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Western med student helps Tanzanian kids
The first thing you notice about Supriya Singh is that she’s already smiling at you. The second thing you notice is that you’re answering her conversational “how’s it going” seriously … and that she’s actually listening. Such a genuine introduction is not exactly surprising, considering that Supriya spends her limited free time doing what she…
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They play video games so you don’t have to
An NYPD detective chases his mark through a parking garage, exchanging fire with henchmen hired by B.B. Hensley, the man who killed the detective’s family. About to turn a corner, he stops and takes cover. A van with two mounted machine guns fires wildly at him. A car honks its horn as it passes between…
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The future is now: Online spying tracks us all
In the mid-20th century, George Orwell imagined a future where the government monitored everyone’s every move and every thought using what he called a telescreen. It was an omnipresent television-like device that not only monitored everyone at all times but also broadcast government propaganda. Telescreens, as Orwell imagined them, do not exist. At least, not…
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Yelling Tinder: Dating in the 21st century
Cassie Ferguson is new to the game. Her tightly-cropped hair is freshly dyed, the tip spikes upward — like the stud bracelets circling her wrists — into a faux-hawk and is tinged with a red streak. Everything about her points to a challenge, and her Tinder profile is no different. With one arm planted on…