Common Threads: The History of Lipstick | The Saturday Evening Post Women have been wearing lipstick since ancient Egyptians mixed white lead and red rocks. Later, lipstick was a signifier of independence, and it may even have helped win World War II.

Lipstick has been a symbol of femininity, power, independence, and even patriotism.

Cartoons: Behind Bars | The Saturday Evening Post These cartoons really lower the bar!

New cartoon collection: Behind Bars
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Get Inspired by These Grassroots Environmental Organizations on Earth Day | The Saturday Evening Post Learn from experts in the field on how to maximize resources, skills, and volunteerism to celebrate Earth Day.

This year, America is celebrating its 56th Earth Day. It’s the perfect time to find an organization near you and get involved.

Choosing Civility | The Saturday Evening Post A quest for common decency in a world gone rude.

By deciding how we choose to react to strangers, one critical thing happens: We reclaim our agency, which helps us feel a bit less threatened and a bit more trusting of others.

Can K-Pop Return to What It Once Was? | The Saturday Evening Post Can the Soul in Seoul be Reignited Again?

A K-Pop Stan Comments on K-Pop's Current Success.

The “Americanization” of Food: How Different Cuisines Have Shaped the American Diet | The Saturday Evening Post American food isn’t defined by a single origin but by centuries of cultural exchange, adaptation, and reinvention shaped by immigrant communities and evolving tastes.

From German hamburgers to Tex-Mex tacos, “American” food is an evolving fusion of cuisines that reflects the nation’s diversity and history.

From the Archive: Jack London's "Under the Deck Awnings" | The Saturday Evening Post London was a lover of the wilderness and its creatures, and, as a militant socialist, a stern judge of the comfortable and conforming.

Read Jack London's "Under the Deck Awnings," a story that appeared in a 1910 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.

From luminaries like Stan the Man and Yogi Berra, to kids playing sandlot ball, The Saturday Evening Post knew no equal when it came to great baseball covers. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/collections/...

Women’s Work: Out of Their League — Women and Baseball in America | The Saturday Evening Post Women have been playing baseball since at least 1866, but the path to the ballpark has had many obstacles.

Women have been playing baseball since at least 1866, but the path to the ballpark has been full of obstacles.

News of the Week: Rock Stars, Affordable Cars, and How to Make the Perfect Chocolate Malt | The Saturday Evening Post In the news for the week ending April 17, 2026, are Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, BINGO, the dictionary, and more.

If “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” means anything to you, you might be excited about this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
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In a Word: Peas and Cherries | The Saturday Evening Post Normally, an error gets corrected, but sometimes it sticks around long enough that it becomes correct.

Do you know what weird thing peas and cherries have in common?
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Review: Normal — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post Featuring a laugh-out-loud, character-driven first half and a second half of nonstop comic book carnage, Normal can’t claim to have something for everybody. But for lots of us, it’s got just enough.

Heavy doses of early Coen Brothers comic thrillers saturate this fabulously fun and gratuitously grisly tale of an interim sheriff who thinks he’s in for eight weeks of easy duty in a small Minnesota town.
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Ant Mill | The Saturday Evening Post When the water starts to rise, there are those who pull you under and those who help you float.

This week’s #NewFictionFriday story comes from Kelly Murashige. “Ant Mill” is a quiet reminder that we don’t have to take on the world by ourselves.
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Your Brain Needs Friends | The Saturday Evening Post Human connection is vital for brain health and well-being.

Social connection, like sleep or nutrition, is a basic need of the human brain.
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How Much Longer Will You Live? | The Saturday Evening Post What are the odds that you’ll live to be 100?

When this nation was formed 250 years ago, the average American lifespan was just 36 years. Now the average American lives until age 79. How much longer can we live?
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Cartoons: A Mess at the IRS | The Saturday Evening Post Mid-April can be a taxing time!

New cartoon collection: A Mess at the IRS

Don McLean has become a living link to music that never dies and, remarkably, shows no signs of slowing down.

American History Needs More Names | The Saturday Evening Post Identifying Sophie Mousseau from a Civil War-era photo helps us understand our complex past.

Take that shoe box out of your closet and label your family photos. Everyone’s story matters.
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Vintage Ads: Dodge Cars and Trucks | The Saturday Evening Post For five decades, Dodge promoted their vehicles in The Saturday Evening Post. Here are a few of our favorites Dodge advertisements.

From the Senior Six to the Dart to the Tradesman, Dodge had the vehicle for you.

Six Great Real-Life Journalism Films | The Saturday Evening Post Fifty years ago, All the President's Men set a new standard for depicting jounalism on film.

Fifty years ago, All the President's Men set a new standard for depicting jounalism on film.
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It’s time to get those seeds and plants in the ground! Here are a few of our favorite garden-themed covers. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/collections/...

Vigilance Committees and the Pathway to Freedom | The Saturday Evening Post After passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, abolitionists organized vigilance committees to protect free Black people from capture.

Whether by ringing bells, patrolling communities, or stocking gunpowder, Americans have a history of using their means to protect their neighbors in the name of doing what’s right and fair.
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From the Archive: Why Older Folks Left the Dance Floor | The Saturday Evening Post At one time, any social gathering in America, other than a funeral, would involve dancing. But by 1905, dancing was left to the young. Older Americans found greater appeal in talking.

"Older people talk or do other things which give employment to the brain; and only those near to the purely animal existence of childhood dance."
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This week’s #NewFictionFriday story, Mark Doyle’s “The Last Battle of Agnes B.,” finds an elderly cat lover doing what she can to stand up to fascism in occupied Paris.
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"Six shots were never fired, for the reason that no experienced gunman ever had six loaded cartridges in his gun. There was always one empty chamber for the hammer to rest upon, for safety."

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Bob Sassone wants to celebrate
Poetry month with you
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Review: Hamlet — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post Outrageous fortune, it turns out, ain’t all it’s cut out to be.

In his imaginative adaptation of 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘵, Oscar-winning British director Aneil Karia attempts to resolve the conflict by staging the drama within an insular, spectacularly wealthy South Asian family.

Frontotemporal dementia is an illness that slowly erodes personality, judgment and emotional awareness. And it often goes misdiagnosed for years.

Cartoons: Perchance to Dream | The Saturday Evening Post Does sleep elude you? Maybe our insomnia cartoons will help!

New cartoon collection: Perchance to Dream

Jacques Pépin on Cooking, Art, and a Lifetime of Simple, Honest Food | The Saturday Evening Post The legendary chef sits down with The Saturday Evening Post to reflect on feeding others, teaching others, and finding joy in both.

Jacques Pépin talks about the difference between cooking and art, arguing with Julia Child, and the importance of cooking for friends and family.