- Invisible labor got a pay raise in India
. Daily Edition • December 19, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The solstice hasn’t even happened yet, but it’s already been a frigid winter in the Midwest — and Lake Michigan is proof of that. The Great Lake has begun to freeze in many places, with one drone photographer capturing (now-viral) footage of mesmerizing “ice waves” at a lighthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan. He also shared a video of that same lighthouse being transformed into an “ice monster” — check it out. Must Reads “Cautious optimism”: A pod…Read more
- North Dakota to hit nation-first milestone
Daily Edition • December 16, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is home to Wisdom, the world’s oldest-known banded bird. But the 75-year-old is just one of many (i.e., roughly 1.5 million) albatrosses living on the atoll, and now the public can get a glimpse at the thriving wildlife. The refuge is not open for visitation, so the nonprofit Friends of Midway Atoll set up a 24-hour wildlife camera on one of the atoll’s three islands to “bring the place to the people.”...
- Activists propose a new Nobel
Daily Edition • December 15, 2025 SUPPORTED BY The secondhand shopping boom has made it into the holidays, and the trend even has a catchy name: Thriftmas. In a survey from the resale platform OfferUp, 81% of shoppers said they would allocate part of their holiday budget to thrifted items. “What was once considered an option is now a preferred way to shop, especially during the holidays, as people look for meaningful, high-quality gifts at fair prices, often right within their own...
- See inside historical figures’ homes
Sunday Edition • December 14, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Winter can seem dark and dreary wherever you live, but for those above the Arctic Circle, the season is quite literally marked by little to no daylight. So experts in Nordic countries are well-versed in helping residents beat the winter blues. “It’s not like it’s a fate, an annual or a seasonal fate, and you cannot do anything about it,” Christian Benedict, a pharmacology professor at Uppsala University in Sweden, told the Associated Press....