WASHINGTON—Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) rolled out the most ambitious policy plan of her presidential campaign —and arguably of any 2020 candidate — when she called for breaking up of the nation’s three tech giants: Facebook, Amazon and Google. Amazon’s e-commerce sales made up almost half of all U.S. online spending …
Read More »No, Secondhand Vaping Isn't Harmless
Even though the e-cigarette industry is incredibly lucrative one, there’s a lot we really don’t know about vaping. But because there’s some evidence to suggest it’s marginally better for you than smoking tobacco, many people will do it in places where they would probably never smoke cigarettes, even though it …
Read More »'SNL': Pete Davidson Compares R. Kelly Sex Abuse Allegations to Catholic Church
Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson has never been afraid of pushing people’s buttons. On the latest episode of SNL, he doubled down on his efforts when he stopped by “Weekend Update” to give his thoughts on the R. Kelly and Michael Jackson sexual abuse claims. “If you support the Catholic …
Read More »Journey to Antarctica: Icy Subterranean Homesick Blues
This is the latest dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier. Last Wednesday night, after much anticipation and hype, the finale of the 2019 Amundsen Sea International Ping Pong Tournament got underway on the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the icebreaker …
Read More »Flipper Plan 40th Anniversary Celebrations With Guest Singer David Yow
Flipper, the noisy punk group that influenced Nirvana and Melvins, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a run of North American dates this spring and summer. The lineup for the shows will feature founding members guitarist Ted Falconi and drummer Steve DePace with Jesus Lizard frontman David Yow on the …
Read More »Alex Trebek Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis
Alex Trebek, the longtime host of Jeopardy!, revealed that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in a video statement released Wednesday. “Now, just like 50,000 other people in the United States each year, this week I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer,” Trebek said. “Now normally, …
Read More »Hear Tierra Whack's Charming New Song 'Gloria'
Philly rapper Tierra Whack has continued to release a new song each week during her self-proclaimed “Whack History Month” with the release of her charming new tune, “Gloria.” It follows the hard-hitting “Clones” and the lighter-treading “Only Child,” which she performed along with “Hungry Hippo” during Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live …
Read More »'Midsommar': Watch Trailer for New Horror Movie About Cult Disguised as Festival
A couple named Dani (Florence Pugh) and Christian (Jack Reynor) head to a Swedish town to visit a friend for a special retreat that becomes more sinister with each creepy breath in the new unsettling trailer for A24’s Midsommar. “Christian says you’ve got some special thing planned,” Dani asks their …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Joey DeFrancesco and Pharoah Sanders, 'The Creator Has a Master Plan'
These days, you hear a lot of talk about so-called spiritual jazz, a Sixties and Seventies subgenre that resonates strongly in the work of contemporary standouts like Kamasi Washington and Nubya Garcia. Along with John and Alice Coltrane, one of the patron saints of the unofficial movement is saxophonist Pharoah …
Read More »'To Kill a Mockingbird' Producer Offers Compromise to Unlicensed Productions
The producer of the current Broadway rendition of To Kill a Mockingbird has offered a compromise to the theater companies hit with legal action over their productions of a previous adaptation of the Harper Lee novel. Small-town and collegiate theater productions of Christopher Sergel’s To Kill a Mockingbird play were …
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