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Most Asian Americans say they face discrimination and are often treated as foreigners

In a Pew survey, Asian Americans reported facing the "model minority" stereotype, which assumes they're smarter and more well off, as well as being treated as outsiders even if they were U.S. born.

2023-11-30T12:06:04-0800 NPR Ayana Archie 1,000 words

Rated 2023-12-03T06:26:39-0800

Europe And U.S. Diverge Sharply On Treatment Of Gender Incongruence In Minors

In line with precautionary principle, introduction of treatments whose effects are either disputed or unknown should be carefully reviewed before being routinely adopted. #Transgender

2023-12-02T06:15:36-0800 Forbes Joshua Cohen 2,000 words

Rated 2023-12-02T07:40:23-0800

Answers to Readers' Questions: "Is the song `Hound Dog' about a dog?"

Videos by American Songwriter Answer: No. Contrary to common misconceptions about its meaning, “Hound Dog” is not a song about a dog. In our ongoing campaign to fight misinformation about songs and songwriters, we will attempt again to untangle the prevalent confusion about this song. This confusion is not random. It happened because the most ... More

2020-12-12T18:36:45-0800 American Songwriter Paul Zollo 1,000 words

Rated 2023-12-02T07:39:55-0800

Why Gen X Dads Can Appreciate Olivia Rodrigo

Jay Caspian Kang on his appreciation for Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album, “Guts,” as a Gen X dad to a young daughter. #Pop Music

2023-09-13T14:38:00-0700 The New Yorker Jay Caspian Kang 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-13T18:30:32-0700

The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship”

Littoral combat ships were supposed to launch the Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their weapons never worked. Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old.

2023-09-07T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Joaquin Sapien 10,000 words

Rated 2023-09-10T20:01:34-0700

I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race 🍕

As harvest season begins here in the Midwest, I once again celebrate by grinding Nebraska gravel at the Gravel Worlds Long Voyage bike race. As in previous…

steele.blue 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-10T06:38:08-0700

She awoke to a gun in her face. What happened next would change Mexican law

Alina Narciso says she found herself facing decades in prison after she killed her abusive boyfriend in self-defence. #Gun Violence #Mexico #Women

2023-09-08T05:11:15-0700 Al Jazeera Alícia Fàbregas 2,000 words

Rated 2023-09-10T06:17:21-0700

Gilead’s Phase 2 EVOKE-02 Study of Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) in Combination With KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Demonstrates Promising Clinical Activity in First-Line Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Gilead’s Phase 2 EVOKE-02 Study of Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) in Combination With KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Demonstrates Promising Clinical Activity in First-Line Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

gilead.com 3,000 words

Rated 2023-09-10T06:16:45-0700

Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted

Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.” #Art #Artificial Intelligence #Culture

2023-09-06T14:13:22-0700 WIRED Kate Knibbs 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-06T18:11:08-0700

Quad City, Old Forge, jumbo slice and more quirky American pizzas

You might not have heard of these pizza styles, but they're iconic to some.

2023-08-31T04:00:35-0700 The Washington Post Emily Heil ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-31T06:35:03-0700

What Happened When Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs

A bold reform effort hasn’t gone as planned. #Criminal Justice System #Law Enforcement #Oregon

2023-07-19T07:30:00-0700 The Atlantic Jim Hinch ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T15:28:31-0700

Congress must seize the opportunity to double down on quantum technology

The U.S. government must continue and strengthen its commitment to this crucial technology, broadening the investments from basic science to supporting technology and engineering. #Quantum Technology

2023-08-30T08:00:00-0700 The Hill David Hickton and Robert J. Cunningham, opinion contributor ... 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T11:53:42-0700

Burning Man’s climate protesters have a point

Building a temporary city of 80,000 people in the desert is actually bad for the planet, the climate protesters said. #Burning Man #Culture #Environmentalism #Technology

2023-08-30T08:45:00-0700 Vox Adam Clark Estes 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T11:04:20-0700

The EPA removes federal protections for most of the country's wetlands

The amended EPA rule is to comply with a Supreme Court ruling this year that narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act and the agency's power to regulate waterways and wetlands.

2023-08-29T16:40:15-0700 NPR James Doubek 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T06:14:50-0700

America’s Trumpiest court just put itself in charge of nuclear safety, in Texas v. NRC

This decision is radioactive, even by the very low standards of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. #Politics #Supreme Court

2023-08-29T03:00:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T04:10:24-0700

The Fourteenth Amendment Fantasy

The Constitution won’t disqualify Trump from running. The only real-world way of stopping him is through the ballot box. #Civil War #United States

2023-08-29T04:30:00-0700 The Atlantic David Frum ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T03:30:35-0700

Martha Stewart put an iceberg in her drink. Experts say it’s no big deal.

Martha Stewart caused an internet kerfuffle Monday with an Instagram post of her holding a drink that she said was chilled with part of “a small iceberg.” #Iceberg #Instagram #Martha Stewart

2023-08-30T01:30:21-0700 The Washington Post Jonathan Edwards ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-30T03:17:25-0700

Jenni Hermoso ‘did not consent’ to be kissed by Rubiales

Spain forward rejects FA chief’s claims as ‘categorically false’ as the national women’s team refuses to play until he resigns

2023-08-25T14:29:17-0700 The Guardian Ashifa Kassam 500 words

Rated 2023-08-25T19:51:40-0700

The Case for Reducing Defense Spending

No matter how much this country—or any country—spends on defense, it cannot buy perfect security. #Military #U.S. Military

2022-09-09T09:35:00-0700 The National Interest Lawrence J. Korb 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-20T12:13:03-0700

I grew up loving The Bell Jar. Then I noticed how Sylvia Plath wrote about people that looked like me

After revisiting Plath’s book in my early twenties, I ended up writing a novel of my own as a way of understanding the recognition and repulsion I felt

2023-08-08T08:00:30-0700 The Guardian Guardian staff reporter 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-08T09:47:23-0700

This whale may be the largest animal ever. We have no idea how it got that big.

A newly discovered extinct whale called P. colossus is challenging the blue whale for the title of heaviest animal to ever exist.

2023-08-02T08:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Dino Grandoni ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T09:21:52-0700

Republicans want to plant a trillion trees. Scientists are skeptical.

New research finds that planting a trillion trees would have a minimal effect on combating climate change.

2023-08-02T03:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Maxine Joselow ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T09:17:10-0700

The Queasy Liberal Schadenfreude of Watching Trump Wreck DeSantis

The pleasure is tainted, because the likely result is Trump as the Republican nominee—with a real chance of becoming president again. #Donald Trump #Hillary Clinton

2023-08-02T04:30:00-0700 The Atlantic David A. Graham ($) 200 words

Rated 2023-08-03T05:53:02-0700

Wisconsin’s Dairy Industry Relies on Undocumented Immigrants, but the State Won’t Let Them Legally Drive

Undocumented immigrants in the state can own and register their vehicles, but they aren’t allowed to drive them, forcing many farm workers to risk fines and arrest. “It’s a Catch-22 for a lot of folks,” advocates say.

2023-08-03T03:00:00-0700 ProPublica Melissa Sanchez, Maryam Jameel 4,000 words

Rated 2023-08-03T05:52:32-0700

He returned to his family’s lot. A $1.4M home was being built there.

Daniel Kenigsberg’s family owned Connecticut land for nearly seven decades. He claims in a lawsuit that an impostor stole it.

2023-08-02T00:50:51-0700 The Washington Post Kyle Melnick ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-02T05:32:41-0700

The Solar Cell Discovery Machine

Robotic analysis of perovskites may speed development of solar cells with better than 30% efficiency

2023-08-01T09:30:04-0700 IEEE Spectrum Charles Q. Choi 1,000 words

Rated 2023-08-01T22:04:13-0700

Social Security Fact Report: Insolvent In 2035

Every day, we voters and the government have the chance to free our children from this burden. #Social security

2023-07-31T04:00:00-0700 Forbes David John Marotta 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-31T05:42:50-0700

Elliott Smith: XO

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Elliott Smith’s big 1998 album, both a transformational landmark and a logical next step for the restless composer.

2023-07-29T21:00:00-0700 Pitchfork Jayson Greene 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-31T05:29:47-0700

Georgia’s Broad Racketeering Law May Now Ensnare Donald Trump

Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, often relies on Georgia’s capacious *RICO*{: .small} statute—though critics say that she has stretched it past the law’s intent. #2020 Election #Donald Trump #Georgia

2023-07-31T04:12:47-0700 The New Yorker Charles Bethea 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-31T05:20:26-0700

Seiichi Morimura, who exposed Japanese atrocities in WWII, dies at 90

Mr. Morimura's book about Unit 731, a secret biological warfare branch of the Imperial Army, helped force Japan to confront its wartime past.

2023-07-27T15:44:36-0700 The Washington Post Emily Langer ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-28T03:43:18-0700

The Dictator Myth That Refuses to Die

Authoritarians would have you think that they can do certain things better than their counterparts who have to deal with checks, balances, and public opinion. Don’t believe it. #United States

2023-07-26T07:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Brian Klaas ($) 200 words

Rated 2023-07-26T17:29:22-0700

An invitation to a secret society

Or: why you should be a lizard

2023-07-20T08:03:53-0700 Experimental History Adam Mastroianni 3,000 words

Rated 2023-07-20T21:37:31-0700

‘You are not lost’: the infinite attraction of paths and meandering trails

Paths are not for people who need to be first, who need to be trail-blazers, but they offer the symbolic idea that there is a way in life

2023-07-15T13:00:40-0700 The Guardian Guardian staff reporter 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-16T07:18:47-0700

Analysis | So your historical quote turned out to be fake

A Jan. 6 defendant “quoted” Thomas Jefferson to make his case. The problem: The quote, like so many that Trump and others cite, was fake.

2023-07-14T10:32:09-0700 The Washington Post Gillian Brockell ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-14T22:15:37-0700

Firing of gay Catholic school teacher could test latest Supreme Court ruling

A substitute drama teacher in North Carolina sued after being fired for marrying his partner; the school says such discrimination is allowed.

2023-07-11T07:30:12-0700 The Washington Post Rachel Weiner ($) 200 words

Rated 2023-07-12T01:19:00-0700

Is It Hot Enough Yet for Politicians to Take Real Action?

Bill McKibben writes on the recent temperature records set amid a global heat wave, on a global cascade of climate-change-related floods and disasters, and the lack of political will in Canada and the U.S. to take on the needed confrontation of oil and gas interests. #Canada #Climate Change #Global Warming #Wildfire

2023-07-11T11:18:01-0700 The New Yorker Bill McKibben 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-11T20:11:00-0700

Inside the $5.5 billion canal that will connect Paris to European waterways – and dig up the Western Front

The 66-mile Seine-Nord Europe Canal will connect with waterways capable of transporting large freight between Paris, Belgium and the Netherlands.

2023-07-11T01:50:22-0700 CNN Tom Page 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-11T04:42:40-0700

This is not a joke: Chinese people are eating — and poking fun at — #whitepeoplefood

The playful term is trending on social media: Urban workers are embracing (even while joking about) easy-to-fix, healthy Western-style lunches — think sandwiches, veggies ... a lonely baked potato.

2023-07-10T08:41:32-0700 NPR Aowen Cao, Emily Feng 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T19:39:37-0700

See what it’s like to dig a tunnel 100 feet below a city

A massive drill is digging a tunnel deep beneath Alexandria that will keep millions of gallons of raw sewage from seeping into the Potomac River.

2023-07-07T03:00:17-0700 The Washington Post Teo Armus, Hadley Green, Bill O’Leary, Ricky Carioti ... ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T19:34:54-0700

Is the puzzling star Betelgeuse going to explode in our lifetime after all?

A new unpublished study is making waves on the internet, claiming that one of the brightest stars in the night sky might die in a spectacular explosion within our lifetime.

2023-07-10T03:00:03-0700 Space Tereza Pultarova 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T04:40:22-0700

‘A deranged ploy’: how Republicans are fueling the disinformation wars

Several actions by the far right in the last month could result in a flood of conspiracy theories before the 2024 election

2023-07-10T03:00:11-0700 The Guardian Nick Robins-Early 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T04:33:54-0700

Gym, spa, beauty equipment: Leaked documents reveal hidden details of Putin's 'ghost' train

A train used by Russian President Vladimir Putin to travel away from the public eye has a secret gym, Turkish bath and cosmetology suite on board, a brochure and blueprints leaked to the Dossier Center and shared with CNN reveal. #Business #Europe #Vladimir Putin

2023-07-09T23:47:29-0700 CNN Matthew Chance, Mick Krever 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-10T04:27:58-0700

Analysis | Do blue-state taxes really subsidize red-state benefits?

In honor of our first anniversary, we turn our powers of analysis on you, the reader, to identify -- and answer! -- the question you are most eager to ask.

2023-07-07T02:54:43-0700 The Washington Post Andrew Van Dam, Linda Chong ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-07-07T04:33:59-0700

The Secret Gay History of Indie Rock

Is it truly possible to queer one of the straightest genres of music? From the closeted to the overexposed, this is a lineage of queer indie rock icons. #LGBTQ+

2023-07-05T08:58:46-0700 Pitchfork Emma Madden 4,000 words

Rated 2023-07-05T09:28:46-0700

The heat is making squirrels 'sploot' — a goofy act that signals something serious

As climate change is making extreme heat events more common, these bright-eyed and bushy-tailed critters are "splooting" to cope.

2023-06-29T12:49:22-0700 NPR Kai McNamee 1,000 words

Rated 2023-07-05T09:28:19-0700

Reclaiming Real American Patriotism

This Fourth of July, let’s rescue our love of country from those who have hijacked it. #New Hampshire #New York #West Virginia

2023-07-04T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Tom Nichols ($) 500 words

Rated 2023-07-04T09:32:34-0700

‘Any Which Way You Can’ Has More Monkey Sex Scenes Than Every Other Clint Eastwood Movie Combined

After proving that he could play a quiet tough guy like no other, Eastwood expanded his horizons and played a quiet tough guy with a pet orangutan. Right, Clyde?

2023-06-30T20:59:00-0700 IndieWire Christian Zilko 200 words

Rated 2023-06-30T22:32:14-0700

The Cancer-Drug Shortage Is Different

Fourteen crucial chemotherapies are currently in shortage. Why does this keep happening?

2023-06-26T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Ed Yong ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-06-26T17:05:16-0700

Cancer drug shortages should have patients rioting in the streets

Cisplatin and carboplatin are the backbone for lung cancer regimens because they work. And now they are largely unavailable. #Cancer

2023-06-19T01:30:26-0700 STAT Kristen Rice 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-19T06:15:33-0700

Weike Wang on Citizenship and Belonging

Deborah Treisman interviews the author Weike Wang about “Status in Flux,” her story from the June 26, 2023, issue of The New Yorker. #Fiction

2023-06-19T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Deborah Treisman 1,000 words

Rated 2023-06-19T06:02:09-0700