Maddie Oatman

“Are we fearful in Sonoma Valley? Of course.”

Housing was already scarce and expensive. Then came the virus and the fires.

“Rural resentment,” political scientist Katherine Cramer argues, “plays a major role in dividing America against itself.”

Gratuities were once an excuse to shortchange black people. In fact, they still are.

The deceptive message of “Promising Young Woman,” “Westworld,” and other #MeToo-era wish-fulfillment fantasies.

“It doesn’t feel like too much of an imaginative stretch, right?”

Some restaurants are installing far-UVC portals at their entryways. But questions about the lightwaves linger.

If completed, it could be “the largest privately funded water project in Western history.”

Condemned by religion. Ignored by science. Coopted by charlatans. Menstruation finally gets its due in a new book.

Why has it taken science so long to take it seriously?