I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kids
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The homeownership obsession - How buying homes became a part of the American dream—and also a nightmare
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From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square
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Those people we tried to cancel? They’re all hanging out together
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‘OK boomer’ marks the end of friendly generational relations
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In defence of America’s prison-industrial complex
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We asked some of the boldest thinkers what the world will be like in fifty years. Here’s what their answers tell us about the future
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In Norilsk, Russia's most isolated major city, the arrival of high-speed internet gave residents a new window onto the world
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Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply
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Why you never see your friends anymore
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The key to a good life is avoiding pain (Epicurus)
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People who work from home earn $2,000 more a year
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'They actually stopped': Women buying sex to ensure safe experience
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A second chance - Twelve years ago, forty-seven dogs were rescued from Michael Vick’s dogfighting operation and allowed to live
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Why men love war (1984)
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Why your inner circle should stay small, and how to shrink it
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Teens explain the VSCO Girl-and why you never want to be one
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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
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'A human need': Australian disability groups say people on NDIS should have access to sex workers
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My life with face blindness
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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
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‘I have $1500 that I’m giving away’: Man becomes legend for extreme acts of kindness toward strangers
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Meritocracy prizes achievement above all else, turning life into an endless competition and making everyone—even the rich—miserable
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A pickpocket's tale: The spectacular thefts of Apollo Robbins
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You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality
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Résumés are starting to look like Instagram—and sometimes even Tinder
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Anxiety looks different in men and often appears as anger, muscle aches or alcohol use
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Arming the cartels: The inside story of a Texas gun-smuggling ring
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What explains US mass shootings? International comparisons suggest an answer
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Is it time for asleep divorce?
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How to answer tricky personal questions at a new job
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Underworld: How the Sinaloa drug cartel digs its tunnels
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Wherever you are, there’s a state park nearby
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The new ways your boss is spying on you
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The future of the city is childless - America’s urban rebirth is missing something key—actual births
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Americans shouldn’t have to drive, but the law insists on it
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Reparations are not the answer - The struggle against poverty needs to be a collective fight
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Let me speak freely: Our freedom of speech 'crisis' is culture warriors' codswallop
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Your professional decline is coming (much) sooner than you think
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When you give a friend a kidney
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The Army ignored her warnings about a dangerous colleague. Then he set her on fire.
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Many people having affairs consider themselves to be ‘happily’ married
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These millennials got new roommates. They’re nuns
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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
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The Permian Basin is booming with oil. But at what cost to West Texans?
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Lawyers for Noah’s Ark theme park are suing its insurance company for rain damage
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Op-eds from the future: It’s 2059, and the rich kids are still winning
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How phonies and self-promoters came to rule the world
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Coming of age in cohousing: Growing up communally brings exposure to the world of adults—and lessons in interdependence
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The boring intimacy of the all-day group chat
8 votes