The female game designers fighting back on abortion rights
Through video games, live-action role-playing games and interactive documentaries, developers are challenging the conversation around reproductive rights
‘I wouldn’t be the refugee, I’d be the girl who kicked ass’: how taekwondo made me
The long read: When she arrived in the US as a 10-year-old refugee, Dina Nayeri found it hard to fit in. But that all changed when she hatched a plan to get into Harvard – by becoming a taekwondo champion
Trump takes war on abortion worldwide as policy cuts off funds
Sexual health organisations warn women will die if they are forced to seek DIY abortions
‘Lunch shaming’: school district changes policy for students who owe meal debts
A controversial policy that would limit students to a simple sandwich drew widespread criticism against the Rhode Island school district
A new age guru is running for president? That’s 2019 in a nutshell
She’s Oprah Winfrey’s spiritual guide and calls herself a ‘bitch for God’. Now Marianne Williamson is chasing the 2020 Democratic nomination
UK classrooms take lessons from Sandy Hook school shooting
A bereaved American mother is bringing her emotional learning programme, downloaded in 60 countries, to British schools
What’s leading more teens to try vaping? Study finds ‘alarming’ rise
Research shows 1.3 million more teens vaped in 2018 over last year, however cigarette smoking fell to its lowest level since 1975
My nightmare before Christmas in three words: ‘health insurance renewal’
For Americans, tis the season to conduct a grim survey of booby-trapped rip-offs masquerading as insurance ‘options’, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
Mattress firm tells customers beds do not record them sleeping
Privacy policy reference to collecting audio alarmed Sleep Number’s customers
Western lifestyle may cause blood pressure to rise with age
Study of remote communities in Venezuelan rainforest sheds fresh light on hypertension