Managing the tricky art of breaking the news of a babyScratch that. It wasn’t a surprise: We chose to have a daughter over a son.
I'm a single mom. I date — but I don't date single dads."I was away for a month, home for a month," he said on our first off-the-app coffee date, recounting the end of his marriage. He was a nice guy, in good shape, and attractive.
To Close the Racial Gap in Maternal Health, Some States Take Aim at Implicit BiasBlack, Hispanic and Indigenous pregnant patients often report facing unfair treatment at hospitals and clinics.
Into the World of the Very Online DadThe first time I consciously registered a dad meme online, I was a little embarrassed by how funny I found it.
11 of the Most Unique Playgrounds in the U.S.From St. Louis’s popular City Museum to the Life on the River playground in Memphis, these innovative playgrounds are captivating for kids and adults alike.
The Ballad of Ray Suzuki: The Secret Life of Early Pitchfork and the Most Notorious Review Ever “Written”In 2006, Pitchfork panned Jet’s sophomore album not with words, but with a video of a chimp peeing in its own mouth. But who was the “author” behind the review? And what does finding that answer reveal about the early days of the publication? The mystery was hiding in plain sight.
Georgia’s Vogtle plant could herald the beginning — or end — of a new nuclear eraFew issues are as divisive among American environmentalists as nuclear energy. Concerns about nuclear waste storage and safety, particularly in the wake of the 1979 Three Mile Island reactor meltdown in Pennsylvania, helped spur the retirement of nuclear power plants across the country.
I Poured My Sweat and Tears Into My Mom’s Old House. Now My Sister-in-Law Wants to Waltz Right In.My mom was a hoarder. In her will, she left her house to be split between me and my brother. The city condemned the house and while it had great bones it needed a lot of cleanup and work. My brother and his wife rent but they have small children and zero interest in working on the house.
10 Tart Cherry Juice Health Benefits That Might Surprise YouWhen the “sleepy girl mocktail” became a viral sensation in 2023, the main ingredient—tart cherry juice—started flying off of grocery store shelves. So many people wanted to see if the drink would really give them a better night's sleep.
The Hardships and Dreams of Asian Americans Living in PovertyAsian Americans are often portrayed as economically and educationally successful. In reality, about one-in-ten Asian Americans live in poverty. Asian Americans also have the most income inequality of any major racial or ethnic group in the United States.
Why Did U.S. Planes Defend Israel but Not Ukraine?There are lessons for other nations in the events of the past few days. On April 13, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel.
How To Build A Better “Blackwell” GPU Than Nvidia DidWhile a lot of people focus on the floating point and integer processing architectures of various kinds of compute engines, we are spending more and more of our time looking at memory hierarchies and interconnect hierarchies.
A Powerful Atlanta Movie Executive Praised for His Diversity Efforts Shared Racist, Antisemitic Sentiments in TextsProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.
House Republicans Want to Ban Universal Free School LunchesOn Wednesday, the Republican Study Committee, of which some three-quarters of House Republicans are members, released its 2025 budget entitled “Fiscal Sanity to Save America.
‘How Do I Find Child Care Without Losing My Mind?’Ever since my first child needed a day-care spot, I’ve found the process of securing child care to be extremely stressful. Spots are limited in my city and every time my kids need a new care set-up — preschool, before- and after-school care, spring break and summer camps, etc.