This article was originally published by Grist and is republished here as part of an ongoing collaboration. The period between April and December 2019 was a magical time for climate activists. The more than 20 Democratic candidates vying for the party’s nomination couldn’t stop trying to one-up each other. Candidates …

It’d been six years since Kathleen Edwards had seriously thought about making music when she received an out-of-the-blue phone call from the manager of country star Maren Morris in 2017. For the previous three years, Edwards had been working 12-hour days at Quitters Coffee, the neighborhood cafe in suburban Ottawa …

In March, guitarist and renowned sideman Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan, Levon Helm and many more) became one of many musicians to test positive for COVID-19. For about two weeks, he endured over-100-degree fever, headaches and loss of smell. As he told Rolling Stone after his fever had broken,“This thing has …

After Dr. Rick Bright, a whistleblower and now-ousted director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, gave headline-grabbing testimony before Congress on Thursday, a medical supplier whose earlier warnings about the federal government’s meager stockpile of medical equipment also delivered important testimony. Mike Bowen, the vice president of surgical-mask …

Beckett Cypher, the son of Melissa Etheridge and her former partner, filmmaker Julie Cypher, has died. He was 21. Beckett’s death was related to opioid addiction, Etheridge said in a statement on Wednesday. “Today I joined the hundreds of thousands of families who have lost loved ones to opioid addiction,” …

A steady flood of pings and vibrations starts erupting on my phone, and soon I am looking at family photographs of Breonna Taylor. The first shows her sitting in the car, wearing a white dress, well-done hair, and evident confidence. “Wake Pray Slay” reads the back of her sweatshirt in …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. You don’t have to start researching hops or Trappist monasteries in Belgium to up your beer-drinking experience (though you certainly can if that’s your style). It’s the little …

Jason Isbell will officially release his new album, Reunions, on Friday with a live performance from the Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville. The show, an acoustic livestream concert, will air free via fans.com at 8 p.m ET. Viewers are encouraged to make a donation in support of both Isbell’s crew and …

From his voice to his piano to his pompadoured-wildman aura, Little Richard became a star and unstoppable rock & roll train for many reasons. But one of those reasons – sometimes to the dismay of his fans – was Pat Boone. Boone, who was a year and a half younger …

Rolling Stone and our parent company, Penske Media Corporation, have launched “Hail the Heroes,” a thank you initiative to raise funds for Team Rubicon and their efforts around the COVID-19 crisis. Leaders from across PMC’s portfolio of media brands have joined together with luminaries in the entertainment, fashion, beauty, sports, …