In 2025, the line between brand messaging and cultural commentary continued to blur. As the year ends, let’s look back at the ...

For the first time in the MAGA era, Republican lawmakers told Trump no and held the line. This is what solidarity looks like.

NPR's Linda Holmes and Barrie Hardymon talk about why whodunits feel so cozy, what makes a great mystery work, and why the ...

I want NYC housing to be affordable, too — but I want it to be affordable to working- and middle-class people who pay taxes ...

For the record, Barghouti has denied the charges that led to his imprisonment. He is a charismatic Palestinian leader who has ...

Sylvester Stallone, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor are among the luminaries celebrated at the annual Kennedy Center Honors.

It started as most digital transgressions do: a harmless joke meant to poke fun at an overarching societal behavior.

In the 1990s, Burger King’s advertising slogan was “sometimes, you gotta break the rules.” Today, another iconic brand — Kellogg’s — uses a trans woman to advertise its cereal. These two anecdotes ...

A whodunit is a bit like a basketball game: The last few minutes are all that really matter. Still, writer-director Rian Johnson managed to pump some life into a largely forgotten cinematic genre with ...

“Woke” schools across the country are twisting the meaning of Thanksgiving this holiday season, according to a report. Fox News notes, for example, that at the University of California – Davis, the so ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...