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Life Stories (page 140)

The Life Stories section features insightful commentary and essays about the human experience from Salon.

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Pyramids of broken dreams

D. Watkins
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Science can save Thanksgiving

Ashlie D. Stevens
FILE - In this April 2, 2016 file photo, a demonstrator waves a flag with marijuana leaves on it during a protest calling for the legalization of marijuana, outside of the White House in Washington. Six states that allow marijuana use have legal tests for driving while impaired by the drug that have no scientific basis, according to a study by the nation’s largest automobile club that calls for scrapping those laws. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) (AP)

Igor Grant - The Conversation
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Light from the darkness

Alli Joseph
The supermoon appears near the Statue of Liberty, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in New York. Monday's supermoon, a phenomenon that happens when the moon makes a close pass at the earth, is the closest to earth since 1948. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (AP)

John Upton - Climate Central
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Dear white folks: Good luck!

D. Watkins
Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington, D.C. (Wikimedia Commons)

Joshua F.J. Inwood - The Conversation
Trump supporters at a campaign rally (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Making America white again

Dan Canon
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BJ Epstein - The Conversation
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"Real Americans" vs. "Elites"

David Masciotra
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All the single mamas

Dena Landon
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Cole Gelrod - Alternet
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Jeffrey C. Peters - The Conversation
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Crystal Ponti - Narratively
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To my fellow Christians: WTF?

Lily Burana
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Mary Elizabeth Williams
A volunteer hands out flags at a Donald Trump Rally in Bluffton, S.C., July 21, 2015. (AP/Stephen B. Morton)

Mattea Kramer
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Sarah Cook - The Conversation
Indian transgenders wait to participate in a 'thali' - sacred thread - ritual signifying marriage to the Hindu warrior god Aravan (Getty/Anna Zieminski)

Tinder may have blundered

Nico Lang
Jennifer Siebel Newsom (Andrew Paynter)

Gender roles and toxic talk

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A protester holds a sign during a protest against the election of President-elect Donald Trump in Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. Two days after Trump's election as president, the divisions he exposed only showed signs of widening as many thousands of protesters flooded streets across the country to condemn him. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (AP)

Make campuses safe again

Grace Guarnieri
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My week in Trump's America

D. Watkins
Sameer and his little sister, Sonia (Sameer's parents)

Sameer Gadhia
Tiffany Trump, daughter of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Brendan Gauthier
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