-make-rent? kind. The uncertainty I’m talking about dogs the very act.
How America’s Lack of Paid Family Leave Is Failing Every FamilyOne in four women return to work within two weeks of giving birth.
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested at Yale, NYU; Columbia Cancels in-Person ClassesThe police crackdowns came after Columbia University canceled in-person classes on Monday in response to protesters setting up tent encampments at its New York City campus last week.
15 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Home for Less Than $100 EachWant to update your home but don't have a lot of cash? Here are some little changes you can make — each for less than $100 — that will breathe some new life and energy into your space.
The Best Gooey Butter Cake Is Made With Boxed Yellow Cake MixI’d like to bring up the topic of gooey butter cake. It's a sugary exploration of textures, a fascinating study of human ingenuity, and a dessert you can honestly describe as “cloying” without insulting anyone. This St.
What the Starbucks Case at the Supreme Court Is All About. Hint: It’s Not CoffeeStarbucks and some of its baristas have been in a contentious fight over unionizing since 2021. Now, the Supreme Court is hearing a case that could have implications for unions far beyond Starbucks.
The fall of the Queen of AirbnbShe promised investors an easy windfall. Then it all came crashing down. On a mild Tuesday evening in early 2022, some 150 people packed into the VFW hall in Tulsa to hear the Queen of Airbnb make her pitch.
8 years into America’s e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?When the sharing economy took off in the 2010s and upended entire industries, the firmest proponents of the model heralded it as an economic revolution that would help slash emissions.
Is Stress Contagious? Studies Say Yes—And Here’s How to Deal With ItEmotions can pass from one person to another as easily as a cold. Here’s how to stay balanced and free from the negative vibes.