Newsweek US
Beware the 'New Google'
TikTok's search engine pumps toxic misinformation to its young users
6 min |
October 21, 2022
Newsweek US
Is Generation Covid Screwed?
Teens coming of age since the pandemic are shunning college in record numbers. The consequences for themand the country-could be dire
10+ min |
October 07, 2022
Reader's Digest US
"We Caught Our Stalker"
For five years, he filled their days with dread, their nights with fear. Then they fought back.
10+ min |
October 2022
Reason magazine
Finance for Teens
Our homeschooling family didn’t sign up for this class, but there’s lots to learn from economic turmoil.
3 min |
November 2022
Bloomberg Businessweek US
A Trial for Tesla's Autopilot
A lawsuit over a fatal crash says the EV maker exaggerates its automated driving capabilities
6 min |
September 19, 2022
New York magazine
Voyage of the Gross
Even though every other option is better most of New York's trash still goes into a hole in the ground
10+ min |
September 12 - 26, 2022
AppleMagazine
Debate Intensifies on How Much Trail Access to Give E-bikes
The sun was almost setting when 14-year-old Daniel Giffin crossed the finish line on his electric mountain bike last August, nearly the last in the pack of thousands of cyclists riding across the state of Iowa in the stifling late-summer heat.
10+ min |
September 09, 2022
Heartfulness eMagazine
Art Therapy for Human Suffering
Guila Clara Kessous, UNESCO Artist for Peace and art therapist, uses drama therapy to help people "let go" of their suffering through a cathartic process. It is a way for people in Rwanda, Bangladesh, Congo, and Afghanistan to find solace. Guila paints the portrait of four people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who she accompanied to their respective countries. She has also designed a course on "Theatre and Humans Rights" that is taught at Harvard University.
7 min |
September 2022
Fiddler Magazine
Instrument Maker James Morris: Where History and Creativity Meet
I first came upon James (Jim) Morris' musical creations on the Facebook group Fiddle Tune Video Library.
3 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
Murray Kuun: Non-traditional Violin Maker
Murray Kuun is a woodworker and luthier living in South Africa, where he builds violins and other instruments. In a recent interview, he told us about his path to becoming a maker of instruments with innovative designs.
2 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
Glen Harrell - Turn up the Volume
In just a little over 10 years since its formation, Volume Five has become one of the most popular bluegrass bands in the industry. The reason is obvious: distinctive, strong vocals, quality instrumentation, well-chosen bluegrass and gospel songs in its repertoire, and a dedicated leader of the band.
5 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
Ingredients of Fiddle Tunes
After several years of teaching and playing at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Washington, Marc Savoy, accordion maker and player, said he did not want to return.
6 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
Tunesmiths
A Favorite Tune and its Mysterious Title
7 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
Bluegrass Fiddling
Mac Magaha-Nashville's Dancing Fiddler
1 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
Isle of Birds
Scottish Fiddling with Pete Clark
4 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
John Preston: Making Living Trees into Singing Instruments
Every great chef knows the excellence of their dish depends on the quality of their ingredients. The same is true for the builder of instruments.
5 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
The Intrepid Fiddler
Busking in the Digital Age
5 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
Jody's Column
"Broken Down Gambler" as played by The Skillet Lickers
3 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
Violin Maker's Corner
Fundamental Friction Facts for Fiddler Folks
5 min |
Fall 2022
Fiddler Magazine
On Improvisation
In this On Improvisation column, we'll be discussing Mr. (or Ms.) Pinky, as he (or she) is known to his (or her) friends.
4 min |
Fall 2022
Bloomberg Businessweek US
Tracking Periods Without Being Tracked
The group behind the nonprofit app Drip says it offers greater privacy than commercial rivals
3 min |
September 05 - 12, 2022 (Double Issue)
Techlife News
‘I Didn't Really Learn Anything': Covid Grads Face College
Angel Hope looked at the math test and felt lost. He had just graduated near the top of his high school class, winning scholarships from prestigious colleges. But on this test — a University of Wisconsin exam that measures what new students learned in high school — all he could do was guess.
5 min |
August 13, 2022
Reason magazine
You Can't Stop Pirate Libraries
Where there's demand for books, the Internet will supply them.
7 min |
August - September 2022
Reason magazine
The Dangerous Lesson of Book Bans in Public School Libraries
An obscure Supreme Court case provides a roadmap through the curricular culture war.
10+ min |
August - September 2022
Mother Jones
Debtors' Vision
How a group of Occupiers pushed Biden to embrace student debt relief
6 min |
July/August 2022
Reason magazine
Kids Can Learn Without Instruction
Don’t show this to your kids, because they might cry. But guess how much time children in “traditional societies”— indigenous groups pretty much off the grid—spend in direct instruction, the way American kids do in school?
3 min |
July 2022
Good House Keeping - US
The Magic of Children's Gardens
Exposure to nature helps kids learn important lessons they'll carry with them as they grow.
4 min |
May 2022
Esquire
Cold War Kids
For two weeks in 1962, at recess, we would all look up at the sky. We're looking at the sky again.
5 min |
April - May 2022
PC Magazine
10 Common Career Tips That Might Be Wrong for You
Advice about the working world can seem helpful, but following it may not help your career flourish.!
6 min |
April 2022
True West
The End of an Era
Texans drove their last great herds north in the 1880s.
3 min |