Are you a Black soccer fan who attended the World Cup or went to a watch party? Did you feel welcome? In light of recent racist heckling, HuffPost is writing a story documenting the Black fan experience. Share your WC experience to [email protected]. Your response may be used in an article.

This is next-level parasocial behavior. People are betting on how soon Taylor Swift will be pregnant, and it's just one of the many "dehumanizing" scenarios people are betting on for this weekend, according to a psychology researcher: www.huffpost.com/entry/taylor...

As a cat owner, these tips are life-saving! A purr doesn't always mean your cat is happy. Here's how to tell when it's a sign of distress: www.huffpost.com/entry/cat-be...

Ahead of July 4, I wanted to know: What would an immigration "revolution" look like? I asked people who would know: a former ICE detainee, a retired immigration judge, a pastor who accompanies people to court, a day laborer organizer, and more. Read what they said: www.huffpost.com/entry/july-4...

Here’s how to spot which event for America’s 250th birthday is MAGA-branded under Trump’s leadership. www.huffpost.com/entry/americ...

As an eldest daughter of immigrants myself, I loved writing this story and hearing about the unique challenges and strengths of being the first: www.huffpost.com/entry/eldest...

Is proudly celebrating America's 250th birthday MAGA-coded? Republicans are more likely to celebrate this milestone by donning red, white and blue and attending an America 250 event, according to new poll. www.huffpost.com/entry/americ...

If you use Google to ask your most private questions, you should know about how Google said its Search Services History will train AI, a privacy lawyer told me. In response to this story, Google pushed back and said the setting is not collecting biometric data: www.huffpost.com/entry/google...

Can being a die-hard fan make you more likely to die from a cardiac event? Turns out, yes –– especially during close games. I talked with cardiologists about what they want fans to know: www.huffpost.com/entry/fanxie...

Chuckled writing this lede: "On June 14, President Donald Trump will celebrate his 80th birthday on the ground with a UFC cage fight, but in the celestial sky he will be a Gemini battling cosmic forces." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

This is a devastating story about babies dying from vitamin K deficiency bleeding, driven by parents who have been misled into refusing a simple shot given at birth: www.propublica.org/article/vita...

Really interesting one from @monicatorrr.bsky.social.

A new survey found that almost half of Christians would trust AI for spiritual advice and I talked to experts and Christians about why. “It was kind of taking the role of a pastor,” one Christian told me. “I needed someone to talk to that wouldn’t judge me." www.huffpost.com/entry/using-...

This is a truly dreadful dating tactic that is popular in manosphere communities! It's “using that fear of abandonment against your partner to keep them stuck" as one woman who went through it told me: www.huffpost.com/entry/dread-...

I talked to OnlyFan models about how they got into creating adult content, how much money they make annually, and how they feel about that controversial Sydney Sweeney "Euphoria" plot line. www.huffpost.com/entry/onlyfa...

There's a new kind of scam going around right now, and it's easy to get fooled. www.huffpost.com/entry/party-...

This was fun to discuss! Can you invoke the Pope's "Magnifica Humanitas" to get out of using AI? Employment experts told me it's possible but you'll need to prove sincerity: www.huffpost.com/entry/pope-l...

Avoiding the new AI mode when searching was not intuitive for me because it's so prominently placed! I explain how I did it here: www.huffpost.com/entry/google...

Turns out, walking on grass or sand can make a major improvement with your balance -- especially if you are older or recovering from an injury. www.huffpost.com/entry/walkin...

Every adult needs to decide who their healthcare proxy is if they get hospitalized and yet too many Americans don't have one at all, leading to headaches on top of heartaches: “Families will often rely on verbal statements like, ‘Mom told me I’m in charge.'" www.huffpost.com/entry/health...

The chore coat once had clear utility, but now it's fashion for celebs...and defense contractors. Historians told me about how Palantir's chore coat is disconnected from the garment's European labor history. Fun fact: the coat started as employer-issued PPE: www.huffpost.com/entry/palant...

I talked to phone experts about the difference between cosmetic and hazardous phone screen cracks –– and they both agreed that there's one kind of crack you should not ignore: www.huffpost.com/entry/cracke...

Shocked by how long flu and COVID germs can live in this part of a hotel lobby: www.huffpost.com/entry/germs-...

It's Tax Day, and many Americans are refusing to pay their taxes under Trump's administration. “I can take a sternly worded [IRS] letter. That does not scare me,” one tax protester told me. “What scares me is my neighbors being taken out of their homes.” www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...

I wrote about "malicious compliance" or the creative forms of resistance some workers do against a boss' marching orders. www.huffpost.com/entry/malici...

“No matter what you do, people who aren’t in your situation are going to judge you,” one widow told me about the Aubrey Plaza news. www.huffpost.com/entry/aubrey...

An allergist debunked the biggest hypoallergenic pet myths you need to stop believing. I was shocked by the results of one study which found poodles actually had the MOST allergens: www.huffpost.com/entry/hypoal...

Is “office air” ruining your hair and skin? I talked to people who believe they are victims of "office air" as well as more skeptical dermatologists and indoor air quality experts about what corporate environments can and can't do to your face. www.huffpost.com/entry/office...

It was great to speak with @monicatorrr.bsky.social at @huffpost.com about the role of women in Christian nationalism. Extra fun when the piece also includes @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social! www.huffpost.com/entry/women-...

This story made me LOL to write. “In Kagi’s LinkedIn Speak, mundane life activities and alarming life consequences are transformed into corporate slop that makes everything a lesson. A large bowel movement becomes a ‘high volume optimization session.’" www.huffpost.com/entry/kagi-l...

Unfortunately the disappointing "peanut butter" raise is here to stay, experts told me. www.huffpost.com/entry/peanut...

The first week of March is National Consumer Protection Week. Buy from reputable sellers when you buy online.

Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is an ongoing mystery to investigators ― and a relatable nightmare for anyone who lives apart from their aging parents. I wrote about her story highlights a common long-distance caregiver fear of how to protect parents remotely. www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...

I Bricked my phone and even I was surprised by how much it has changed me. "The first week I used it, I was surprised and embarrassed by how often my fingers would automatically tap the social media apps my Brick blocked me from accessing." www.huffpost.com/entry/brick-...

It was SO interesting to talk with the co-author of "P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance" about the long history of Spanish backlash in sports, and how Bad Bunny's halftime choices were political. ¡Seguimos aquí! www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.

"When I’m typing on my laptop, I transform from a human woman into a shrimp." I love everything about this @monicatorrr.bsky.social story, especially the illustration lol. (Unfortunately, I am guilty of desk shrimp-ing, womp.) www.huffpost.com/entry/desk-s...

Going to an "ICE Out" protest today? It might make all the difference. Wrote about the value of national solidarity actions in support of Minnesota's statewide shutdown: www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...

With ten days until our contract expires, our unit is not willing to settle for less. We're standing together until we reach a fair deal.

“This is a time when sometimes people die,” one astrologer told me. “You could go to the doctor on that exact day and find out you have some kind of health condition.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Too many internet sleuths created and shared AI-altered photos of the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good this week. I wrote about the damage and confusion these AI tools can do: www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-sh...

Wrote about what makes "Heated Rivalry" such a popular show with women. "Watching men kiss, grind and fall in love with each other can be a refreshing escape from the garbage that comes with being a woman in a society that too often caters to the needs of men." www.huffpost.com/entry/heated...

“60 Minutes” Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi: >“We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

There are lifelong unexpected costs to surviving a school shooting. As one mom of a mass shooting survivor told me, “At the moment, you don’t care what anything’s going to cost, and then the bills start to roll in.” Her daughter's first hospital bill was $178,000. www.huffpost.com/entry/brown-...

Wrote about the sneakily effective fake toy scam that fools too many people. Be wary of any "flash deals" from unknown vendors! www.huffpost.com/entry/fake-t...

"In years past, lawmakers have seen young people fleeing horrific, dangerous conditions in their home countries and taken extra steps to protect unaccompanied immigrant youth — creating a paper trail...In a cruel irony, those same factors make unaccompanied immigrant children easier to control."

What Instacart is doing “is arguably more deceptive than dynamic pricing," one of the authors of the report told me. www.huffpost.com/entry/instac...

Talked to therapists about the “See, I’m just not good at this, so don’t expect anything from me” manipulative gifters among us. Sometimes, the thought *doesn’t* count. www.huffpost.com/entry/weapon...

In the era of the rolling smaller-scale layoffs, you could be spared from one layoff and axed in the next. This solitary layoff is uniquely dreadful because you lose "coworkers to commiserate with, compare notes with, or even make sense of what happened”: www.huffpost.com/entry/foreve...

The most devastating line: "A representative for Chalamet declined to comment." www.wsj.com/style/fashio...