A Florida sheriff’s novel approach to countering school shooting threats by exposing online the identities of children who make them is drawing ire from juvenile justice advocates as well as others who say the tactic is counterproductive and morally wrong.Mich... More »
Escaping a kidnapper at age 12.I was 12, walking alone on a gray afternoon when a man driving in the same direction slowed down to meet my pace.“Hi,” he called from his open window. “Do you need a ride?”I was an awkward, non-menstruating tween, pudgy with thic... More »
When the fixture list landed for the Women’s Super League season and the standout “Arsenal versus Manchester City” glared conspicuously on the opening weekend page, one player’s name was on almost everybody’s lips: Vivianne Miedema.The WSL’s all-time leading g... More »
After 20 years of writing for the Guardian – at first on Jobs & Money and more recently as one of the Consumer Champions – this is my last week before I cycle off into the sunset. Over that period I have seen, and reported on, the 2008 financial crash, the boo... More »
If, like me, you keep a keen eye on TechRadar's latest VPN test results, you'll be keen to hear that our latest round of testing is well and truly underway. First on our list to go under the microscope was ExpressVPN, and boy was it an interesting outcome. Whi... More »
The domestic drama runs high in “A Reason to See You Again,” Jami Attenberg’s latest novel.A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN, by Jami AttenbergIf the characters in Jami Attenberg’s novels existed on Google Maps, their collective pin would probably drop at a spot calle... More »
Allison Jumper’s family was a picture of healthy living. Active kids. Wholesome meals. A freezer stocked with organic beef from her in-laws’ farm in Maine.Then in late 2020, she got a devastating call from her brother-in-law. High levels of harmful “forever ch... More »
Five years to the week after he walked away from the top job designing the iPhone, Jony Ive leaned over a hulking model of a San Francisco city block. The dozen buildings, with each brick carved to scale in Alder wood, had become a prototype for his future.Lis... More »
(Flashpoint! / 10×10 Books / Doris Derby)Activism/Photo Essay/ September 21, 2024Photography radically acts as a language that speaks for the world’s oppressed and critically functions as a vital visual voice of resistance.This essa... More »
In retrospect, Bob Dylan likened his 1974 reunion tour with The Band to Elvis Presley’s “Fat Elvis” period. It was powerful, sure, but it was nostalgia; creatively unsatisfying. And a cash grab. Ultimately, it showed him the way he didn’t want to go forward, a... More »
KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed opioid settlements and the Supreme Court’s overturning of a bankruptcy deal involving Purdue Pharma on the “Front Porch Book Club” podcast on Sept. 17. Pattani, joined by journalist Ed Mahon, also di... More »
Steel is the backbone of the modern world and used in houses, skyscrapers, automobiles and more. But steel isn't found in nature, so when did humans invent steel?It turns out that this sturdy modern metal dates back at least 2,000 years, though archaeologists ... More »