The state of Tennessee tried to put Christa Pike to death on Wednesday, in what was an embarrassing spectacle of cruelty.

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted what is sure to be the blockbuster case of its 2026-2027 term. In Rhoney v.

All the defendants will also likely blame Walker for her own condition, given that she suffered from a constellation of ...

Our mistakes for the week.

John Steinbeck’s East of Eden considers matters of good and evil. Zoe Kazan’s version does something else.

R-Patz” was a derided teen heartthrob. Now he’s in four of the biggest movies of the year and seems headed for his first ...

This feels impossible now.

On Friday, the Supreme Court conclusively slapped down an attempt by the state of Missouri to gerrymander its maps for the ...

Two of the directors behind last year’s Academy Award winner are back with a sensational new doc. Its already earning ...

Earlier this month, SCOTUSblog hosted its annual Supreme Court “summit” in Washington. For nearly a quarter century, ...

A few weeks ago, my daughter-in-law had an emergency at work and decided to drop my grandkids (ages 8 and 10) off at my house ...

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