The best Dell XPS 13 cases and covers
As great as the Dell XPS 13 is, it’s not invulnerable to knocks and scratches. Here are the best Dell XPS 13 cases to keep your...
Daily Archive: June 5, 2021
Are We Waiting for Everyone to Get Hacked?
It’s been almost a decade since Leon Panetta, then the secretary of defense, warned of an impending “Cyber Pearl Harbor.” He didn’t want to be right.
‘Hero rat’ Magawa retires after five years spent sniffing out landmines in Cambodia
Magawa the “hero rat,” whose work sniffing out landmines in Cambodia won him a medal for life-saving bravery, is retiring after a distinguished five-year career.
Arthur Staats Dies at 97; Called ‘Time Out’ for Unruly Kids
A behavioral psychologist, he advised that it was more productive to briefly isolate a misbehaving child than to spank or yell. Thus a household phrase was...
In rural India, fear of testing and vaccines hampers COVID-19 fight
When health worker Neelam Kumari knocks on doors in Indian villages the occupants sometimes run out the back, terrified that she wants to vaccinate them against...
Four decades of AIDS
Forty years ago this month the first men began dying of a mysterious disease in California that would later be identified as AIDS.
LGBTQ people are calling out disingenuous Pride merchandise
Every year, on the first breath of summer, Pride collections emerge like a horde of brightly-colored locusts. They blanket every storefront and Instagram feed in June,...
After Lavish Nights of Clubbing in Bangkok, a Covid Outbreak
Thailand went for months without a single confirmed case of local transmission, but the epidemic has now radiated from nightclubs to areas where social distancing is...
Pandemic or Not, Proms Are Back
Four California high schools. Four Covid-influenced proms. The more rituals of growing up change, the more they stay the same.
Federal Unemployment Aid Is Now a Political Lightning Rod
Republican-led states are cutting off relief months ahead of schedule, citing openings aplenty. Some jobless workers face hardships and tough choices.
