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Vanishing Breed on US Campuses: English Majors
Vanishing From US Colleges:
Majors in English
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Mar 5, 2023 10:35 AM CST

Vanishing From US Colleges: Majors in English

'New Yorker' explores plunging enrollments in the humanities at universities

(Newser) - The headline is stark: "The End of the English Major." But after reading Nathan Heller's deep dive in the New Yorker into the state of the humanities at US colleges and universities, it doesn't seem like too much of an overstatement. Stats tell a big part...

Mandela Shrugged Off Rumors of CIA Betrayal
Mandela
Shrugged Off
Rumors of
CIA Betrayal
longform
Feb 27, 2023 10:45 AM CST

Mandela Shrugged Off Rumors of CIA Betrayal

Richard Stengel of 'Time' explores the idea that a US operative got him arrested in 1962

(Newser) - In 1962, Nelson Mandela "was South Africa's most wanted man," writes Richard Stengel in Time . The African National Congress leader had spent years underground, but in August of that year, South African police arrested him pretty easily by pulling over the car he was riding in while...

Tragedy on a Dairy Farm Is Window Into Bigger Issue

Young boy, son of immigrant worker, was killed in equipment accident in Wisconsin

(Newser) - On a summer night in 2019, 8-year-old Jefferson Rodriguez was killed on a dairy farm in Wisconsin when he was struck by a tractor-like machine used to clean up manure. That much is not in dispute. But as ProPublica reports, some of the other pertinent details are. The police report...

Homeless People Face a Worsening Health Crisis
Homeless People Face
a Scary Health Crisis
longform
Feb 26, 2023 2:40 PM CST

Homeless People Face a Scary Health Crisis

Slate: One woman's death from cancer suggests ways things can be improved

(Newser) - It's a story pegged around the confluence of some eye-opening stats: The life expectancy of homeless people is roughly 20 years less than others, and the number of people being driven to homelessness is rising in the US, writes Lori Teresa Yearwood at Slate . This might help explain why...

He Vanished in 2013. Strangers Keep Looking for Him

Jason Nark's piece is about so much more than the search for Matthew Greene

(Newser) - Jason Nark's moving and emotive story for Alpinist is about two quests: a journey through Nark's grief at his friend Anthony's September 2013 suicide, and the years-long search for Matthew Greene, who went missing while climbing in the Mammoth Lakes area of California's Eastern Sierra in...

&#39;This Is Not Medical Treatment. This Is Abuse&#39;
'This Is Not Medical
Treatment. This Is Abuse'
longform
Feb 19, 2023 5:15 PM CST

'This Is Not Medical Treatment. This Is Abuse'

ProPublica looks into allegations of improper ties between hospital, medical device company

(Newser) - The texts are not the sort you'd expect from someone watching a serious medical procedure. "Just used 12 [drug-coated balloons]!!" an employee of the world's largest medical device company, Medtronic, wrote to a colleague. "Does that mean I owe u $$," came the response....

Her Son Become a YouTube Star&mdash;Then She Lost Him
Her Son Become a
YouTube Star. She Regrets It
longform
Feb 19, 2023 2:05 PM CST

Her Son Become a YouTube Star. She Regrets It

Johna Kay Ramirez's son Jentzen is a member of the 'Squad'

(Newser) - Johna Kay Ramirez moved her kids Liana and Jentzen from Texas to Los Angeles about a decade ago. Then-13-year-old Liana's Hollywood career was gathering steam, and Jentzen, then 5, was along for the ride. Soon his own career took off, and as he entered his tween years, he started...

An Empty-Nester Saw a Facebook Post, Helped Solve a Cold Case

Bill Newton was found dead in LA in 1990

(Newser) - Bill Newton's "handsome face and bright blue eyes ... stared back at her from the dumpster," recalls since-retired LAPD Det. Wendi Berndt. The year was 1990, and Newton's head was in the Los Angeles dumpster, as were his feet—and nothing else. The investigation was exhaustive, but...

He Pulled Over Countless Drivers. He Wasn&#39;t a Cop
He Pulled Over Countless
Drivers. One Big Problem
longform
Feb 18, 2023 2:40 PM CST

He Pulled Over Countless Drivers. One Big Problem

Narratively explores the tale of 'notorious police impersonator' Jeremy Dewitte

(Newser) - The thing of it is, the business idea itself wasn't a bad one. In the early 2010s, Jeremy Dewitte launched a company called Metro State to provide escorts for funerals in Florida. But as Dylan Taylor-Lehman writes at Narratively , things got seriously out of hand. As in, Dewitte would...

In One Ukrainian Village, a Basement Became Hell
In One Ukrainian Village,
a Basement Became Hell
longform
Feb 15, 2023 11:22 AM CST

In One Ukrainian Village, a Basement Became Hell

'Time' speaks to Yahidne residents who say Russians forced 367 people into the space

(Newser) - As the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine draws ever closer, Time revisits an alleged atrocity from the war's earliest days—one that some survivors liken to having been in a concentration camp, writes Svitlana Oslavska. It occurred in the small village of Yahidne, which sits in...

A Veterinarian&#39;s Admission: &#39;This Job Breaks You&#39;
'This Job Breaks You.'
A Veterinarian Explains
longform
Feb 12, 2023 5:00 PM CST

'This Job Breaks You.' A Veterinarian Explains

Andrew Bullis details the stress and heartbreak of the job, one with a high suicide rate

(Newser) - In a wrenching account at Slate , Andrew Bullis writes that he never understood why veterinarians had such a high rate of suicide —until he became one himself. As the piece begins, he recalls the words of one his teachers: "I want to make this abundantly clear: If there’...

A Girl&#39;s Death Raises Questions About E-Bikes
A Girl's Death Raises
Questions About E-Bikes
longform
Feb 12, 2023 3:35 PM CST

A Girl's Death Raises Questions About E-Bikes

'Bicycling': In a new industry with little oversight, where does responsibility lie?

(Newser) - It's the story of a lawsuit that revolves around a tragedy. As Peter Flax recounts for Bicycling , that tragedy unfolded in January 2021, when 12-year-old Molly Steinsapir hopped aboard an e-bike piloted by a friend. As they rode downhill in their Pacific Palisades neighborhood near Los Angeles, the e-bike...

His Neck Hurt After a Climb. That Was the End of It

Mason Earle had to give up the sport due to chronic fatigue syndrome

(Newser) - "His life became an uphill struggle just to feel human again"—and Mason Earle was a particularly powerful human. As of early 2018, the then-29-year-old was considered one of the best crack climbers there was. (Crack climbing is a lot what it sounds like, rock climbing in which...

Salman Rushdie: I&#39;m Struggling With PTSD
Salman
Rushdie:
My Attacker
Is an 'Idiot'
longform
Feb 6, 2023 2:58 PM CST

Salman Rushdie: My Attacker Is an 'Idiot'

Author talks to the 'New Yorker' about his slow road to recovery, and writing

(Newser) - Nearly six months after the stabbing attack that nearly took his life, Salman Rushdie talks to New Yorker editor David Remnick about the incident and its aftermath. The prolific author reveals that he's been struggling to write—though he eschews the term "writer's block"—amid his...

Women Are Suffering Unnecessarily From Menopause
Women Are
Suffering
Unnecessarily
From Menopause
longform
Feb 5, 2023 12:30 PM CST

Women Are Suffering Unnecessarily From Menopause

'New York Times Magazine' examines why hormone treatment therapy gets a bad rap

(Newser) - The headline makes a strong assertion: "Women Have Been Misled About Menopause," it reads above a deep dive into the subject by Susan Dominus in the New York Times Magazine . Dominus draws on decades of research as well as anecdotal accounts (including from herself and her friends in...

In Search for ET, It&#39;s Time for a New Acronym: LAWDKI
To Find ET, We Probably
Need to Think Bigger
longform
Feb 5, 2023 6:44 AM CST

To Find ET, We Probably Need to Think Bigger

'Scientific American' coins LAWDKI, for 'Life As We Don't Know It'

(Newser) - It may not exactly roll off the tongue, but Scientific American has coined an acronym to describe a burgeoning field in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, LAWDKI. As in, "Life As We Don't Know It." The idea is that we humans might have to shed our human-centric...

This Reporter Followed George Santos Around for 16 Hours

Jesus Rodriguez definitely got his steps in following the beleaguered NY congressman for Politico

(Newser) - Jesus Rodriguez is dedicated to his craft—so dedicated, in fact, that the journalist recently shadowed Rep. George Santos for more than 16 hours over two days, camping outside his DC office, following him around Capitol Hill, and reporting on everything that transpired in the process. In his "day-in-the-life...

The Murder Shook a Cycling Community. His Community

Ian Dille writes an insider piece on Moriah Wilson's murder in Austin

(Newser) - We pointed Newser readers to a deep dive by the New Yorker into the May 2022 murder of cycling's Moriah Wilson just two months ago. Why read another one? Because Ian Dille has an unusual degree of access and takes readers about as close as they can get to...

They Make a Living Scamming Scammers
They Make a Living
Scamming Scammers
longform
Jan 29, 2023 8:00 AM CST

They Make a Living Scamming Scammers

'Rest of World' profiles the duo behind Trilogy Media of YouTube fame

(Newser) - In the jargon of their chosen field, Artsiom “Art” Kulik and Ashton Bingham are "scambaiters." Which means, as a profile at Rest of World explains, that the popular YouTubers make it their mission to flip the tables on workers at call centers who try to scam unsuspecting...

He's 45, Spending Millions to Have an 18-Year-Old's Organs

Go inside Bryan Johnson's wild quest

(Newser) - "He wants to have the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, tendons, teeth, skin, hair, bladder, penis, and rectum of an 18-year-old." It's just one of a number of incredible lines in Ashlee Vance's piece for Bloomberg Businessweek on Bryan Johnson, a 45-year-old software entrepreneur who is...

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