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

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10 good things about a terrible year

Medea Benjamin - Alternet
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Where have all the pussyhats gone?

Anna March
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What we discovered documenting hate

Rachel Glickhouse - ProPublica
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh (AP/Chris Carlson)

10 ridiculous climate change mentions

Kevin Kalhoefer - Media Matters
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Why most of us lean right to kiss

Michael J. Proulx, A.K.M. Rezaul Karim, Alexandra A. de Sousa - The Conversation
The Waterford crystal ball is lit during a test for the New Year's Eve celebration atop One Times Square in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. The ball, which is 12 feet in diameter and weighs 11,875 pounds, is decorated with 2,688 Waterford crystals and illuminated by 32,256 LED lights. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (AP)

Why New Year's Eve disappoints

Kali Holloway - Alternet
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Stop excluding people with disabilities

Gabriela Serrato Marks
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Trevor George
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A borderline intimate education

J. Munroe
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Why introverts can be leaders

Peter O'Connor, Andrew Spark - The Conversation
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Ties that bind

Harriet Fraad, Richard D. Wolff - Alternet
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Your doctor can't help you shed pounds

Jennifer Kraschnewski - The Conversation
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Infection lapses rampant in nursing home

Jordan Rau - KFF Health News
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Arkansas spurns warehousing of students

Heather Vogell - ProPublica
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A bluesy winter night in New York

Lucian K. Truscott IV
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What thin people don’t get about dieting

Traci Mann, A. Janet Tomiyama - The Conversation
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Here’s how to avoid outliving your bones

Emily Atkinson
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Best of 2017: This little light

Spencer Porter
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The loneliness of expat life

Julia Bainbridge - The Lonely Hour
FILE - In this June 26, 2012, file photo, two women converse in New York. "Socially accepted normal body weight is shifting toward heavier weight. As more people around us are getting heavier, we simply believe we are fine, and no need to do anything with it," said Dr. Jian Zhang, a public health researcher at Georgia Southern University and the lead author in a study released on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) (AP)

Why is obesity getting worse?

Kenneth Cusi - The Conversation
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Preyed upon by a Hollywood director

Ainsley McWha
Kelly Marie Tran (AP/Jordan Strauss)

Why the alt-right fears unfeminine women

Nicole Karlis
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U.S. drug prices defy economics

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
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Words that defined us in 2017

Kate Yoder - Grist
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