Parkour may show up at the Olympics in 2024, but not if the sport’s most ardent defenders have anything to say about it. The push to bring the not-quite-gravity-defying spectacle to the world stage comes from Parkour’s self-described foe: The world of gymnastics.

I didn’t make a habit of idolizing people when I was growing up and, as was the case with so many elements of my childhood personality, I recognized this as peculiar at the time. Not because there was any sort of soul-crushing emptiness over lacking a name I could point to as the representative of my professional…

On Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to offer testimony about why, and how, a 7-year-old child under her agency’s custody died. But Nielsen, who maintains that the Trump administration never had a policy of separating families at the…

“You’re Lumbee because your daddy’s Lumbee,” my grandma said to me last week. We were talking about my recent re-enrollment in the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina, the largest Native American tribe east of the Mississippi. “Now, your momma’s white,” she explained in a drawl particular to the southern tip of North…

On Thursday night, a collection of songs from both Beyoncé and SZA surfaced on Spotify and Apple Music, mysteriously labeled as new material. But where did it come from?

On Tuesday, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the First Step Act, legislation that has been described in the mainstream press as “the most far-reaching overhaul of the criminal justice system in a generation” and “a testament to how far the country has moved on criminal justice in the past two decades.” On Thursday,…

On last night’s Watch What Happens Live, trash TV raccoon Andy Cohen gathered a beautiful scrum of the OG Real Housewives, including but not limited to Nene Leakes and Teressa Giudice, and shared some pretty big news.

Eddie the sea otter, talented at jerking off and respected for his uncanny ability to dunk toys into a basketball hoop, has passed away at the ripe old age of 20. He really knew how to have fun.

Netflix’s beloved scripted comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is almost over. The final episodes—the second half of the fourth season—will be released on the streaming platform January 25. Then what are you going to do with yourself for the rest of 2019?

William Shatner for whatever reason granted Daily Mail TV an interview wherein he discussed the #MeToo movement, addressing a tweet he did earlier this month. The tweet urged CBC radio to play “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” in response to some long-standing complaints that the song is not good about articulating the…

It’s Thursday, I’m vaping, what are you doing?

Planned Parenthood’s dedication to treating pregnant people with dignity allegedly doesn’t extend to its own staff.

Pushing through a plan that failed to pass in Congress, the Trump administration is imposing more restrictions on food stamps that could cut hundreds of thousands of people in the United States off from receiving aid.

The trailer for the upcoming season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is here, and I’m happy to report there are what feels like approximately 10,568 wigs in it. Also, Denise Richards!