The Highlight Archive
Archives for July 2019

The Marriage Pact is designed to help college students find their perfect “backup plan.”

How librarians, pirates, and funders are liberating the world’s academic research from paywalls.

Critic Emily Nussbaum on the charms of modern television-watching.

Advocates say “self-managed abortions” are safe — and in the current political environment, interest is rising.

Neurophilosopher Patricia Churchland explains her theory of how we evolved a conscience.

The men were exonerated in 2002. Why did Linda Fairstein only face widespread public outcry after When They See Us retold the story?

It’s become a necessary break from the digital churn.

How much longer till we all die off? 760 years, give or take.

When these Chicagoans walked off the job in 2012, they changed the future of organizing.

More than once, the freezer tanks that secure families’ hopes have failed. Courts may fail these families too.

The 1986 Russian disaster isn’t just compelling TV. It was my life.

Is this a cure for the loneliness epidemic?