Coronavirus – the view from Mexico
While other countries are already lifting quarantine, the Mexican administration led by Andrés Manuel López Obrador has revealed its plan for the re-opening of public activity around the country....
How far will you go for the perfect body?
Warning: This article may be triggering for those with eating disorders. 45 kilograms (99 lbs) is regarded as an unhealthy weight goal for most people. Unless you’re short, forty-five kilograms...
Facing the coronavirus away from home
While all human beings are currently threatened by COVID-19, it is true to say that there is more vulnerability in certain populations. How can those who do not have food or a safe place to live stay...
How were we so unprepared for this pandemic?
I assume you must have questioned by now how our society could be so unprepared before the coronavirus pandemic. Medical science has cured countless diseases, why not COVID-19 too? Perhaps it caught...
Coronavirus heroes part nine: images and stories of unity and fun
The world is a very uncertain place at the moment. Many people have lost their lives to this virus, but many places look like they are becoming safer again. Death tolls in some countries are...
Midnight Gospel: this is your brain on podcast
Somewhere along the way, it feels like podcasts took over. There is a podcast for everything, and I do mean everything (if you don’t believe me, just google whatever obscure hobby plus the word...
Podcast Showcase: The Struggle Bus
Welcome to the next in our series of Podcast Showcases, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to The Struggle Bus. Sum up your podcast in...
It is happening again
Twin Peaks is a good show to revisit in the middle of a global public health crisis — if only because its audiovisual iconography perfectly reflects the dark, absurd time that we are living in....
Praise local, mourn global (and celebrate your neighborhood journos)
As a non-coastal-dwelling American, the need to know what’s going on in my own backyard has led me to a renewed appreciation for the importance of local journalism in all its forms - and to even...
Coronavirus heroes part eight: images and stories of unity and fun
The coronavirus pandemic is speeding along and sometimes it feels like time is standing still, while other times it flies by. Those who are quarantined are trying to make the best of their situation,...