December 1, 2015
- New cases of diabetes in the US decline—we either reversed course or simply peaked.
- Why black Americans with diabetes are more likely to receive amputations than white patients.
- Shopping as a black woman at a gun show in rural Indiana.
- In-state college football rivalries are class warfare, because America will find a way.
- Peace Corps volunteers who are sexually assaulted are usually first ignored, then blamed by Peace Corps officials.
- ICE cancels plan—criticized as too small-scale—to house two dozen trans woman detainees alongside other female detainees.
- Trans women face disproportionate risks when kept with men in immigration detention centers.
- Illinois sues former prisoners for the cost of their room and board.
- Profile of Mikhail Koptev, an erotic gay artist in war-torn Eastern Ukraine.
- How ISIS gets its arms.
- Bananas are going extinct—again—and the cloned variety we devour today can't evolve to survive.
- Canadian runner signs with Brooks to become the first pro-sponsored beer-miler.
- If you were thinking of giving or receiving a Rooster shirt for the holidays, you can do that here.
- Today's video: When you're not doing anything meaningful, why do it yourself?