David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
Eviction: The physical, financial and mental health consequences of losing your home
A national moratorium on evicting tenants from certain residential rental properties went into effect as part of the federal coronavirus relief package President Donald Trump signed in March. The moratorium protected 28% of U.S. rental units — about 12 million…
Op-Ed: The day an American GI became Saint Nicholas
It was the night before Christmas in the small Luxembourg town of Wiltz, as World War II paused one day. Throughout the town, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. But no stockings were hung by the chimney…
How-To Find The Money For Saving Biodiversity Now
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, biodiversity conservation funding from tourism and donations has dried up. Yet a new report published by The Paulson Institute, Cornell University, and The Nature Conservancy outlining the current state of conservation finance makes the case that the most powerful fiscal measure…
New York posts nation’s biggest drop in population, according to Census Bureau’s 2020 estimates
(The Center Square) – Population estimates for 2020 released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau paint a grim picture for New York, as the Empire State is projected to have lost more residents from the 2019 numbers than any other state…
Black Men Have the Shortest Lifespans of Any Americans. This Theory Helps Explain Why.
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News by Joseph Singer, Nadia…
Calls Increase for NYPD Commissioner to Be Stripped of Absolute Authority Over Officer Discipline
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. by Mollie Simon and Eric Umansky Taking a Hard Look at Police Killings…
How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. By by Akilah Johnson and Nina Martin/ProPublica The Rev. Dr. Kejuane Artez Bates…
What makes Christmas movies so popular
S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Hamilton College If you are one of those people who will settle in this evening with a hot cup of apple cider to watch a holiday movie, you are not alone. Holiday movies have become firmly embedded…
Was Jesus really born in Bethlehem? Why the Gospels disagree over the circumstances of Christ’s birth
Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago. Yet the New Testament Gospels do not agree about the…
LGBTQ+ people know the secret to celebrating the holidays away from family
Queer people, often rejected by their families, are adept at making new holiday traditions as the pandemic forces us apart. Kate Sosin Originally published by The 19th Kellie Nemke knows too well what it’s like to not be able to…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor