Hot Topics

Words spray painted in red were scrawled across the front of the stone monument located on Waltham Common.

Red graffiti sprawled on Christopher Columbus monument in Waltham Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022

Read more

Dove Real Cost of Beauty campaign

What is the cost of toxic beauty standards? Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022

Read more

Herschel Walker, the former football star and Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, speaking at an event in Perry, Ga.Credit...Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Evangelicals Find a Way Forward With Herschel Walker Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022

Read more

Jeremy Lin last played in the NBA with the Raptors in 2019. Frank Franklin II/AP Images

Jeremy Lin says he believes his race played a part in his falling out of the NBA Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022

Read more

The Cardinal Divas are making waves and facing critics as the new majorette team at the University of Southern California. (Aziza Hutcherson/Washington Post illustration)

USC’s Cardinal Divas majorette team draws excitement — and HBCU scrutiny. Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022

Read more

Aretha Franklin, circa 1967. MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES

Aretha Franklin Was Tracked By the FBI for 40 Years. Here’s What’s In Her File Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022

Read more

A screenshot of a portion of the interactive map from Native Land Digital shows which Native territories have inhabited different regions of the Americas, based on a variety of historical and Indigenous sources.

Which Indigenous lands are you on? This map will show you Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022

Read more

The removal of drywall during mold remediation is seen after a basement flood. Catherine McQueen/Getty Images

Black women endure legacy of racism in homeownership and making costly repairs Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022

Read more

BYU Football - Rob Gray | Credit: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports

BYU to honor the Black 14, a group of former Wyoming football players who once protested LDS church policy Friday, Oct. 7, 2022

Read more

At the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, a statue of Thomas Jefferson, the school’s founder.Credit...Steve Helber/Associated Press

White America Wants Me to Conform. I Won’t Do It. Friday, Oct. 7, 2022

Read more