Wednesday, August 26, 2026

This one hurts

Dolly Parton was one of the South's proudest cultural exports. She helped me connect with my Southernness, my ruralness, in a way no one else could. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Wed Aug 26 2026

 
American country music star Dolly Parton performs in Somerset, England, during the Glastonbury Festival in 2014.

Dolly Parton was one of the South's proudest cultural exports. She helped me connect with my Southernness, my ruralness, in a way no one else could.

A young resident of Asheville, North Carolina, leaves her copy of "Lily's Cat Mask," the last book she received from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, beneath a mural of Dolly Parton painted by artist Gus Cutty as an offering in the hours following Parton's death on Aug. 25, 2026.
 

As we grieve Dolly Parton's death, tell us what she meant to you

If you find in the coming days what feels like an outsized reaction to Dolly Parton's death – no you didn't.

Lake Ontario in Toronto, Canada, on June 24, 2026.
 

Canada raises tariffs, Trump threatens a lake. Guess who's winning?

In our ongoing and unnecessary trade war with Canada, the Canadians likely never imagined President Donald Trump would hit them with a lake renaming.

President Trump's aide Natalie Harp listens as Trump announces Dulles International Airport renovations in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on July 29, 2026.
 

Why the media can't stop harping on Natalie Harp

Natalie Harp has been President Trump's aide since 2022. So why is the media suddenly obsessed with her letters, her printer and her plane seat?

Georgia primary election in Atlanta on May 19, 2026.
 

There's only one way Democrats keep this momentum in the midterms

Something has shifted in the Democratic Party. But for Democrats to truly be effective, they must accrue power. That starts with winning the midterms.

President Donald Trump hosts a White House event in Washington, DC, on Aug. 24, 2026.
 

The GOP is making an impossible pitch to midterm voters

President Donald Trump is so deeply unpopular that the RNC convention platform and attention he clearly covets could backfire badly for his party.

Residents in Gary, Indiana, use their phone lights to walk down to their basement to look at water damage on Aug. 23, 2026. After a severe storm on Aug. 11, about 9,000 residents are still without power.
 

The lights went out in Gary. It's not an isolated incident.

As data centers overload grids across the country, power outages like the ones we're seeing now in Gary and Memphis will only become more frequent.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez documents her egg freezing journey online, sparking support and criticism about fertility and family planning.
 

AOC got candid about egg freezing. Fertility clinics should, too.

When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez began sharing her egg freezing process, she gave voice to questions I hear from fertility patients every day.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom arrives for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on June 18, 2026.
 

Politicians want to be TikTok stars. We deserve actual lawmakers.

Nancy Mace posed in a bikini. Gavin Newsom launched a podcast. AOC and Bernie Sanders are TikTok stars. Can they start doing the jobs we pay them for?

Female customer using a smartphone while shopping in a grocery store.
 

When we need an app for everything, do we still control our lives?

Why do we need an app to park? Like frogs in a slowly heating pot of water, we're being cooked by a creeping overreliance on phone apps.

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