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Keke Palmer’s Greatest Role Is Herself How the former child star became a multimedia mogul and stopped trying to please everyone else.

parenting I Refuse To Let My Kids Watch YouTube Anymore After seeing firsthand how much watching video after video changed my kids, we quit cold turkey. We all should. By Amil Niazi

astrology Your Daily Horoscope by Madame Clairevoyant: January 24, 2025 You may have been getting bogged down by details lately. Today, as the moon in Sagittarius meets the Aquarius sun, you’ll be able to zoom out. By Claire Comstock-Gay

rumors Unpacking Those Barack Obama and Jennifer Aniston Rumors One of the least believable dating rumors out there is making the rounds again. By Olivia Craighead

culture Let TikTok Die! The app may be back from the dead. But after Trump “saved” the platform, it’ll never be the same. By Shannon Keating
celebrity Is Kim Kardashian Just a Republican Now? From her friendship with Ivanka Trump to her recent post featuring Melania, it certainly looks like it. By Olivia Craighead

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16 Best Scarves to Get You Through Winter By Lauren Adhav and Morgan Evans
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22 Best Work Bags for the Office and Beyond By Chinea Rodriguez, Lauren Adhav, and Hanna Flanagan

beauty Are Knotless Braids Healthier For Your Hair? They’re popular in part because they’re supposed to leave your hair in better shape than traditional styles. Here’s what the experts say. By Jennifer G. Sullivan
celebrity Timothée Chalamet Is a Purse Guy Now He signed autographs in Paris wearing a teeny-tiny Chanel bag. By Danielle Cohen

beauty By Jennifer G. Sullivan How Bad Is Alcohol for Your Skin, Really? It’s not going to age you the same way UV light or smoking can, but it has other health effects that may show up in your skin.

where did you get that? Where an L.A. Native Gets Her Signature Hats Candace Reels shares her favorite pieces from her colorful home and closet. By Chinea Rodriguez
gone sale-ing The Items We Would Buy From Nordstrom’s Winter Sale Time to save on those coats! By Chinea Rodriguez
influencer drama A ‘Tarte on Fire’ Theme Night? Really? Content creator Aspyn Ovard revealed the dinner theme in a now-deleted video. By Brooke LaMantia

life after roe Trump 2.0 Won’t Stop People From Telling Their Abortion Stories We Testify founder Renee Bracey Sherman on the risks and rewards of sharing, plus how to protect yourself. By Andrea González-Ramírez
power What Trump’s Gender Executive Order Means for Trans People Yes, it’s bad — but “as of this moment, trans folks’ rights have not changed.” By Andrea González-Ramírez

los angeles wildfires By Bindu Bansinath How to Help Victims of the L.A. Wildfires At least 24 people have been killed and 16 are missing, numbers officials say are expected to rise.

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career My Company Is a Great Place to Work … for Everyone But Me This situation isn’t your fault, but it’s almost certainly happening because you’re letting it. By Alison Green

politics Making Sense of Every Executive Order Trump Has Signed So Far From ending birthright citizenship to attacking DEI to renaming the Gulf of Mexico (sort of). By Claire Lampen

personal finance Maybe Now Is the Time to Start Investing Your Money A simple primer to help your money grow. By Charlotte Cowles

career The next four years will be some of the most challenging of Skye Perryman’s career. Donald Trump has returned to the White House as conservative lawmakers scale up their attacks on free speech, civil rights, and reproductive health care; Democracy Forward, led by Perryman, will be at the forefront of challenging these policies. Here’s how she gets it done.

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how i got this baby The Mom Who Went Into Heart Failure at 20 Weeks “I could feel this gurgle in my chest, from my lungs. You know when a kettle boils, that bubbling sound? That’s kind of what it was like.” By Kristen Mascia
family The Lonely Burden of the Family Caregiver Eleven people who care for aging and sick relatives share their fears, resentments, and guilt. By Paula Aceves and David Mack

books By Erica Schwiegershausen Sarah Hoover Isn’t Afraid of Looking Like a Bad Mom In her memoir, The Motherload, she recounts her struggle to bond with her baby with unnerving honesty.

sex diaries The Stay-at-Home-Mom Whose Husband Just Had an Affair In this week’s story, a woman hosts a dinner party with some single dads while her husband travels for work. By Alyssa Shelasky

first person How Does My Divorce Make You Feel? As a therapist, I try to keep my personal life private. After my public split, that was no longer in my control. By Dr. Lilly Jay

astrology Your Weekly Horoscopes by Madame Clairevoyant: Jan. 19–26 The sun moves into Aquarius this week. If you’ve been feeling stifled by convention lately, you’ll now find the confidence to break from the pack. By Claire Comstock-Gay

keep it moving If your only encounter with roller derby is Drew Barrymore’s movie Whip It, you should know that the Gotham Roller Derby skaters are serious about their sport. “The only difference between me and a professional athlete is that I’m not getting paid — in another world, this would be our full-time job,” says Molly Reitman (roller-derby name: Goddamn Goddamn).

crime Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter? For a year, parents and school officials searched for the person behind the vicious, relentless texts. The culprit was under their noses all along. By Lauren Smiley
advice ‘My Divorced Dad Bought a House With His Secret Girlfriend’ I know you feel like it’s your responsibility to tell your mom, but it might not be. By Emily Gould

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culture Tramell Tillman Is in Bloom The Severance actor is gearing up for a big year — but he always makes time to stop and smell the flowers. By Katja Vujić
encounter Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Is Right Where She Belongs The southern-raised Nickel Boys actor has carved out her own Hollywood niche. By Morgan Jerkins

movies By Harron Walker Emilia Pérez Has a Major Problem: Emilia Pérez Critics have praised Emilia Pérez, but its portrayal of a trans woman is a dated mix of patronizing and insulting.

friends for never Pop Culture’s 16 Messiest Friendship Breakups If you’ve cried harder over an ex-friend than an ex-lover, this list is for you. By Katja Vujić

celebrity Unpacking Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s Legal Showdown Three lawsuits and dozens of leaked text messages later, the It Ends With Us co-stars are still duking it out in the court of public opinion. By Danielle Cohen, Emily Leibert, and Olivia Craighead

2024 year in review Why Conclave Was the Fashion Movie of the Year The cardinals wear exquisitely well-tailored cloaks and painfully trendy acetate spectacles straight out of a Miu Miu ad. By Iva Dixit

trials What to Know About A$AP Rocky’s Assault Trial The rapper faces up to 24 years in prison if found guilty of shooting at an old friend back in 2021. By Olivia Craighead
los angeles wildfires Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag Are Suing L.A. Over Fires After losing their home in the Palisades fire, the couple is seeking damages from the city. By Emily Leibert
the traitors Does This Beret Pair Well With Betrayal? Chrishell Stause is manifesting a trip to Paris while Tom Sandoval seems to think he’s on an entirely different show in The Traitors episode five. By Danya Issawi

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fertility Embryos Out of Reach When a Nashville fertility clinic abruptly closed its doors in April, patients demanded answers. Months later, they’re still waiting. By Rae Nudson
chapters My Job Was My Life. Then I Got Fired. How failure changed my relationship to work. By Samhita Mukhopadhyay
keep it moving The Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark Drama Is Only The Beginning Is this what “growing the game” looks like? What the media frenzy says about the WNBA now. By Emma Carmichael
abortion Why Were There Fetuses in Her Refrigerator? How a radical abortion opponent ended up dumpster-diving for remains. By Sofia Resnick
encounter Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Is Right Where She Belongs The southern-raised Nickel Boys actor has carved out her own Hollywood niche. By Morgan Jerkins
fall fashion Anora Star Mikey Madison Is Having a Fairy-Tale Year After giving up competitive horseback riding to pursue acting, the rising star earned an Oscar nomination for her Anora role as a determined stripper. By Ruth Madievsky
culture Tramell Tillman Is in Bloom The Severance actor is gearing up for a big year — but he always makes time to stop and smell the flowers. By Katja Vujić
family Why Did These YouTubers Give Away Their Son? Myka and James Stauffer adopted a toddler from China and shared every step of the process with their online audience. Except the last. By Caitlin Moscatello
crime Who Was Cyberbullying Kendra Licari’s Teen Daughter? For a year, parents and school officials searched for the person behind the vicious, relentless texts. The culprit was under their noses all along. By Lauren Smiley
cut covers Keke Palmer’s Greatest Role Is Herself How the former child star became a multimedia mogul and stopped trying to please everyone else. By E.J. Dickson
self How Far Would You Go to Make a Friend? A bunch of new start-ups are hyping the loneliness epidemic and are, of course, happy to offer solutions. By Allison P. Davis
first person No Longer My Mother’s Keeper After a lifetime of taking care of her — often when she didn’t deserve it — I realized my own kids needed me more. By Asha Dore