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gamestop

The GameStop Fiasco Is Democrats’ Golden Opportunity to Tame the Stock Market

Congress is mad as hell, and they might just do something about it. 
Greg Walters
1.29.21
shopping-home

2020 DIY Spray Foam Decor Was the Ugly-Charming Trend We Continue to Love

Spray-foam furniture is both a feel-good DIY project and a bonafide aesthetic trend, and it looks like it's not going anywhere (yet).
Mary Frances "Francky" Knapp
1.29.21
wellness

Can I Learn to Do a Split in One Week? An Investigation

A flood of TikTok and YouTube videos promise viewers they can learn to do a split in as little as a day.
Hannah Smothers
1.29.21
capitol insurrection

Proud Boy ‘Spazzo’ Who Smashed Capitol Window Had Bomb-Making Manuals at Home, Feds Say

The window Dominic Pezzola allegedly smashed was considered the first significant breach of the Capitol Building. He then helped other rioters climb through.
Tess Owen
1.29.21
abortion

Republicans Want a New Weapon in the War on Abortion: Murder Charges

“If you want to spout, ‘My body, my body choice,’ you need to spend some time in our Arizona penal system,” said one state lawmaker.
Carter Sherman
1.29.21
Trump lawyer

Pro-Trump Lawyer Lin Wood Has to Prove He’s Mentally Fit to Keep His Law License

The State Bar of Georgia confirmed to VICE News that it has asked Wood to undergo a mental health assessment.
Greg Walters
1.29.21
Hacking

Artist Tricks TikTok Into Hosting a 71 Minute-Long Video

TikTok took down an artist’s feature film-length post because it violated its “community guidelines.”
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
1.29.21
FRANCE

France Is Having Its Reckoning With Incest, in 2021

An explosive new book has forced French society to finally confront its dark recent history with accepting, even indulging, those who sexually abuse children.
Vivian Song
1.29.21
RACISM

A ‘Whites-Only’ Cemetery Is Very Sorry for Denying a Black Man’s Burial

The cemetery in Louisiana is now changing its policy.
Samir Ferdowsi
1.29.21
Poland

‘It’s Hard to Believe What’s Happening’: The Polish Women Fighting a Near-Total Abortion Ban

The country is facing a third-straight night of nationwide protests.
Tim Hume
Nina Zabicka
1.29.21
debt

Here’s How Much Money Normal TikTok Users Really Make From the Creator Fund

Some users are even trying to crowdfund their debts because they see others trying to do the same.
Katie Way
1.29.21
vaccines

GOP Lawmaker Who Proposed Bigfoot Hunting Season Now Wants to Know If Vaccines Track You. (They Don’t.)

Oklahoma Republican Rep. Justin Humphrey has introduced a bill to make drugmakers disclose if their vaccines contain “human parts,” “tracking devices,” or “DNA-altering properties.”
Emma Ockerman
1.29.21
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