Rebecca Fishbein

7/2/21

How to Make Time Slow Down

After a lost year in the pandemic, you might be feeling like time is slipping through your fingers. Here's how to…

5/27/21

How to Feel at Home in a New City

It’s never easy to move to a new city. Though there are lots of great reasons to relocate—a new job, a relationship,…

Afterlifehacker

What to Do if You See a Ghost

So you’ve had an encounter with a ghost. All of a sudden the air turned cold; a light flickered; a shadowy figure…

10/26/20

How to Manage Your Seasonal Depression

SAD stands for “Seasonal Affective Disorder,” and while there is some debate over whether or not it’s actually a…

Weed

What to Do If You Get Too High

Everyone has their own story about a weird experience with cannabis. Mine involves eating way too much of a weed…

8/31/20

New York City Will Pay $5.9 Million to Layleen Polanco's Family

The family of Layleen Polanco, the 27-year-old Afro-Latina trans woman who died while in solitary confinement on…

Trump Administration

Donald Trump Allegedly Offered John Kelly the FBI Director Job In Exchange for Total Loyalty

At this point, we are all aware that the president’s deepest love is overstepping his Constitutional powers in any…

8/30/20

Adele Maybe Should Have Skipped This One

Like everything in the Year of Our Lord 2020, London’s Notting Hill Carnival was canceled this past weekend. And to…

8/30/20

Ryan Coogler on Chadwick Boseman: 'I Haven’t Grieved a Loss This Acute Before'

Ryan Coogler, who directed Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther, wrote a beautiful tribute to the actor for Entertainmen…

8/25/20

Jerry Falwell Jr. Isn't Going Anywhere, According to Jerry Falwell Jr.

News broke on Monday that Jerry Falwell Jr. had resigned from his position as the president of the evangelist…

Elections

Biden Campaign Responds to White Nationalist's Endorsement: Uh, No Thanks

I had almost completely forgotten about white nationalist Richard Spencer, who was last relevant about forty billion…

8/24/20

California Court Overturns Scott Peterson's Death Sentence (for Now)

Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, will no longer receive the…

Dirt Bag

Rich Man Defends City

Jerry Seinfeld wrote a New York Times op-ed on Monday defending New York City’s honor against the “Why I’m Leaving…

Elections

The DNC's Roll Call Was a Delight

The virtual Democratic National Convention is...a little weird, to say the least. But it has had some good moments.…

8/18/20

Survivors of Conversion Therapy Are Making a Community on TikTok

TikTok is not just for viral dances or Chinese surveillance software—like other social media, it’s a place that…

8/18/20

Cuba Gooding Jr. Accused of Raping Woman in Manhattan Hotel Room

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. has been accused of raping a woman in a Soho hotel room in 2013, an allegation that adds to a…