A sad country song about Texas could become the biggest hit ever
Ella Langley performs at a country music festival in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 4, 2026. | Jason Kempin/Getty Images If you haven’t yet heard about...
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Dolly Parton was even more generous than you knew
Dolly Parton proved that helping others is not only easy to do, but can be a lot of fun. | Katherine Bomboy/NBC Dolly Parton was...
Is the food at the farmers market safer?
What we eat and where it comes from is a critical part of human health. According to a 2025 survey, 59 percent of Americans think...
Phone-free social events are a thing now (and they are amazing)
Richie Bell stood at the door of an East Village bar, nervous for a singular reason: he had to hand over his phone to a...
Can you read this study and still love football?
Michael Coats Jr. of the Cleveland Browns tackles Ray Davis of the Buffalo Bills during a preseason game on August 22, 2026. | Nick Cammett/Getty...
Pumpkin spice lattes — and the backlash, and the backlash to the backlash — explained
An anthropomorphized Pumpkin Spice Latte with a spooky black cat. | @TheRealPSL/Twitter Editor’s note, August 25, 10:15 am ET: This article was originally published in...
Sophie Cunningham and the WNBA culture wars
Indiana Fever players Caitlin Clark, left, and Sophie Cunningham, right, during a WNBA game against the Atlanta Dream on August 16, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia....
The promising race to get kids reading again
Reading decline happens during the big transition all middle-grade readers go through: moving from short illustrated chapter books to fully fledged novels. | Ryan McVay/Getty Images...
What Does Being a Woman Cost You?
Stock photo via Deposit Photos / firn. There was an interesting Buzzfeed story recently that collected Reddit comments about what “pink taxes” women pay. The...
Meet the man who spent $15K on Beyoncé tickets
Beyoncé performs onstage during the Renaissance World Tour at Arrowhead Stadium on October 1, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri. | Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood From...