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Life Stories (page 54)

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

In a this Sept. 16, 2014 photo salt is unloaded at the Scio Township, Mich. maintenance yard. The rewards for surviving last year's punishing winter are tight supplies of road salt and some drastic price spikes for the commodity across much of the U.S. as the next cold season approaches. Some Midwest county road officials are facing price increases that are twice or more _ even five times _ what they paid last year if they can get it. Increases of at least 20 percent have been common in cities including Boston and Raleigh, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Road salt is bad for the environment

Jamie Summers, Robin Valleau - The Conversation
(Getty/Cecilie Arcurs)

Older Americans taking unneeded drugs

Sandra G. Boodman - KFF Health News
(Getty/recep-bg)

Can North Carolina's schools be fixed?

Lauryn Higgins - Salon Young Americans
(Getty/nito100)

The legal implications of #MeToo

JoAnne Sweeny
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=8089150'>aetb</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

The parental health insurance cliff

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez - KFF Health News
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-160669p1.html'>ollyy</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Lying about Santa may be good for kids

Kristen Dunfield - The Conversation
(Getty/dolgachov)

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
(Shutterstock)

Red Cross' skeletons

Kathy Wilkes - In These Times
((AP Photo/Francisco Seco))

Why Hanukkah is about Jewish survival

Alan Avery-Peck - The Conversation
(Shutterstock/Salon)

Christmas music can make you unstable

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

Another bad apology

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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
(Getty/fstop123)

Why kids need to know family history

Terence Mickey - Memory Motel
(Getty/Martin Dimitrov)

What it's like to lose yourself

Julia Bainbridge - The Lonely Hour
(Getty/knape)

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
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Eating out is devouring your budget

Amit Sharma - The Conversation
(Getty/vm)

Trusting short-term health plans

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
(Getty Images)

A guide to telling the truth — tactfully

Gleb Tsipursky - The Conversation
(Getty/vgajic)

Banished to alternative schools

Heather Vogell - ProPublica
Kerri Casem (Michael Helms)

Kerri Kasem's fight against elder abuse

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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