How to watch the Democratic National Convention online
The Democratic National Convention was supposed to be in Milwaukee this year, but the pandemic derailed that plan. Instead, the DNC is all virtual, with the control center in Milwaukee…
12 best gifts you can buy to support the USPS
UPDATE: Aug. 16, 2020, 4:23 p.m. EDT Although we checked availability for every product on this list, a number of them were relisted as “discontinued” after this published. If you…
We read Kamala Harris’ books so you don’t have to
Immediately after Kamala Harris was announced as Joe Biden’s Vice Presidential nominee, the race was on to define her. For millions of voters who didn’t know much about the junior…
Here’s why your timeline is talking about the mail and USPS. (It’s not good.)
Amid everything else — the deadly pandemic, the November election, the U.S.’s ongoing reckoning with its racism — people online (and IRL) are deeply concerned about the United States Postal…
John Oliver takes an eye-opening look at the way U.S. history is taught in schools
[embedded content] With the memory of Trump’s rescheduled June rally — originally planned on Juneteenth, an annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery — still fresh in memory, John Oliver…
Trump may demand TikTok’s Chinese owners sell it, and guess who may be interested
Sell the company or face a potential U.S. ban? That’s the decision TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, may have to make. TikTok may soon be put up for sale in…
How a young mayor rewrote the story of a troubled American city
When Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs came into this world 30 years ago, it seemed unlikely that the world would nurture and one day celebrate his unique gifts. His mother was…
White House lies about ‘Paw Patrol’ being canceled and everything is so stupid
Another day, another ridiculous and puzzling statement made during an official White House briefing — this time about a bunch of cartoon dogs. Sorry, you did actually read that right.…
Seth Meyers sums up the ‘cruel contrast’ of Trump’s America in 2 brutal minutes
[embedded content] A day after Trump’s latest incoherent on-camera brag about passing a cognitive assessment became a gleeful Twitter meme, you’d expect the late night hosts to have a lot…
Snapchat hungry for political ads as Twitter, Facebook shy away
In case you were wondering where cute, Bitmoji-filled Snapchat stands on advertisements from politicians these days, it’s hungry for ’em. “Yes, it’s a segment that we are actively going after,”…