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“Eyes in the sky”

Jefferson Morley - Independent Media Institute

"Eyes in the Sky" details a startling account of the new technologies that promise safety and imperil privacy

An empty classroom (Getty/ martinedoucet)

Our worst year yet, at the best schools

Teru Clavel

We moved our three school-age kids from Tokyo to Silicon Valley and encountered more culture shock than expected

Depressed woman in bed with hand on forehead (Getty/ Martin Dimitrov)

Best Sex Ever: How do I satisfy myself?

Arielle Egozi

A reader whose family won't talk about sex asks Arielle how to figure out what she likes

Food stylist: Samantha Seneviratne. Prop stylist: Brooke Deonarine (Bobbi Lin / Food52)

The best crockpot BBQ ribs recipe

Grant Melton - Food52

Ideal for days when you don't want to turn on the oven.

Close up of bologna sandwitcg on wooden board with cucumber and tomato (Getty/Mybona)

"Trash foods": Let's ditch the shame

Ashlie D. Stevens

It’s time that we push back on the classism that begets shame about what is — or has been — on our plates

Creamy Almond Milk (Skyhorse Publishing)

How to make creamy almond milk at home

David Murphy

Modify this recipe to your own flavor profile by adding vanilla extract, almond extract or other fabulous flavors

Doug McMillon, left, CEO of Wal-Mart Store, Inc., is speaks with Rob Walton, company CFO and son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton at the Wal-Mart shareholder meeting in Fayetteville, Ark., Friday, June 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) (AP)

The Walton Family plot

Diane Ravitch - Common Dreams

Have they no shame?

Margarita Levieva and James Franco in "The Deuce" (HBO/Paul Shiraldi)

Smart Watch: A week to look back

Melanie McFarland

David Simon's porn industry drama returns to 1985, and the Brady kids rehab the place we called their home

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Skill that doesn’t deteriorate with age

Roger J. Kreuz - The Conversation

Reading and writing can prevent cognitive decline

Master Excel and own your data!

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Become an Excel pro in no time thanks to this great course.

A White House aide takes the microphone from CNN's Jim Acosta, during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. A doctored video of this incident went viral. (AP/Evan Vucci)

How to identify a doctored video

Wael Abd-Almageed - The Conversation

Big changes from one frame to the next can signal trouble

Depressed woman in bed with hand on forehead (Getty/ Martin Dimitrov)

Suicide hotline added to CA student IDs

Mark Kreidler - KFF Health News

According to the CDC, suicide was the second-leading cause of death in the U.S. among people ages 10 to 24 in 2017

US singer Ariana Grande attends Billboard's 13th Annual Women In Music event at Pier 36 in New York City (ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)

Celebrities are the new CNN

Mary Elizabeth Williams

My daughter gets her news from Ariana Grande; now I do too. This is how stars took on mainstream news media

Julia Aylen wades through waist deep water carrying her pet dog as she is rescued from her flooded home during Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)

Climate change, poverty and human rights

Lisa Benjamin, Meinhard Doelle, Sara L Seck - The Conversation

The effects of climate change will disproportionately affect the world's poorest

In this Friday, March 17, 2017 photo a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market in Topsham, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (AP)

How America fails to feed its aging

Laura Ungar, Trudy Lieberman - KFF Health News

According to a recent study, nearly 8% of Americans 60 and older were “food insecure” in 2017

A soldier walks past open sewage on December 14, 2005 in Az Zubayr near Basra in southern Iraq. (John Moore/Getty Images)

How the U.S. poisoned Iraq

David Masciotra

Scientist: Bombs, bullets and military hardware abandoned by U.S. forces have left Iraq "toxic for millennia"

FILE - This July 24, 2006 file photo shows a gray wolf at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn.  (AP Photo/Dawn Villella, file) (AP)

Ancient dog bones reveal lifestyle clues

Jaime Chambers - Massive Science

What dogs ate can reveal clues about 12,000 year old lifestyles

An upset elementary school boy hides his face while being bullied by two other boys. Shot in front of their elementary school. (Getty/ Brycia James)

Teach your kids to stand up to bullying

Caroline Maguire

I work with kids across the social spectrum, and I know the harms of being passive. Here's what parents can do

A McDonald's employee sweeps up outside the restaurant on April 15, 2015 in New York, United States. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Are unions the answer?

Heidi Shierholz - In These Times

New data shows a grim outlook for U.S. jobs. The answer is more unions.

Upgrade your oral hygiene routine for $20

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This toothbrush leaves you with that fresh, after dentist feeling.

A New York City police officer stands guard nest to demonstrator Juliette Proctor during a protest against abortion bans, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New abortion laws & structural sexism

Patricia Homan - The Conversation

A new study suggests that everyone is harmed by "structural sexism."

Men stand with pistols strapped at their sides at a gun rights rally on the steps of the Capitol Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

There is no "good guy with a gun"

Lucian K. Truscott IV

The NRA's favorite fantasy is nothing short of a shameless lie: Guns will not save the day — they will kill us

Pump jacks are seen on the Bakken Shale Formation, near Williston, North Dakota, September 6, 2016. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

North Dakota may be hiding big oil spill

Sarah Okeson - DCReport

It could take another decade to clean up an 11-million-gallon crude leak officially reported as just 10 gallons

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