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Life Stories (page 151)

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

A photo of the author's dog.

My dog: The last 9/11 survivor

Adam Langer
George W. Bush participates in a conversation on the USA Patriot Act, April 20, 2004 in Buffalo, New York. (Getty/Luke Frazza)

The PATRIOT Act's ugly legacy

Nadeem Zaman
A Port Authority police officer watches the ceremony as victims' families walk down the ramp to place flowers in the reflecting pool during the ceremony on Sept. 11, 2007. (AP/Susan Watts)

On being a "weird American"

Gleb Tsipursky
Spc. Angel Batista, 26, left to right, of Bloomingdale, N.J., Spc. Jacob Greene, 22, of Shreveport, La., and Sgt. Joe Altmann, 26, of Marshfield, Wisc., with the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, sit beneath a new American flag just raised to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Sept. 11, 2011 at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (AP/David Goldman)

9/11's endless aftermath

Bob Hennelly
An Islamic State flag hangs in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near Sidon, (Reuters/Ali Hashisho)

The enduring damage of 9/11

John Bahadur Lamb
A photo of the author with her mother.

What we tell our sons

Cati Porter
The aftermath of the riot at Attica prison in September 1971. (AP)

Inside the Attica uprising

Lewis M. Steel
Eddie Redmayne in "The Danish Girl;" Jeffrey Tambor in "Transparent;" Jared Leto in "Dallas Buyers Club"

A little less "conversation"

Donald Collins
FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2015, file photo, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick stands on the field during an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons in Santa Clara, Calif. Kaepernick's protest of the national anthem over what he describes as oppression of minorities in the United States is apparently winning support from some veterans on Twitter under #VeteransForKaepernick. Kaepernick said he'll continue the protest during San Francisco's preseason game at San Diego on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File) (AP)

Christian Christensen - BillMoyers.com
The One World Trade Center building, second from right, is reflected in the windows of the 9/11 Museum, in New York, Monday, March 23, 2015. The first stair-climb benefit will be held at One World Trade Center in May to raise money for military veterans, two foundations, the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation and the Captain Billy Burke Foundation, formed after the 9/11 attacks announced Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (AP)

how engineering saves lives

Shih-Ho Chao - The Conversation
Men inspect a damaged site after double airstrikes on the rebel held Bab al-Nairab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, August 27, 2016. (Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail)

We have so much to learn

Sophia A. McClennen

Sophia Tesfaye
Scott Walker; Rick Perry (AP/Jacquelyn Martin/Reed Saxon/photo montage by Salon)

The right's war on college

Andrew O'Hehir
(Shutterstock/Salon)

Trip your way out of addiction

Alex French
(Getty/hemera)

You don't have to read my book

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Yeezy Season 4 fashion show, September 7, 2016 in New York City. (Getty/Jamie McCarthy)

Kanye West's epic fashion fail

Lauren Indvik
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1913219p1.html'>Alex Malikov</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

It's time to legalize heroin

Daniel Denvir
FILE - This January 2015 file booking photo released by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office shows Brock Turner. The former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman is poised to leave jail Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, after serving half a six-month sentence that critics denounced as too lenient. (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) (AP)

"Shoot your local rapist"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Nora Charles, the best dog on Earth

Are we good girls yet?

Erin Keane
(<a href='https://www.shutterstock.com/g/esolla'>esolla</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Stop apologizing for eating

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Phyllis Schlafly (Reuters/Hyungwon Kang)

Enough with the grave-dancing

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=695715'>thelinke</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

No more classroom icebreakers

Dan Greenstone
(<a href='https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Kalinovskiy'>Kalinovskiy</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Salon's social bootcamp

Kirsten Schofield
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-64260p1.html'>Syda Productions</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Allard Dembe - The Conversation
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