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In yet another sign the electorate is rejecting MAGA’s culture-war politics, Democrats swept school board elections in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. “From Texas to Pennsylvania to Ohio, ...

The killing of boat strike survivors story is rapidly metastasizing into the one that actually might bring down the T administration. The news that Congress will be vigorously investigating the murders/war crimes should set the WH off into deep panic...

Just when you thought you’ve seen everything there is to see about upcycling, recycling, and otherwise managing the mountain of waste generated by modern society, on November 30 DrFlora post a great article about upcycling men’s cotton shirts to make...

Hmm, where to start? A modern definition, American Psychological Association n. benevolent and helpful action intentionally directed toward another person. Kindness is often considered to be motivated by the desire to help another, not to gain explicit...

By � Tony Leys �for KFF Elisabeth Yoder’s son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot, and mouth disease. The common�

I came out as bisexual in 2009. It was hard, having been raised to believe that being queer was the worst thing you could be, worse than a murderer, a rapist or a pedophile, as gay people were automatically all 3. It was, I thought, the hardest thing I...

We begin today with� Heather Cox Richardson �writing for her “Letters from an American” Substack about the seeming avalanche of challenges to the Trump regime from the Republican Party. In the ...

Good morning, Newdists! Last week, I gave you beanspiration . This week, I’m asking you to give me beanspiration. In my quest to eat more beans—and thanks to some nudging from members of this ...

Laying out the shirt stripe box pattern The Shirt Stripes Box quilt design, featured in Kaffe Fassett’s Passionate Patchwork , is an invitation to upcycle everyday fabric as a clever, eye-...

Just to supplement Sabrina Haake’s post currently on the Rec list: Juliette Kayyem was Massachusetts’�Undersecretary for Homeland Security and served as Undersecretary for Intergovernmental ...