santa claus There is a school where Santa Claus learns how to answer heartbreaking requests Andrew Yi

predatory lending An 81-year-old woman is losing her home to a predatory lender Jason Weisberger

COVID-19 Remembering musical legend John Prine, five years after he died from COVID-19 Jennifer Sandlin

politics Bezos, Zuck & Musk learn expensive lesson in Trump economics Ellsworth Toohey

Nature My Octopus Teacher director returns, this time with a pangolin Gail Sherman

drugs For NFL player Jordan Poyer, tripping on ayahuasca is a family affair Allan Rose Hill

music Fun compilation featuring covers of movie love songs Thom Dunn

Comics Rob Liefeld denounces Marvel: "treatment of creators has never been their strength" Thom Dunn

music Leni, of Puppy Songs fame, crosses the Rainbow Bridge Jennifer Sandlin

family A woman's parents waving goodbye Gail Sherman

Science Your Elf on a Shelf probably isn't making your kids act nicer Gail Sherman

politics Hidden fees crackdown leaves billionaires devastated as FTC demands price transparency Ellsworth Toohey

taylor swift Move over, Taylor Swift screaming goat! There's a new ruminant diva in town Jennifer Sandlin

graphic novel "Big Jim and the White Boy" is a fascinating re-telling of Huck Finn Thom Dunn

deaths Horror manga pioneer Kazuo Umezu dead at 88 Rob Beschizza

animals Heartbreaking photos reveal what beloved stuffed animals look like after years of love Popkin

abortion These interactive maps show how hard it is find abortion access in different states Thom Dunn

books "Houses of the Unholy" is a cleverly unsettling Satanic Panic graphic novel Thom Dunn

movies From Million Dollar Baby to Requiem for a Dream: the most depressing mainstream films Ellsworth Toohey