Compound Observer

The struggle to make health apps truly private

Published 2021-07-12 11:20:00 UTC

3 rules for when schools should keep masks

Published 2021-07-13 07:30:00 UTC

Shein, the Chinese fast fashion giant, explained

Published 2021-07-13 08:30:00 UTC

How should an influencer sound?

Published 2021-07-13 09:00:00 UTC

The GOP voting bill that literally caused Texas Democrats to flee the state, explained

Published 2021-07-13 10:10:00 UTC

Trump has found his January 6 martyr

Published 2021-07-13 11:20:00 UTC

Ask a book critic: What’s a good summer read with a Wonder Years feel?

Published 2021-07-13 12:30:00 UTC

For women, remote work is a blessing and a curse

Published 2021-07-13 13:30:00 UTC

The five-day workweek is dead

Published 2021-07-13 15:00:00 UTC

The great American cool

Published 2021-07-14 09:00:00 UTC

One Good Thing: An incredible true crime book about the problems with true crime books

Published 2021-07-14 09:30:00 UTC

Few immigrants in detention have been vaccinated. That needs to change.

Published 2021-07-14 11:30:00 UTC

Haitian civil society leaders have a plan for the country’s future. It doesn’t involve the US.

Published 2021-07-14 13:40:00 UTC

Biden’s Cuba policy is suddenly in the spotlight

Published 2021-07-14 16:10:00 UTC

Racist trolls attacked England’s soccer team. Fans fought back.

Published 2021-07-14 17:15:00 UTC

Making sense of the recent Covid-19 spike

Published 2021-07-15 08:00:00 UTC

Facebook wants creators, but YouTube is paying creators much, much more

Published 2021-07-15 07:00:00 UTC

Here’s where dangerous ticks are spreading across the US — and what to do about them

Published 2021-07-15 09:00:00 UTC

Is shilling for brands is a necessary evil?

Published 2021-07-15 10:00:00 UTC

From Macy’s to Ace Hardware, facial recognition is already everywhere

Published 2021-07-15 10:40:00 UTC

Artists laid the foundation for Cuba’s protests. An economy in free fall and the pandemic ignited it.

Published 2021-07-15 11:10:00 UTC

What we’ve learned about Britney Spears’s conservatorship case changes everything

Published 2021-07-15 12:11:05 UTC

America’s monopoly problem stretches far beyond Big Tech

Published 2021-07-15 12:40:00 UTC

Q&A: Senior Correspondent Dylan Matthews on Covering the Child Tax Credit

Published 2021-07-15 13:24:14 UTC

Why America’s story requires revision

Published 2021-07-15 13:40:00 UTC

Tennessee has one of the lowest vax rates. Republicans are working to keep it that way.

Published 2021-07-15 15:00:00 UTC

Keep an eye on breakthrough Covid-19 cases. But don’t freak out.

Published 2021-07-15 15:40:00 UTC

The surgeon general wants Facebook to do more to stop Covid-19 lies

Published 2021-07-15 20:00:08 UTC

The wellness world’s conspiracy problem is linked to Orientalism

Published 2021-07-16 09:00:00 UTC

The new Space Jam is apocalyptic horror

Published 2021-07-16 10:20:00 UTC

The US is bracing for a potential Haitian migrant crisis. Biden needs to step up.

Published 2021-07-16 10:30:00 UTC

The new Anthony Bourdain doc grapples with the beloved chef’s legacy

Published 2021-07-16 11:00:00 UTC

How climate change fueled the devastating floods in Germany and northwest Europe

Published 2021-07-16 18:00:00 UTC

Most Americans like remote work — but Democrats like it more

Published 2021-07-17 09:00:00 UTC

The next voting rights battleground is Michigan

Published 2021-07-17 12:00:00 UTC

A federal judge just declared DACA unlawful. Here’s what that means.

Published 2021-07-17 15:52:46 UTC

The US steps up efforts to save Afghan allies amid Taliban offensive

Published 2021-07-18 17:00:00 UTC

Gen Z doesn’t know a world without fast fashion

Published 2021-07-19 08:00:00 UTC

The harrowing new reality for Alzheimer’s patients

Published 2021-07-19 08:30:00 UTC

Why Nicolas Cage endures

Published 2021-07-19 10:00:00 UTC

The Child Tax Credit is blowing up on TikTok. That should tell lawmakers something.

Published 2021-07-19 11:00:00 UTC

Internal Apple letter shows employees are still fighting to work from home

Published 2021-07-19 12:36:49 UTC

What is CNN+ and why would you pay for it?

Published 2021-07-19 14:50:00 UTC

Don’t assume your iPhone is safe from hackers

Published 2021-07-19 17:00:00 UTC

From Macy’s to Albertsons, facial recognition is already everywhere

Published 2021-07-19 18:45:17 UTC

Welcome to the age of billionaire joy rides to space

Published 2021-07-20 07:00:00 UTC

Why we love drugs

Published 2021-07-20 08:00:00 UTC

Why a new law requiring Asian American history in schools is so significant

Published 2021-07-20 08:30:00 UTC

Hot girl culture is whatever you want it to be

Published 2021-07-20 09:00:00 UTC

The latest trend in jewelry is summer camp chic

Published 2021-07-20 09:30:00 UTC

Miscarriage comes out of the shadows

Published 2021-07-20 10:00:00 UTC

Tokyo Olympics

Published 2021-07-20 15:08:38 UTC

Don’t be fooled by that viral Hannity clip. Fox News’s Covid-19 coverage is a mess.

Published 2021-07-20 16:20:00 UTC

Biden stacks his administration with yet another tech foe

Published 2021-07-20 17:05:00 UTC

Why Netflix is getting into games

Published 2021-07-20 20:56:10 UTC

How America lost its commitment to the right to vote

Published 2021-07-21 08:00:00 UTC

Pop music made conspicuous consumption cool

Published 2021-07-21 08:10:00 UTC

Don’t worry about inflation

Published 2021-07-21 08:30:00 UTC

Extreme heat is killing American workers

Published 2021-07-21 09:00:00 UTC

Murders are up. Crime is not. What’s going on?

Published 2021-07-21 09:30:00 UTC

3 parents on what the child tax credit means to them

Published 2021-07-21 10:00:00 UTC

Frito-Lay workers are striking. Here’s how to support them.

Published 2021-07-21 12:20:00 UTC

Companies that make people return to the office will lose employees

Published 2021-07-21 13:40:00 UTC

The Senate’s infrastructure gamble, explained

Published 2021-07-21 16:10:00 UTC

This outed priest’s story is a warning for everyone about the need for data privacy laws

Published 2021-07-21 19:20:00 UTC

Billions of dollars are on the line at the Olympics — but not for athletes

Published 2021-07-22 08:00:00 UTC

Here’s how hard it is to vote in Texas

Published 2021-07-22 09:00:00 UTC

America’s low-income housing stock is very old

Published 2021-07-22 11:10:00 UTC

A new bill would hold Facebook responsible for Covid-19 vaccine misinformation

Published 2021-07-22 14:00:00 UTC

Lessons from Indigenous firefighters on the front lines of Western wildfires

Published 2021-07-22 14:10:00 UTC

How Kevin McCarthy tried to sabotage the House January 6 investigation

Published 2021-07-22 16:00:00 UTC

Prom, after a senior year interrupted

Published 2021-07-23 08:30:00 UTC

Democrats are going it alone on immigration reform

Published 2021-07-23 09:00:00 UTC

The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping

Published 2021-07-23 09:00:00 UTC

Jane Goodall reveals what studying chimpanzees teaches us about human nature

Published 2021-07-23 09:30:00 UTC

The surprising past, unlikely present, and uncertain future of Christmas in July

Published 2021-07-23 10:00:00 UTC

M. Night Shyamalan returns with Old, a floppy but haunting thriller about aging

Published 2021-07-23 11:30:00 UTC

The opioid epidemic isn’t unsolvable

Published 2021-07-23 12:00:00 UTC

Did the Covid-19 Olympics have to be a mess?

Published 2021-07-23 12:50:00 UTC

Does Congress know what it would take to stop the next pandemic?

Published 2021-07-24 08:00:00 UTC

Anti-abortion lawyers are finally being honest about what they want from the Supreme Court

Published 2021-07-24 08:10:00 UTC

Gymnastics still hasn’t fully reckoned with its abuse problem

Published 2021-07-24 09:00:00 UTC

How to become an Olympic sport

Published 2021-07-24 15:00:00 UTC

As the pandemic wears on, some Americans could need booster shots

Published 2021-07-24 16:55:26 UTC

The Simone Biles scoring controversy, explained

Published 2021-07-24 17:00:01 UTC

How bad is space tourism for the environment? And other space travel questions, answered.

Published 2021-07-25 08:00:00 UTC

The West is burning. Climate change is making it worse.

Published 2021-07-25 16:26:53 UTC

What Olympic athletes can teach us about coping with heat waves

Published 2021-07-26 06:00:00 UTC

The Ivy League economist who became one of the most respected — and reviled — voices of the pandemic

Published 2021-07-26 08:00:00 UTC

Welcome to the Schools Issue of the Highlight