Hyesu Lee

Jan 9, 2025 | thepersistent.com | Xanthe Scharff |Hyesu Lee |Emma Haslett

Technology — 2 min read The Persistent is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Since Twitter—now X—was bought by Elon Musk, user experience on the platform has worsened.

Jan 8, 2025 | thepersistent.com | Xanthe Scharff |Hyesu Lee |Francesca Donner

The Persistent is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Over the past few weeks, as equality advocates have called on President Joe Biden to use the final days of his presidency to publish the Equal Rights Amendment, many questions have been asked about the legal hurdles for ratification and what—despite a century-long fight—is still preventing gender equality from being enshrined in the United States Constitution.

Jan 7, 2025 | thepersistent.com | Xanthe Scharff |Hyesu Lee |Francesca Donner |Emma Haslett

Violence against women and girls — 5 min read The Persistent is available as a newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Atop an article that ran in The New York Timeson Jan. 4, there’s an old photo of a young woman named Debbie Kawam. She’s pictured sitting in a sun-dappled patch of grass on what looks to be a summer’s day. One leg is stretched out in front of her; an elbow is propped up on the other leg. She’s dressed in high-waisted shorts and a white T-shirt.

Apr 9, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Hyesu Lee |Craig Smith |Jory John |Pete Oswald

Another quirky take on the series theme that it’s cool to be kind. The cool beans again step up to do a timorous fellow legume a fava…this time at the pool. Will a rash decision to tackle the multistory super-slide lead to another embarrassing watery fail for our shy protagonist? Nope, for up the stairs right behind comes a trio of cool beans, each a different type and color, all clad in nothing but dark shades.

Jul 9, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Hyesu Lee

Growing up, I had a complicated relationship with my curly hair. I always felt different from the rest of my peers who had straight, silky hair. That didn’t change as I got older. So I decided to shave my head. Some thought it was too extreme. But I found an unexpected freedom in letting my hair go.