Ali Winston

There you have it: the days are rapidly getting shorter, the leaves are changing, and if you're in the Eastern half of the United States or Western Europe, the barometer is (finally) dropping after the hottest summer on record. Apologies if you're in Central Europe and

First off, I hate to disappoint anyone here for convention coverage but I'm not about that. The entire point of Bleeding Edge, and my reporting in general, is to run away from the pack. That means not only drilling down into weird and obscure shit like Satanist FBI

The past several months have brought major developments in Oakland, particularly for the city's political landscape and police department, which is heading into its twenty-second year of court-ordered reforms with no end in sight. A number of local outlets have done a stellar job covering this story -

It's been a few weeks of radio silence, for which I apologize (in part). Everyone's gotta take a break now and then, and vacation is a rare but deeply enjoyable occasion for me. Particularly this year as current affairs continue their morose drift. I don'

Some weeks it's so hot that the basic daily tasks seem like a chore. Guess we can firmly say the second half of summer is well and truly upon us, if not the dog days and hurricane season (cross your fingers though: Hurricane Beryl gave us an early

The United States had our modern day John Hinckley Jr. moment last weekend: a gun-crazy kid from Western Pennsylvania took and missed his shot, sparking a two day media cycle (crazy how quick that happens). The wild speculation about the shooter's motivation will take some time to settle,