BIZARRE: 18 | Mind Blowing Facts

Far-right Republicans’ latest target? No-fault divorce

If a certain subsection of Republicans get their way, obtaining a divorce in the US might soon become a lot more difficult

The Guardian - US · Jun 15, 2024

Consider the plight of that poor oppressed majority: heterosexuals

A bar in Idaho has gone viral for launching a Heterosexual Awesomeness Month. Unfortunately, it’s a familiar wheeze

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024

I tried to solve a murder – and almost had a nervous breakdown

My true crime obsession led me to spend countless hours and thousands of dollars investigating a missing persons case. I didn’t crack it. But I nearly cracked under the pressure, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

Where is Joe Biden’s fury about decapitated Palestinian babies?

Politicians parroted untrue rumors that Hamas had beheaded Israeli babies. When the children are Palestinian, they shrug

The Guardian - US · May 30, 2024

Should we follow Lily Allen – and let our partner control our smartphone?

Allen’s husband decides the apps she is allowed to use and she decides his. It’s one of many approaches people are taking to try to ditch social media and unbreak their brains, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024

Lady Gaga performed on stage with Covid. Did we learn nothing from the pandemic?

The revelation that the popstar was ill during five shows has led to many celebrating her work ethic. It’s yet more evidence that our dangerous, damaging hustle culture is here to stay, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2024

Louisiana descends into dystopia with historic law on abortion pills

The state wasn’t the best place to get pregnant in the first place, with some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the US

The Guardian - US · May 25, 2024

‘Stress and failure’: Matthew Barney on his film about the sports accident that traumatised America

The superstar of the avant garde has revisited a notorious football tackle that left one player paralysed. He talks about violence, ageing and how the US empire is in decline

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024

Why is New York University making protesters watch The Simpsons as punishment?

In what a professor calls an ‘intellectual embarrassment’, the school is requiring students to complete a bizarre training

The Guardian - US · May 22, 2024

Ivanka Trump looks like the comeback kid – and we should all be afraid

The closer Ivanka Trump is to her father, the closer Donald Trump is to the White House. And lately, the former first daughter seems to be testing the political waters, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024