From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

BD Wong attends #RightToBearArts Gala (2023) hosted by The Creative Coalition in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brian Stukes/Getty Images) BD Wong apologized Monday for a racist joke he had posted — and ...

Dictionary.com has crowned a set of numbers as its 2025 word of the year. It says it reserves that distinction for a word that reflects "social trends and global events that defined that year" and ...

Go ahead and roll your eyes. Shrug your shoulders. Or maybe just juggle your hands in the air. Dictionary.com’s word of the year isn’t even really a word. It’s the viral term “6-7” that kids and ...

There is a certain unintentional but nevertheless nigh-universal cruelty to the self-centeredness of children. You can’t blame them for thinking almost entirely of themselves; they have smooth little ...

When it comes to baby milestones, parents tend to focus on first steps or first words, but there’s a milestone that is just as important: a baby’s first joke. Before they can bat at a toy, babies can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Covering all things related to communication skills. Aug 25, 2025, 04:40pm EDT “Start with a joke,” is one of the most poorly ...

Co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che were in for a treat tonight with Saturday Night Live Season 50’s final joke swap, which saw the latter atone for his midseason finale joke at the expense of host ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...

Amy Brown was not screaming. She was not crying. She was not throwing up. But on Bluesky she said that she was doing all three, simultaneously. Brown’s husband visited a Walgreens while he was on a ...