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Life Stories (page 54)

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

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Lying about Santa may be good for kids

Kristen Dunfield - The Conversation
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Have yourself a phone-free Christmas

Caroline Knorr - Common Sense Media
Shoppers head into Target just after thei doors opened at midnight on Black Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in South Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (AP)

Shop consciously, year-round

Valerie Vande Panne - Alternet
People sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

What I learned from Obamacare shoppers

Myles Ma - Policygenius
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Red Cross' skeletons

Kathy Wilkes - In These Times
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Why Hanukkah is about Jewish survival

Alan Avery-Peck - The Conversation
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Christmas music can make you unstable

Kali Holloway - Alternet
Morgan Spurlock (Getty/Vittorio Zunino Celotto)

Another bad apology

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Blood donated in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Harvesting the poor for their blood

Liz Posner - Alternet
Ann Jones (Irene Young)

The Fempire strikes back

Ann Jones - TomDispatch.com
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Why kids need to know family history

Terence Mickey - Memory Motel
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What it's like to lose yourself

Julia Bainbridge - The Lonely Hour
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7 techniques to avoid being suckered

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner - Alternet
Firefighters work after the terrorist attack on the twin towers of lower Manhattan Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 (AP/Mark Lennihan)

The 9/11 legacy we've forgotten

Bob Hennelly
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Eating out is devouring your budget

Amit Sharma - The Conversation
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Trusting short-term health plans

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
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A guide to telling the truth — tactfully

Gleb Tsipursky - The Conversation
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Banished to alternative schools

Heather Vogell - ProPublica
Kerri Casem (Michael Helms)

Kerri Kasem's fight against elder abuse

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Professor Bob Sacha demonstrates editing software during a virtual reality class at the CUNY School of Journalism. (Vincent Tullo/Narratively)

Can virtual reality change your mind?

Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips - Narratively
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What I learned from my first kiss

Molly England
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Cop explodes when told he has privilege

Liz Posner - Alternet
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12 podcasts about the great outdoors

Ma'ayan Plaut
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The GOP's war on graduate students

Matthew Rozsa
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