Britt Peterson
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Against decluttering
Our obsession with purging is not going to solve our problems. → Read More
This Group Might Save Your LGBTQ Kid’s Life
How the Mama Bears, a nationwide network for parents of queer children, does the impossible: Change people’s minds. → Read More
6 Politicians We Might Not Have Had If Not for 9/11
Neither Barack Obama nor Donald Trump might have become President if the September 11 attacks hadn't happened. → Read More
A Virginia mental institution for Black patients, opened after the Civil War, yields a trove of disturbing records
Racism documented in files from the “Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane” → Read More
Victims, families and America’s thirst for true-crime stories
What happens when one family’s tragedy becomes entertainment for everyone else? → Read More
DC Types Have Been Flocking to Shrinks Ever Since Trump Won. And a Lot of the Therapists Are Miserable.
For therapists, Trump has been great for business. But, what happens when the very people who are supposed to help you cope are stuggling themselves? → Read More
Can a waltz be a form of activism? Ask these same-gender ballroom dancers.
Many established competitions still don’t let same-sex couples participate. → Read More
Meet 10 of DC's Biggest Theater Stars
Full-time actors? In Washington? These ten stars are household names in one of America’s biggest theater scenes—and strangers to most everyone else. → Read More
What It's REALLY Like to Be a Woman in Congress
Elaine Luria Age: 43 Former jobs: Owns a make-your-own-mermaid shop; naval commander. Notable: Six overseas deployments during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars; supervised nuclear reactors; mother of three. First foray into politics: “We sell mermaids, but we’re also selling an experience. But we’re not a restaurant and didn’t have the ability to serve wine. It seems like a small thing, but I… → Read More
7 Power Squads for Women on Capitol Hill
If you haven't been to Debbie Dingell's Poker Night, you're missing out. → Read More
Why senators claim to believe Ford — but still side with Kavanaugh
Social science helps explain how norms shift. And why they don’t. → Read More
Former members say Calvary Temple splits families. What happens to those who leave?
After people leave the Virginia church, its members are expected to shun them even family. Ex-CTers have fought back. → Read More
This Low-Key Suburban Dude Is One of Trump's Most Notorious Antagonists
Twitter star Claude Taylor, the man behind Twitter handle @TrueFactsStated, always has juicy inside info about Trump. Can you trust it? → Read More
Virginia Tech, Ten Years Later
The victims' relatives have realized that grief—and politics—can separate people as easily as it can bind them. → Read More
Trump Claims a Mandate, Which Basically Means Nothing
A few days after Donald Trump lost the popular vote by more than 2 million, his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, claimed: “There is a mandate there, and → Read More
How ’empathy’ became a weapon we use against others
If you're asking for empathy, you don't understand. → Read More
How Women Made Pantsuits Cool Again
A brief history of a controversial term that's now a rallying cry. → Read More
The Lame Duck Period Is Officially Here
In countries with parliaments, the transition from one regime to another is instantaneous: The votes get counted, the winner heads off to meet the queen, a → Read More
The Word "Rigged" Is Having a Moment
Either we’re getting more paranoid about “rigging” or our paranoid fantasies are finally coming true. → Read More
That time when ‘that time when’ took over the Internet
In March, Taylor Swift posted some photos from her trip to an undisclosed tropical location with then-boyfriend Calvin Harris. One caption read, “That time we finally took a vacation.” This summer, Swift went on another jaunt with a new boyfriend and a group of girlfriends. Elle covered the resulting hijinks with a piece titled, “That Time Cara Delevingne Scared he Sh*t out of Taylor Swift and… → Read More