The Highlight Archive
Archives for July 2019
Ranked choice voting could be the future of elections in America.
The loss of an infant at birth is devastating. Why is it also so costly?
Linguist Gretchen McCulloch says Twitter banter and text-speak are signs of an evolving language — and that’s good.
Feeding animals can seem helpful. But it does more harm than good.
Legally changing my name was an emotional day. The best part was sharing it with strangers.
But with large-scale experiments, scientists around the world are determined to find out.
A face-perfecting app only widens the gap between our digital and real selves.
Are rising costs of care, and readily available credit, leading pet owners into vet debt?
An extreme diet fad, falling into pet debt, and more.
The city adopted a $15 minimum wage four years ago. Here’s what happened.
It’s shrewd, aspirational marketing — not just hot weather — that gave rise to rosé, Aperol spritzes and hard seltzer.
Partners and family members feel the loss too.
As technology ratchets up the stress, low-wage jobs have become some of the hardest in America.
What 50-year-old dirty diapers can teach us about the potential origins of life on Earth.
An excerpt from Last Witnesses, an oral history of World War II in Russia.