Your weekend must reads🗞️
👋Good morning, and happy Saturday! I'm John Riley, editor of The Short List weekend edition, where we look back at some of the best stories from Paste BN. The forecast this weekend is for better fall weather - and some really great reads!
But first: Saturday's Powerball jackpot is up to an incredible $1.4 billion. Are you feeling lucky?
Type 2 diabetes: Why is a preventable problem getting worse?
⚕️Type 2 diabetes, in which the body can’t properly regulate blood sugar, has become so common it’s almost considered inconsequential. More than 1 in 10 Americans have the disease (though many don't know it) and another nearly 4 in 10 are at risk for it. What's causing this explosion? In a five-part series, Paste BN explores why Type 2 diabetes continues to worsen despite known solutions.
- The diabetes dilemma: We can prevent Type 2 diabetes. Why aren't we doing it?
- A broken system: In rural Mississippi, locals are growing their own solutions
- Diabetes disparity: Why Colorado's healthy lifestyle brand isn't shared by all
- The steep cost of Type 2: When diabetes dragged her down, she chose to fight
- Focus on solutions: New technology, education making a difference
'You will get through this': Monica Lewinsky becomes voice for anti-bullying
🟣Monica Lewinsky keeps a photo of herself around her house. She's a girl of 5 with a pink bow that matches her dress. It's a constant reminder to be kind to herself: She is still that girl. After devoting many of the past eight years to antibullying campaigns, she is now coming after our biggest bully: Our own voices in our heads. Read more
What's behind the national surge in book bans?
📖Book-ban requests are surging across the USA, and one website is driving many of the complaints, a Paste BN analysis finds. In less than two years, BookLooks.org has become the go-to resource for anyone seeking to ban books – especially books about gay people or sexuality. Read more
⬇️Don't stop now: There are more great reads below. See you next week!