In South Carolina, a determination to oust Trump ORANGEBURG, S.C. — African Americans will make their first major statement about the presidential election Saturday in my native state’s Democratic primary. Here in my hometown, voters I’ve talked to are worried and conflicted — and see the stakes in November as going far beyond ideology to […]
How did companies sell ‘unmentionable’ sanitary towels? – BBC News Image copyright Alamy “I wish someone would tell me what Kotex is.” So said a bemused young American man at a dinner party in the 1920s. Nobody would, of course. Kotex was a code word – an arcane reference to something meant to be a […]
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Isolated and sequestered in their homes, Chinese citizens report anxiety and depression while on lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak As China battles the novel coronavirus, the country may have a mental health crisis on its hands caused by the disease. A Chinese Psychology Society survey found that 42.6% of Chinese citizens tested positive for having […]
A Transhumanist Runs for President February 22, 2020 4:30 AM Zoltan Istvan on The Rubin Report in October 2016. (Screengrab via YouTube) Zoltan Istvan foresees self-perfection and immortality through technology. What could possibly go wrong? E very now and then, our electoral system produces one of those quintessentially American characters who coopt the energy of […]
