At the moment of writing, the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is only four months away. At the same time, Israel has resumed bombing Gaza after the failure of a weak U.S.

“How do you deal with what’s going on in our state and national affairs?” Lately, I hear this question more than ever — and for good reason. As an elected representative, I don’t have the luxury of ...

In a flurry of toxic social norms, stigmas, expectations, and standards, it's not surprising that many of us feel lost trying to craft a life we're both comfortable in and proud of. Every part of our ...

Slate takes final stock of just how Not Normal this election was. A little over a year ago, when this election cycle was just cranking up, I wrote an essay in Slate about how nothing about the 2024 ...

Anderson Cooper has some questions about JD Vance’s theory that he and Donald Trump are winning the “normal gay guy vote” in the election. “I’m curious to know where the line is between a normal gay ...

Their campaign to keep from normalizing Donald Trump has worked, but not exactly how they thought it would. They showed us that they’re not normal, that they’re weirdos, that they’re pretty much ...

A House Democrat holding a sign protesting President Donald Trump ahead of his Tuesday night address to Congress prompted a confrontation before the speech began. As Trump was greeting lawmakers at ...