Note: this story contains mention of violence and sexual abuse. 13 long years ago, Reddit user hammeresq, or Hammer for short, made a post on the popular Ask Reddit page which he titled: “Employees of Reddit: I was just accused of ‘stealing water’. What crazy accusation has an employee or supervisor made about you?” He … Read more
Rarely have 10 words thrown out on a TV show made as powerful a ripple as Blitz actress Saoirse Ronan's on The Graham Norton Present. While fellow actors Paul Mescal, Eddie Redmayne, Denzel Washington and host Norton were laughing uproariously about whether a cell phone could be used as a weapon in self-defense, Ronan instantly … Read more
A modern form of “grave robbery” is flourishing online, experts say, as bone collectors take advantage of legal loopholes to buy and sell human remains. In Australia, where it is illegal to buy or sell human remains (although with some exceptions), people sell photographs of the remains and then add the bones as a “gift.” … Read more
It has been called vote rigging, power grabs, and just plain cleverness. But it is legal and both Republicans and Democrats do it. Gerrymandering, the process of redrawing electoral districts to favor political parties, is almost as old as the United States, yet it remains an important part of the modern political process. In this … Read more
Before the war in Gaza, the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis was a regularly functioning hospital. Patients would come in and their ailments would be handled by health-care staff. But in the last year, death has become omnipresent there, and now, funeral prayers are held almost every day in the hospital courtyard. There is … Read more
One race has dominated this year's election cycle in the United States: the battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump to win the White House. But on Nov. 5, Americans will also vote to fill other key positions outside the presidency. Many of those races will determine who controls Congress, an important lever of power. … Read more