President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris addressed the nation for the first time since several news outlets called the election in their favor on Saturday morning. Introducing Biden from a stage in Wilmington, Del., Harris, who will make history as the first woman vice president and first vice …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Whether you’re battling the “Freshman 15 (or #Quarantine 15), Covid-19, baby weight, a dad bod, or simply looking for some guidance on eating better, living healthier, or staying …
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Jade Bird has returned with her new song “Headstart,” the British singer-songwriter’s first new music in more than a year. Following a yearlong tour in support of her self-titled debut album and finding kindred spirits in American singer-songwriters like Jason Isbell, Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile, Bird entered Nashville’s RCA …
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This post contains spoilers for all eight episodes of the HBO series We Are Who We Are. We Are Who We Are was many things: a coming-of-age tale, a love story, and an examination of military culture in the very recent past, among others. It was also a story of …
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For Democrats determined to solve America’s biggest problems, dislodging Donald Trump is only part of the challenge on Election Day. To advance legislation targeting climate change, pandemic relief, voting rights, higher taxes on corporations and the rich, and to begin the work of rebalancing the federal courts, Democrats need to …
Read More »Kip Moore Puts a Face to Music Clubs in Crisis in New Video 'Don't Go Changing'
Kip Moore puts a human face to the music venues in crisis in his new video for “Don’t Go Changing.” The country-rocker filmed the clip at the currently shuttered Nashville clubs the 5 Spot, the End, the Basement, Mercy Lounge, and Exit/In, the historic venue that served as a centerpiece …
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To help our listeners join in on the conversation and share their own voice, Rolling Stone — in partnership with Yappa — will take our weekly Useful Idiots platform and transform the podcast into a live virtual event series. “Useful Idiots” is hosted by contributing veteran editor, Matt Taibbi and …
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Four members of B.B. King’s band will portray themselves in The Thrill Is Gone, an upcoming film that stars The Wire’s Wendell Pierce as the legendary bluesman. The Thrill Is Gone — which King’s estate has specified is not an authorized biopic — tells the story of King’s friendship with …
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Gloria Steinem stormed the popular consciousness in 1963, the year her undercover exposé documenting the humiliations that cocktail waitresses at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Club were forced to endure to get (and keep) a job was published in Show magazine. Some, like her New Journalism contemporary Gay Talese, thought she was …
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Dua Lipa discussed growing up with universal, publicly funded healthcare in England during a video chat with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders Monday, October 26th. The exchange begins around the 4:45 mark, with Dua Lipa asking Sanders why people weren’t out protesting for universal, free-at-the-point-of-use health care in the United States. …
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