Tonya Mosley
Stories
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Understanding presidential power in the age of Trump
New York Times writer Charlie Savage discusses the scope of executive power as President Trump circumvents Congress, pushes legal boundaries and fires scores of federal workers, including at the FBI.
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'Nickel Boys' director RaMell Ross says the South 'makes you question what time is'
Ross' Oscar-nominated film centers on two young Black men attempting to survive a brutal Florida reformatory school in the 1960s. He says he's sees the rural South as a "meaning-making space."
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A pro dominatrix and novelist says empathy, curiosity and bravery are key to both jobs
After publishing her first novel when she was 21, Brittany Newell started working as a dominatrix. The job gave her time to write — and plenty of material to draw from. Her new novel is Soft Core.
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Ariana Grande says 'Wicked' was a gift — and is proud to be in the 'beautiful coven'
As a kid, Grande loved singing karaoke with her family. "I looked up to Whitney and Mariah and Celine endlessly," she says. "I think that's a large part of the reason why I learned to sing."
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The trouble with 'donating our dopamine' to our phones, not our friends
"Smartphones make our alone time feel more crowded than it used to be," says journalist Derek Thompson. His article in The Atlantic is called "The Anti-Social Century."
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A new book explains what the color blue can teach us about Black history
Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues.
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Pamela Anderson's had an 'amazing, wild, messy life' — and she's still reinventing
Pamela Anderson's role as a lifeguard on Baywatch made her global sex symbol in the '90s. But she longed to be taken seriously as a performer and intellectual. Her new film is The Last Showgirl.
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A conversation about MLK's legacy, and a second Trump administration
Monday marks both the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. day and the inauguration of Donald Trump as our 47th President. We reflect on this with scholars Tressie McMillan Cottom and Eddie Glaude.
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A woman invented the rape kit. So why was a man given credit for it?
Rape kits were widely known as "Vitullo Kits" after a Chicago police sergeant. But a new book tells the story of Marty Goddard, a community activist who worked with runaway teenagers in the 1970s.
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Comedy is journalism, says Roy Wood Jr., from 'The Daily Show' to CNN
A good comedian has to "know what regular people are going through," he says. In his new Hulu special, Lonely Flowers, Wood riffs on how isolation has sent society spiraling.
