The Highlight Archive
Archives for October 2019


A local law has meant cancer warnings adorn everything from bikinis and faux leather jackets to certain foods and, for a while, coffee.

Many religions discourage disturbing the dead — and many horror movies and macabre books are inspired by it. But exhuming bodies isn’t that uncommon.

Three years after Colin Kaepernick’s protests, the sport hasn’t changed. Neither have fans.

My Jewish wedding was the day of the Tree of Life killings. On the first anniversary, a reflection of what’s happened to our community — both our pain and our strength.

The aftermath of the Camp Fire that nearly leveled Paradise, California, the mainstreaming of homeopathy, everything you need to know about the term Latinx, and more.

A year after the Camp Fire nearly leveled Paradise, California, the money is drying up and a lawsuit rages. Can recovery efforts ever return a community to its old self?

As some lose faith in the factory-like care of conventional medicine, these curious remedies are ascendant.

For years, urban “renewal” meant wooing young professionals. Even they can’t afford to live in cities anymore.

The gender-neutral term that’s supposed to be for everyone, well, isn’t.

Don’t use it as an alarm, and other tips to break your insidious little habit.

People slipping in and out of homelessness need “safe” parking lot programs like these.

Does their advice, including attacking the shooter as a last resort, actually work?

First step: Try not to freak out.

For people who cannot deal.

Laws in many states make it a crime to have sex without disclosing your HIV status. Advocates say they may actually worsen the spread of the virus.