When to Watch the Solar Eclipse in Los Angeles on August 21, 2017
A total solar eclipse crossing the U.S. sky on Aug. 21, 2017 will be in peak view over Los Angeles, California at 10:20 a.m. PDT. …
Monica Lewinsky’s Grand Jury Testimony Shows How Much and How Little Progress America Has Made in 20 Years
IDEAS Filipovic is a lawyer and writer. It has been 20 years since Americans first became familiar with the names Monica Lewinsky and Kenneth Starr. …
Facebook’s Latest Crisis Has Earned it a Federal Investigation
Facebook Inc. is under investigation by a U.S. privacy watchdog over the use of personal data of 50 million users by a data analytics firm …
Rihanna Called Snapchat Out For a Domestic Abuse Ad. Now Their Stock Is Dropping.
Snapchat stocks dropped by nearly 5% on Thursday after Rihanna called out Snapchat for running an ad that made light of domestic violence by referencing …
President Trump Is Looking for Suggestions for Pardons. So We Asked 7 Historians for Their Thoughts
Few presidents have been as excited about pardon powers as Donald Trump. In recent months, Trump has issued a rare posthumous pardon to boxer Jack …
Ted Cruz Asked Mark Zuckerberg About Palmer Luckey. Here’s Who He Is
During Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate testimony Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas asked Zuckerberg about Palmer Luckey, a controversial former Facebook employee. Here’s a …
A Heinous Mistake With Jam on a Scone Spreads Outrage in England
Do you first apply a layer of cream to your scone or do you start with a foundation of jam for the cream to rest …
6 Tech Leaders on What They Fear the Most
Techies pride themselves on their optimism. It couldn’t be any other way. After all, Silicon Valley was built on the idea that technology is a …
Watch SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Launch in Two Minutes
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched what it called the world’s most powerful operational rocket into space Tuesday. The maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy will …
Stacey Abrams Is Delivering the State of the Union Rebuttal. Here’s the History Behind the Speech
When Stacey Abrams delivers the rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, she will both continue and buck tradition in …