Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

How routine police stops are becoming viral social media fodder

If you’re arrested in America for a minor charge — say, for speeding or loitering — the punishment from the legal system might end up being the least of your worries. You might wake up a few months later and see your arrest, filmed through a police body camera, with a million views on TikTok […]

8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving

Today, tens of millions of Americans will partake in a national ritual many of us say we don’t especially enjoy or find meaning in. We will collectively eat more than 40 million turkeys — factory farmed and heavily engineered animals that bear scant resemblance to the wild birds that have been apocryphally written into the […]

How to avoid the dreaded Thanksgiving food coma

When it comes to the holidays, we all have different traditions. But there does seem to be one commonality when it comes to Thanksgiving: feeling absolutely terrible after working your way through the turkey and all those sides.  It’s a state that Dr. Trisha Pasricha is familiar with. She’s a gastroenterologist, and she runs a […]

The National Guard shooting in DC, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Two National Guard members were shot in downtown Washington, DC, near the White House on Wednesday afternoon. What do we know? This is a breaking news story, […]

Is there any peace deal that Putin would accept?

The 28-point peace plan is now a 19-point peace plan.  President Donald Trump says the plan for ending Russia’s war in Ukraine that was presented to Kyiv last week, and was so heavily tilted toward Russia’s demands that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it “one of most difficult moments in our history,” has been “fine-tuned” after […]