It's Tax Day, and many Americans are refusing to pay their taxes under Trump's administration.
“I can take a sternly worded [IRS] letter. That does not scare me,” one tax protester told me. “What scares me is my neighbors being taken out of their homes.” www.huffpost.com/entry/federa...
Posts by Monica Torres
I wrote about "malicious compliance" or the creative forms of resistance some workers do against a boss' marching orders. www.huffpost.com/entry/malici...
“No matter what you do, people who aren’t in your situation are going to judge you,” one widow told me about the Aubrey Plaza news. www.huffpost.com/entry/aubrey...
An allergist debunked the biggest hypoallergenic pet myths you need to stop believing. I was shocked by the results of one study which found poodles actually had the MOST allergens: www.huffpost.com/entry/hypoal...
Is “office air” ruining your hair and skin? I talked to people who believe they are victims of "office air" as well as more skeptical dermatologists and indoor air quality experts about what corporate environments can and can't do to your face. www.huffpost.com/entry/office...
It was great to speak with @monicatorrr.bsky.social at @huffpost.com about the role of women in Christian nationalism. Extra fun when the piece also includes @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social! www.huffpost.com/entry/women-...
This story made me LOL to write. “In Kagi’s LinkedIn Speak, mundane life activities and alarming life consequences are transformed into corporate slop that makes everything a lesson. A large bowel movement becomes a ‘high volume optimization session.’" www.huffpost.com/entry/kagi-l...
Unfortunately the disappointing "peanut butter" raise is here to stay, experts told me. www.huffpost.com/entry/peanut...
Two guys looking at a scooter made out of paper towel rolls and castor wheels. One guy says to the other, “What do we have here?” The other guy replies, “My luxury scooter.” The text reads: Meanwhile, in a time of suspiciously low-cost products being sold online… When you buy online, buy from reputable sellers. If the price seems too good to be true, the product might not be authentic or original, and may be unsafe. If you have a problem with a product or want to return or exchange it, look for the “sold by” information.
The first week of March is National Consumer Protection Week. Buy from reputable sellers when you buy online.
Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is an ongoing mystery to investigators ― and a relatable nightmare for anyone who lives apart from their aging parents. I wrote about her story highlights a common long-distance caregiver fear of how to protect parents remotely. www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...
I Bricked my phone and even I was surprised by how much it has changed me. "The first week I used it, I was surprised and embarrassed by how often my fingers would automatically tap the social media apps my Brick blocked me from accessing." www.huffpost.com/entry/brick-...
It was SO interesting to talk with the co-author of "P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance" about the long history of Spanish backlash in sports, and how Bad Bunny's halftime choices were political. ¡Seguimos aquí! www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.
"When I’m typing on my laptop, I transform from a human woman into a shrimp."
I love everything about this @monicatorrr.bsky.social story, especially the illustration lol. (Unfortunately, I am guilty of desk shrimp-ing, womp.)
www.huffpost.com/entry/desk-s...
Aw thank you!
Going to an "ICE Out" protest today? It might make all the difference. Wrote about the value of national solidarity actions in support of Minnesota's statewide shutdown: www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...
With ten days until our contract expires, our unit is not willing to settle for less. We're standing together until we reach a fair deal.
“This is a time when sometimes people die,” one astrologer told me. “You could go to the doctor on that exact day and find out you have some kind of health condition.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Too many internet sleuths created and shared AI-altered photos of the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good this week. I wrote about the damage and confusion these AI tools can do: www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-sh...
Wrote about what makes "Heated Rivalry" such a popular show with women. "Watching men kiss, grind and fall in love with each other can be a refreshing escape from the garbage that comes with being a woman in a society that too often caters to the needs of men." www.huffpost.com/entry/heated...
“60 Minutes” Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi:
>“We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
There are lifelong unexpected costs to surviving a school shooting.
As one mom of a mass shooting survivor told me, “At the moment, you don’t care what anything’s going to cost, and then the bills start to roll in.” Her daughter's first hospital bill was $178,000. www.huffpost.com/entry/brown-...
Wrote about the sneakily effective fake toy scam that fools too many people. Be wary of any "flash deals" from unknown vendors! www.huffpost.com/entry/fake-t...
"In years past, lawmakers have seen young people fleeing horrific, dangerous conditions in their home countries and taken extra steps to protect unaccompanied immigrant youth — creating a paper trail...In a cruel irony, those same factors make unaccompanied immigrant children easier to control."
What Instacart is doing “is arguably more deceptive than dynamic pricing," one of the authors of the report told me. www.huffpost.com/entry/instac...
Talked to therapists about the “See, I’m just not good at this, so don’t expect anything from me” manipulative gifters among us. Sometimes, the thought *doesn’t* count. www.huffpost.com/entry/weapon...
In the era of the rolling smaller-scale layoffs, you could be spared from one layoff and axed in the next.
This solitary layoff is uniquely dreadful because you lose "coworkers to commiserate with, compare notes with, or even make sense of what happened”: www.huffpost.com/entry/foreve...
The most devastating line: "A representative for Chalamet declined to comment." www.wsj.com/style/fashio...
"You shouldn’t write a memoir unless you are willing to make yourself look foolish and pathetic." www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
We received our first counterproposals from management today with disappointing language — including no guaranteed wage increases this year and rollbacks of hard-fought language on diversity and severance. We stand united and ready to fight for the contract we deserve.