Allegra Kirkland

I’d seen my dad cry before, but not like this. He’s sentimental and tends to get a little weepy at major life events: funerals, weddings, the birth of my now 15-month-old nephew. I even remember him tearing up at The Lord of the Rings. This time was different. It was April 1, and I was having dinner with my parents at their kitchen table, when he dissolved into tears — real, wrenching sobs. His father was dying. At 91, Dick Kirkland had developed liver cancer, and he didn’t want to stick around…

It’s happening again. As the Delta variant of the coronavirus ravages the nation, memes about the inevitable disruption of upcoming plans are everywhere. An all-too-common response? I can’t believe you had plans for the fall in the first place. It’s worth pointing out that a lot of the memes are just jokes. But the critical comments are also the latest example of a long-running pandemic phenomenon: acting like anyone who ever dreamed this era of mask mandates might end, or who dared to set foot…

This is shocking, but you can still get an abortion for now.

“This was an utter failure of leadership.”

Agents were reportedly searching for “classified documents related to nuclear weapons.”

Here’s the latest.

We break down the details and what’s next.

We’ve all pretty much concluded that work sucks. During the pandemic and in the shaky years since, some problems have come into sharper focus: We’re overworked, underpaid, burned out, uninterested in being girl bosses but also not entirely thrilled by the prospect of frittering our one wild, precious life away working in lazy girl jobs. So now what? In The Myth of Making It, author Samhita Mukhopadhyay takes a hard look at the narratives we tell ourselves about work and success, and considers ho…

The Republican nominee was declared the winner early Wednesday morning.

Control of the House is still not called.