Apple vs. Facebook
Recently, Apple released a seemingly innocuous software update: a new privacy feature that would explicitly ask iPhone users whether an app should be allowed to track them across other apps…
MURDERED: Rosie Tapia
A little girl vanishes from her bedroom in the middle of the night only to be found brutally murdered, forcing her community to recognize that the worst really IS possible.If…
Rural Tennessee’s Vaccine Hesitators
Vaccine hesitancy is a major reason that many experts now fear the United States will struggle to attain herd immunity against the coronavirus.And while many initially hesitant demographics have become…
From The Sunday Read Archive: ‘The Accusation’
In this episode of The Sunday Read, we revisit a story from our archives.When the university told one woman about the sexual-harassment complaints against her wife, they knew they weren’t…
Why Herd Immunity Is Slipping Away
From the earliest days of the pandemic, herd immunity has consistently factored into conversations about how countries can find their way out of lockdowns and restrictions.Now, many experts believe that…
A Major Ruling From Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’
Was Facebook right to indefinitely bar former President Donald J. Trump from the platform after the Capitol riot?The company’s oversight board, which rules on some of the thorniest speech decisions…
A Shrinking Society in Japan
Japan is the “grayest” nation in the world. Close to 30 percent of the population is over 65. The reason is its low birthrate, which has caused the population to…
A Population Slowdown in the U.S.
The latest census revealed that the United States had seen the second-slowest decade of population growth since 1790, when the count began.The country may be entering an era of substantially…
MISSING: Diane Louise Augat
A woman leaves her sister’s home one April day in 1998 and never returns. But she doesn’t vanish into thin air, because over the next several years, there are sightings,…
A Vast Web of Vengeance, Part 2
Inside the world of complaint sites and what can be done about the “the bathroom wall of the internet.”Sign up here to get The Daily in your inbox each morning.…