Is AI’s authoritarianism a bigger threat than Trump’s?
Like every other beleaguered top editor in a big-city newsroom these days, Chris Quinn — who leads Cleveland.com and the print Plain-Dealer — has to deal with assaults from all…
Yes, there are older Chinatown gates in the country. But Philadelphia’s is the real deal.
By the early 1980s, Philadelphia’s Chinatown was more than 100 years old and struggling to survive. Boxed in by the Vine Street Expressway, Market Street, the old Metropolitan Hospital, and…
Miley Cyrus confirms ‘Hannah Montana’ 20th anniversary special
Miley Cyrus is giving “Hannah Montana” fans the best of both worlds with a 20th anniversary special celebrating the Disney Channel hit. The 33-year-old Grammy winner on Tuesday shared a…
What 42 massive and decaying presidential heads say about America
CROAKER, Va. — George Washington’s chin is crumbling. His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime. His blackened nose is peeling, an apparent victim of frostbite and sunburn. Still, America’s first…
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. admits he used to snort cocaine off toilet seats
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confessed to snorting cocaine off toilet seats during a chat with his old rehab buddy Theo Von. “Good to see you,…
Instagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media
LOS ANGELES — Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can…
‘The View’ co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin goes into labor, misses show
“The View” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin missed work to go into childbirth mode on Tuesday, a day after joking on air that Bad Bunny’s jubilant Super Bowl halftime show might…
The Book Pages: The end of a newspaper book section
This column appears in this week’s The Book Pages newsletter. For more information and book coverage, sign up for the free newsletter. There’s no shortage of dispiriting news, but Wednesday’s…
A formerly enslaved man was thrown out of an Old City church. He then founded America’s first African Methodist Episcopal church
Mark Tyler, historiographer and executive director of research and scholarship of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, often wonders: What if Christians stood up in the 1780s and challenged the articles…
Author Neil Gaiman says sexual misconduct claims were ‘smear campaign’
Neil Gaiman insists the sexual misconduct claims against him are part of a “smear campaign,” as the once beloved author speaks out over a year and a half after the…