Opinion | Is the Cure to Male Loneliness Out on the Pickleball Court?
The more I learn about the epidemic of male loneliness, the more I’m convinced that America needs to send its men out to play: fishing, golfing, hiking, biking, bow hunting…
The Covid Pandemic Was Devastating. But Was it Trauma? | naked capitalism
By Clayton Dalton, a writer in New Mexico, where he works as an emergency physician. Originally published at Undark. When President Biden said last fall that “the pandemic is over,”…
What We Know About How a U.S. Soldier Ended Up in North Korea
The world was shocked on Tuesday when a United States soldier willfully and illegally crossed the inter-Korean border during a group tour of the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, becoming the…
A Looming Indictment
With a third indictment of Donald Trump now seeming quite likely — this one involving his attempts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election — today’s newsletter will…
Where the Sheriff Is King, These Women Say He Coerced Them Into Sex
In 2012, three months after Eddie Scott became sheriff of Clay County, Miss., a claim by a woman he had helped put behind bars threatened to tarnish his earliest days…
Working 9 to 5, Hopefully
SCRATCH “In college I was looking forward to becoming an adult, and now I’m here and it’s horrible.” Seventeen 2023 graduates show and tell us how they feel about entering…
In Florida, Swimmers Brave an Ocean That Feels Like Steamy Syrup
The water temperature near Key Biscayne, a barrier island just east of Miami, had already passed 89 degrees one morning this week. And though the ocean off South Florida was…
‘Training My Replacement’: Inside a Call Center Worker’s Battle With A.I.
“This A.I. stuff is getting really crazy.” The voices of Charlamagne tha God, host of the nationally syndicated radio show “The Breakfast Club,” and his guests Mandii B and WeezyWTF…
The Sandwich Southerners Wait for All Year
There’s debate about whether the bread needs to be toasted. Most Southerners, like Mary, would say no: That soft texture is central to the traditional tomato-sandwich experience. But Jason Skrobar,…
Third Verse, Same as the First: Republicans Shrug at Latest Trump Case
The indictments of Donald J. Trump — past and pending — are becoming the background music of the 2024 presidential campaign: always there, shaping the mood, yet not fully the…