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The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy, discontent, or curiosity. Happy holidays. It seems like a relic now. But Donald Trump’s presidency once saw some of the culture’s […]

Overall, sales of audio versions of books grew 1% in the year through October after rising more than 20% in 2024.

The rise is driven by growing interest among young people disillusioned with their country’s political leadership.

Cats outnumber human beings in Pagliara dei Marsi, The Guardian wrote.

Over the weekend, Covid-cautious individuals shared clips on social media of Jon Stewart punching down on people who are masking, who are presumably doing so to protect themselves from Covid, the flu, and other infectious diseases that are spreading across the United States. On the December 11 episode of the podcast The Weekly Show With […]

The year is 2007 and a school bus filled with several dozen kids is rolling through the barren New Mexico desert, approaching the outskirts of an abandoned ghost town. According to the creators of Kid Nation, these children are on their way to right their ancestors’ wrongs.