Why your inner circle should stay small, and how to shrink it
6
votes
-
-
Teens explain the VSCO Girl-and why you never want to be one
13 votes -
What college admissions offices really want - Elite schools say they’re looking for academic excellence and diversity. But their thirst for tuition revenue means that wealth trumps all
10 votes -
'A human need': Australian disability groups say people on NDIS should have access to sex workers
11 votes -
My life with face blindness
21 votes -
A group of Chinese international students say they take little notice of politics or historical events, with one admitting to not having heard of the Tiananmen Square Massacre
12 votes -
‘I have $1500 that I’m giving away’: Man becomes legend for extreme acts of kindness toward strangers
10 votes -
Meritocracy prizes achievement above all else, turning life into an endless competition and making everyone—even the rich—miserable
11 votes -
A pickpocket's tale: The spectacular thefts of Apollo Robbins
10 votes -
You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality
6 votes -
Résumés are starting to look like Instagram—and sometimes even Tinder
14 votes -
Anxiety looks different in men and often appears as anger, muscle aches or alcohol use
7 votes -
Arming the cartels: The inside story of a Texas gun-smuggling ring
6 votes -
What explains US mass shootings? International comparisons suggest an answer
22 votes -
Is it time for asleep divorce?
11 votes -
How to answer tricky personal questions at a new job
5 votes -
Underworld: How the Sinaloa drug cartel digs its tunnels
7 votes -
Wherever you are, there’s a state park nearby
13 votes -
The new ways your boss is spying on you
4 votes -
The future of the city is childless - America’s urban rebirth is missing something key—actual births
12 votes -
It’s never going to be perfect, so just get it done
17 votes -
Americans shouldn’t have to drive, but the law insists on it
23 votes -
Reparations are not the answer - The struggle against poverty needs to be a collective fight
11 votes -
Let me speak freely: Our freedom of speech 'crisis' is culture warriors' codswallop
9 votes -
Your professional decline is coming (much) sooner than you think
16 votes -
When you give a friend a kidney
5 votes -
The Army ignored her warnings about a dangerous colleague. Then he set her on fire.
10 votes -
Many people having affairs consider themselves to be ‘happily’ married
8 votes -
These millennials got new roommates. They’re nuns
7 votes -
How the elderly lose their rights: Guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it
9 votes -
The Permian Basin is booming with oil. But at what cost to West Texans?
4 votes -
Lawyers for Noah’s Ark theme park are suing its insurance company for rain damage
6 votes -
Op-eds from the future: It’s 2059, and the rich kids are still winning
9 votes -
How phonies and self-promoters came to rule the world
6 votes -
Coming of age in cohousing: Growing up communally brings exposure to the world of adults—and lessons in interdependence
7 votes -
The boring intimacy of the all-day group chat
8 votes -
What it felt like: If “living history” role-plays in the classroom can so easily go wrong, why do teachers keep assigning them?
6 votes -
The loneliness problem in LA starts with traffic. Could it end with a walk?
6 votes -
Affordable housing crisis: Why are US cities struggling?
5 votes -
After men in Spain got paternity leave, they wanted fewer kids
17 votes -
Making playgrounds a little more dangerous
12 votes -
How we fell for cheap old houses
8 votes -
It’s time to stop referring to maternity leave as “generous”
10 votes -
Listening to my neighbors fight
8 votes -
Why you need a network of low-stakes, casual friendships
8 votes -
What number of kids makes parents happiest?
7 votes -
My childhood in a cult
6 votes -
Everything is a subscription now
8 votes -
World health officials take a hard line on screen time for kids. Will busy parents comply?
8 votes -
Microsoft staff are openly questioning the value of diversity
18 votes