They both release and attract toxic chemicals, and appear everywhere from human placentas to chasms thirty-six thousand feet beneath the sea. Will we ever be rid of them? Annual production of plastic exceeds eight hundred billion pounds; much of it ends up as microplastics, spreading across the ocean.Illustration by Daniel Liévano Listen to this story Read More…
For one writer, the death of a long-distance friend results in very real grief — but also leads to deep reflection on how we define and nurture our friendships in the 21st century. By Lynn GilmourPublished: “We are futuristic pen pals.” I’m looking at the text Gav sent me two months after we met in Read More…
Jewelers sent out an alarm earlier this month that people are not buying engagement rings. Sales at Signet, the U.S. jewelry giant that owns Zales, Kay, Jared, and Diamonds Direct, were down almost 10% compared to this time last year. De Beers, the biggest diamond seller in the world, says sales of rough diamonds, the Read More…
Nationwide — Shonae Jones, a successful dropshipper and the young CEO of The Fempreneur Agency, is empowering a new generation of women entrepreneurs with her inspiring story of how she turned a $100 investment into 200K in less than a year Like many individuals, 34-year-old Shonae felt trapped in a job that she didn’t like Read More…
Is Everyone Mental- how to stop Black gun crime—and White gun crime, too by Michael Coard The only way to stop young Black men from shooting each other and young White men from shooting up schools and stores and churches and everyplace else is to take away their guns. In fact, the only way to Read More…
By Carmen Ribecca AND Nicki Swift/Updated: We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For a brief moment in 2011, Ted Williams captivated America as “The Man With the Golden Voice.” After a video featuring the once-homeless man’s smooth, radio-friendly voice quickly went viral online, people just couldn’t get enough of him. Williams Read More…
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