As Americans prepare to gather safely around the dinner table for Thanksgiving, a new report is warning that this year’s meal may be the most expensive ever in the history of the holiday.  The New York Times reported about the price hikes, noting they will affect nearly every part of the …

Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Bettman / Getty; The Atlantic Welcome to another very weird economic moment. Right now, it’s as …

If you’re looking to buy a house, you’ve probably noticed that the market can be pretty crazy these days. With fewer houses for sale, we are very much in a “sellers market” where available houses are selling quickly and folks are paying more than ever to win contracts. (Photo: Adobe …

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There won’t be a Halloween parade this year for a Seattle public school because of its effects on marginalized students of color who don’t celebrate the holiday, The Seattle Times reports. School district officials stated that the pandemic did not play a role in their decision, and they received no …

Sitting on the couch playing with her giggling 18-month-old son, Kurendia Massey received the call no one wants to get. “They’re letting you go,” the recruiter from Massey’s temp agency informed her, just hours after she’d finished an eight-hour shift pulling inventory in a warehouse. The news left Massey, a single …

Charlamagne Tha God is all about spreading that “healing energy.” So the radio personality and talk show host didn’t shy away from crediting Tyler Perry with being the one who helped him identify aspects of his childhood trauma. During an appearance on The Daily Beast Live on Monday, Charlamagne (born …

Photo: arisara (Shutterstock) Politics are weird AF. For instance, the Virginia governor’s race—one I happen to be witnessing (via force) from a front-row seat in Washington, D.C.—has reached extinction-level event levels of mudslinging. Glenn Youngkin, the Republican nominee whose ads make me hate him as a person, and Terry McAuliffe, …

In the fall of 2019, Facebook launched a massive effort to combat the use of its platforms for human trafficking. Working around the clock, its employees searched Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram for keywords and hashtags that promoted domestic servitude in the Middle East and elsewhere. Over the course of …

One person is dead and several others have been injured after a shooting at Grambling State University in Louisiana. According to CNN, the shooting happened in the early morning hours of Oct. 17  at a dining facility where homecoming breakfast was being prepared. One of the injured was a student. …