The harmful legacy of colonial beauty standards: Skin-lightening products and cancer risks for African women.
A 65-year-old woman from Togo died two months after being hospitalized, and her doctors believe her decades-long use of skin-lightening…
Year: 2025
I spent much of my childhood in hospitals. When I turned 19, I finally understood I had an incurable illness.
At 19, Yvonne Hughes attended the funeral of a friend with cystic fibrosis when the reality hit her: “Oh shit,…
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 review: Stylish and fun, but not a major upgrade
Samsung’s seventh-generation Flip phone refines the design with a larger outer cover screen and bigger folding display inside, while keeping…
Superhero movies are back in the spotlight—but can DC and Marvel learn from past missteps?
It seems the saying might be true—superheroes don’t face the same life-or-death stakes as real life. The past few years…
I went to test the law used to ban Palestine Action. Would I also face arrest? | George Monbiot
I packed a toothbrush, books, and a notepad in a small backpack, grabbed my laptop from home and hid it,…
The New York shooter blamed CTE. I’ve experienced that pain firsthand, and I know silence can be fatal. – RK Russell
This week, four people were killed in a Manhattan office building—a place I know well—shot by a man armed with…
A crowd burns an effigy of refugees – this is where Europe’s harsh border control obsession has taken us | Maurice Stierl
The disturbing scene of a refugee effigy being burned on a boat while a hostile crowd cheered in Moygashel, Northern…
The moment that changed me: Three decades after my pop career faded, I finally found the courage to sing again.
It was 1996, and I found myself in a Tokyo nightclub at 26, having lived and worked in Japan for…
Trump claims Epstein “took” Virginia Giuffre from her job at Mar-a-Lago.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump claimed that Jeffrey Epstein—the convicted sex offender he associated with for over a decade—”stole” Virginia Giuffre…