DECEMBER 19, 2023

Full News Archive

• Headline: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Bold Broadway Debut. Impact: The play's critique of inherited hatred inspired a chain reaction of therapy sessions across America, as families realized they might need to unpack more than just their grandparents’ old furniture.. Fact: The playwright, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, is so good at tackling uncomfortable truths that Broadway might as well set up a therapy booth in the lobby..
• Headline: Impact of Uganda's Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law. Impact: As Uganda’s economy faltered, an underground market for rainbows emerged, creating a bizarre black market where people traded glitter for hope.. Fact: The Anti-Homosexuality Act is so unpopular that even the economy is trying to distance itself from it, like a bad Tinder date..
• Headline: Cancer Drug Shortage Crisis Explained. Impact: The shortage of cancer drugs led to a nationwide search for alternative treatments, resulting in a bizarre trend of people trying to cure cancer with yoga and crystals.. Fact: Ironically, the shortage is so severe that some patients are considering going into the pharmaceutical business themselves, because who wouldn’t want to be a drug lord?.
• Headline: New Hope — and an Old Hurdle — for a Terrible Disease With Terrible Treatments. Impact: The struggle for better treatments in developing countries led to an unexpected rise in global empathy, momentarily causing people to put down their smartphones and actually care about something.. Fact: Researchers in developing countries often have to work harder than a contestant on a reality show just to gain attention for their efforts—because who needs fairness when you have ratings?.
• Headline: Poll Finds Wide Disapproval of Biden on Gaza, and Little Room to Shift Gears. Impact: As Biden's approval ratings plummeted, political analysts discovered that the divide between generations might actually be a time warp created by social media algorithms.. Fact: Polls show that the only thing more divided than public opinion on Gaza is the average family's dinner table conversation—pass the mashed potatoes and let's avoid this topic, shall we?.