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

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Dear Oscars: do better

Kali Holloway - Alternet
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What's causing all this polarization?

Michael Carolan - The Conversation
Paola Gianturco and Alex Sangster, co-authors of "Wonder Girls: Changing Our World" (Courtesy of Paola Gianturco)

How to let girls lead in in activism

Lauren Schiller
(AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Green science needs more color

Yessenia Funes - Grist
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The case for more midwives

Nina Martin - ProPublica
(AP/Evan Vucci)

So, about Trump's "perfect" brain...

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
(AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Gun reform begins within

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Stanford University (Wikimedia/Travis Wise)

Accountability in higher education

Robert Kelchen - The Conversation
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Who's the real culprit?

Michael Siegel - The Conversation
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Arming teachers is not the answer

D. Watkins
Sex Tips for Girls by Cynthia Heimel (Simon and Schuster)

RIP Cynthia Heimel, OG Carrie Bradshaw

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Home loan discrimination

Aaron Glantz, Emmanuel Martinez, Jennifer Gollan
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Post-Olympics isn't happily-ever-after

Edward Etzel - The Conversation
Nikolas Cruz (Getty/Broward's Sheriff's Office/Joe Raedle/Salon)

Nikolas Cruz's white privilege

Chauncey DeVega
(AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof, FIle)

One in seven teens now sexting

Sheri Madigan, Jeff Temple - The Conversation
Madam C. J. Walker (Wikimedia)

Black millionaires before C.J. Walker

Shomari Wills
Ivanka Trump (Getty/Marianna Massey)

Ivanka's "inappropriate" entitlement

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Monica Lewinsky (AP/Evan Agostini)

Monica on her #MeToo reckoning

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Why these teens care about guns

Jean Twenge - The Conversation
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Do mass shootings change anyone's mind?

Chauncey DeVega
(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Surprising literary theme

J. Andrew Deman - The Conversation
(AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps)

The African-American GIs of WWII

Maria Höhn - The Conversation
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How to survive wrongful imprisonment

Ilana Novick - Alternet
This picture taken on May 23, 2010 shows a Nepalese sherpa collecting garbage, left by climbers, at an altitude of 8,000 metres during the Everest clean-up expedition at Mount Everest. A group of 20 Nepalese climbers, including some top summiteers collected 1,800 kilograms of garbage in a high-risk expedition to clean up the world's highest peak. Led by seven-time summiteer Namgyal Sherpa, the team braved thin air and below freezing temperatures to clear around two tonnes of rubbish left behind by mountaineers, that included empty oxygen cylinders and corpses. Since 1953, there have been some 300 deaths on Everest. Many bodies have been brought down, but those above 8,000 metres have generally been left to the elements -- their bodies preserved by the freezing temperatures. The priority of the sherpas had been to clear rubbish just below the summit area, but coordinator Karki said large quantities of refuse was collected from 8,000 meters and below. AFP PHOTO/Namgyal SHERPA (Photo credit should read NAMGYAL SHERPA/AFP/Getty Images) (Afp/getty Images)

The hidden costs of ego-tourism

Lucinda Bradlow
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