I Officiated A Zoom Funeral. Here’s What I Didn’t Expect.

(Photo: Toltemara via Getty Images) I have officiated at funerals for 16 years in my community of West Bloomfield, Michigan. As a busy working mother, I am loving and patient,…

‘I didn’t know I’d lose money so fast’

Stuck at home without a job during the pandemic, Kelly Mills initially turned to video games for escape. Then she decided to try her hand at a real world game:…

Everything Jeffree Star didn’t address in his 10-minute ‘apology’ video

Jeffree Star broke his silence over the weekend. Jeffree Star / YouTube Jeffree Star released a 10-minute YouTube video on Saturday called “Doing What’s Right,” where he vaguely apologized to…

‘Didn’t even know where to begin’

MILWAUKEE – For Hannah Arbuckle, a summer internship focused on helping people cultivate wild foods at a Wisconsin reservation was an opportunity to help the tribe she belongs to. It was also the University of Wisconsin-Madison senior’s chance…

A Black teen didn’t do her online schoolwork during the pandemic. A judge sent her to juvenile detention.

juvenile detention Getty This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one…

Scrabble tournaments may soon ban slurs, because they didn’t before

Scrabble tournaments may soon ban slurs, because they didn’t before In the latest instance of an organisation finally acknowledging racism is a thing they should maybe do something about, the…