- The rise of adult gap years
Daily Edition • February 23, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Feeling lost when you overhear conversations between your Gen Alpha grandkids? Forced to nod along as your Gen Z coworker uses a term you’ve never heard? Green’s Dictionary of Slang is here to help. Covering “500 years of the vulgar tongue,” the largest dictionary of English-language slang is newly free to read in its entirety online. Now you can yap along with the best of ’em. Must Reads Meet Punch: a baby monkey in Japan who’s touching hearts…Read more
- World’s rarest primate makes a comeback
Daily Edition • February 18, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Jesse Jackson, the reverend, civil rights champion, and protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., died yesterday at age 84. There are many lessons to be learned from Jackson’s life and legacy — too many to name — but chief among them are his pleas to “keep hope alive” and his work to unite the poor and marginalized under one “rainbow coalition.” Watch a clip from a 1984 speech in which he compared America to a quilt with “many patches … woven and held...
- New, improved Amtrak trains are coming
Daily Edition • February 17, 2026 SUPPORTED BY For a short month, February is absolutely stacked with occasions. Between Valentine’s Day, Presidents Day, Mardi Gras, and Lunar New Year, we can hardly keep up. But today’s holiday is one we’d never forget: Random Acts of Kindness Day. We challenge you to go forth today and extend as many acts of kindness as you can, whether it’s simply smiling at a stranger or signing up to volunteer. Here are some more ideas. Must Reads Developing your...
- Where art meets engineering
. Daily Edition • February 16, 2026 SUPPORTED BY Today is Presidents Day (also known as Washington’s Birthday, though the founding father was actually born Feb. 22). In addition to hopefully enjoying a day off of work for the federal holiday, take this opportunity to learn more about U.S. history by reading a roundup of surprising facts about every U.S. president. Who knew Martin Van Buren’s first language was Dutch? Must Reads Think you want to exercise like an Olympian? Read this first...