Best essays of 2017: This little light: On fathers, sons & the little Pixar lamp

This man screaming "lock him up" at Disney World's Trumpbot is all of us

Here’s how to avoid outliving your own bones

What thin people don’t understand about dieting

Republicans are waging class war: It's time for the left to fight back

Do journalists who claimed Republicans cared about deficits owe us an apology?

A bluesy winter night in New York with Slim Harpo

Arkansas spurns warehousing of floundering students

30 quotes that defined 2017

Infection lapses rampant in nursing homes, but punishment rare

Why Americans hate paying taxes

Why your doctor may not be able to help you lose weight

One year, many Trumps: 2017's 10 best theories about our Great Leader

Ties that bind: Sexual assault, gender and 21st-century capitalism

Robert Reich: Surviving a Year with Donald Trump

Introverts incorrectly think they won’t like being leaders

Why 2017 was a Philip K. Dick dystopia

Trump tweets ‘world is watching’ Iran protests

6 far-right conspiracy theories that reached Congress and the White House in 2017

The 10 worst TV shows of 2017, ranked from broken to just plain bad

‘Swatting’ is a trend and it just killed an innocent man in Kansas

The 5 best hip-hop albums albums of 2017

DEA operation played hidden role in the disappearance of five innocent Mexicans

Did Trump's first year in office inspire great art?

Did George Papadopoulos' claims of Russia's dirt on Clinton prompt FBI probe? NYT report

"Amazing Grace": Aretha Franklin's transcendent tour de force