The following day, the 26th, the Soviet Union was no more. Dissolved was the 74-year reign of mass murder, the persecution of freedom and an imperial obsession with imposing communism on every corner ...

David Stearns has made a career out of finding treasure in other teams’ trash heaps, and his latest move fits that script perfectly. On Friday, the Mets quietly signed right-hander Daniel Duarte to a ...

SZA has become the latest musician to criticize the Trump administration for its use of artists’ music in ads promoting ICE. The Grammy-winning R&B singer-songwriter went on X Wednesday to address the ...

Note: This piece draws on insights from the panel discussion held during the R Street Institute’s virtual event “Fragile Republic: Lessons on Political Violence from the Founding to Today.” But what ...

SZA thinks the White House’s recent publicity tactics are a total snooze. In a post on X on Wednesday (Dec. 10), the R&B hitmaker called out the Donald Trump administration for “rage baiting” stars ...

Today on Variant, we continue to give you all the origins of the Dark Knights with The Murder Machine! Subscribe to the Podcast YouTube Channel: Listen to the Podcast on: iTunes - Spotify - Google ...

Someone’s always going to be mad. Let’s start there. Come up with any “solution” to “fix” the daffy selection process for the 12-team college football playoff–adding more teams, eliminating conference ...

At a recent Portugal. The Man concert in NYC, Weird Al joined the band on stage for a pair of songs, including a cover of Killing In The Name, Rage Against the Machine’s anthem against police ...

We all have our favorite records that we continually go back to and during a recent interview, actor/comedian Adam Sandler recalled a period in the '90s where he was frequently listening to Hole's ...

Last night, alt-pop hitmakers Portugal. The Man played at Brooklyn's Music Hall Of Williamsburg, and the show ended in an appealingly chaotic way. The group brought two of the all-time great musical ...

At a recent concert, Portugal. The Man enlisted two maestros of musical comedy, “Weird Al” Yankovic and the Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone, for a very sincere — though obviously still very fun — cover ...

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slammed the White House on Tuesday after it posted a video using her song "Juno." The video on the official X account of the White House featured a montage of clips ...