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Life Archive

Archives for May 2024

Even Better
How to care for people in your life with intellectual disabilitiesHow to care for people in your life with intellectual disabilities
Even Better

A practical guide to navigating a fractured support system.

By Keren Landman, MD
Culture
Leaked video reveals the lie of Miss Universe’s empowerment promiseLeaked video reveals the lie of Miss Universe’s empowerment promise
Culture

“The trans women, the women with husbands, divorced women ... They can compete but they cannot win.”

By Constance Grady
Even Better
You really should say something if you hate your friend’s partnerYou really should say something if you hate your friend’s partner
Even Better

All is not lost if they are dating a complete loser.

By Allie Volpe
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s new voting rights decision is a love letter to gerrymanderingThe Supreme Court’s new voting rights decision is a love letter to gerrymandering
Supreme Court

Thanks to an opinion by Sam Alito, rigged maps now enjoy the Supreme Court’s unambiguous support.

By Ian Millhiser
Dopamine, explained
Future Perfect

Dopamine detoxing, hacking, and fasting: Is any of it real?

By Celia Ford
Policy
Rent control for child care?Rent control for child care?
Policy

Lawmakers in Minnesota want to cap out-of-pocket child care costs.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Video
How screens actually affect your sleepHow screens actually affect your sleep
Play
Video

It’s about more than just the blue light.

By Edward Vega
Even Better
Why are whole-body deodorants suddenly everywhere?Why are whole-body deodorants suddenly everywhere?
Even Better

Maybe you actually smell fine.

By Keren Landman, MD
The Gray Area
The known unknowns about Ozempic, explainedThe known unknowns about Ozempic, explained
Podcast
The Gray Area

Ozempic has become hugely popular. Researchers are racing to learn more about what it does to us.

By Sean Illing
Public Health
Why do Americans keep drinking raw milk?Why do Americans keep drinking raw milk?
Public Health

With bird flu affecting multiple dairy farms, unpasteurized products are more dangerous than ever — but some people are reluctant to heed government guidance.

By Keren Landman, MD
Video
Why can’t prices just stay the same?Why can’t prices just stay the same?
Play
Video

If high inflation hurts just about everyone, why can’t we have no inflation?

By Marie Cascione and Coleman Lowndes
Today, Explained newsletter
What the Methodist split tells us about AmericaWhat the Methodist split tells us about America
Today, Explained newsletter

A separation of church and church.

By Laura Bullard
Child Care
The child care cliff that wasn’tThe child care cliff that wasn’t
Child Care

We don’t need apocalyptic economic predictions to advocate for better family policy.

By Rachel Cohen Booth
Supreme Court
The messy SCOTUS drama about Black voters in Louisiana, explainedThe messy SCOTUS drama about Black voters in Louisiana, explained
Supreme Court

Multiple federal courts are fighting over Louisiana’s illegal racial gerrymander.

By Ian Millhiser
How to fight without ruining a relationship
Even Better

You can have healthy disagreements with the people in your life.

By Allie Volpe