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Life Stories (page 111)

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

Jim Jones leading a Peoples Temple service, with Marceline standing behind him. Jones kept a vessel on a shelf behind his podium so he could discreetly relieve himself during hours-long Temple services. (Special Collections and University Archives, San Diego State University Library & Information Access)

The myths of Jonestown

Bob Calhoun
(AP/Andrew Harnik/Reuters/Carlo Allegri/Salon)

Ivanka wants it all — now

Erin Keane
(Getty/fotostorm)

Kali Holloway - Alternet
Donald Trump; Philip Zimbardo (AP/Mary Altaffer/Paul Sakuma/Photo montage by Salon)

Trump's prison experiment

Chauncey DeVega

WATCH: The "thunderbolt" of me

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Youtube/Kendall and Kylie)

Hell is fake-woke white people

D. Watkins

Battling Abortion Stigma

Amanda Marcotte
FILE - In this May 21, 2012, file photo, graduates from Joplin High School listen to speakers during commencement ceremonies in Joplin, Mo. U.S. public high schools have reached a milestone, an 80 percent graduation rate. Yet that still means 1 of every 5 students walks away without a diploma. Citing the progress, researchers are projecting a 90 percent national graduation rate by 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Charlie May
Employees of federal contractors and their advocates rallied on Dec. 7, 2016, at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. They called on President-elect Trump to act on his promise to uplift workers. (Talia Buford/Center for Public Integrity)

Talia Buford, Maryam Jameel
Doulas are no longer just for birthing help - now they support hospice patients (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-277009p1.html'>Photographee.eu</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Paul Buchheit - Alternet
(Getty/izusek)

Rachel Miller, Robert Ramaswamy - In These Times
(<a href='https://secure.istockphoto.com/profile/silviajansen'>SilviaJansen</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

boomerang seniors

Sharon Jayson - KFF Health News
(Getty Images)

The eye of the beholder

Erin Coulehan
(Photos by Jessica Bal/Narratively)

Britta Lokting - Narratively

Stephen Piggott - Southern Poverty Law Center
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-277009p1.html'>Photographee.eu</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Shervin Assari - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Kali Holloway - Alternet
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Fred Schulte - KFF Health News
A photo of the author

The thorn in my side

Anne Lamott
(Shutterstock/Salon)

More control, less connection

Maegan Carberry

Miss Vera talks gender roles

Amanda Marcotte
(AP)

Jessa Lingel - The Conversation

Conservatives vs. the culture

Carrie Sheffield
(Getty/Mark Makela)

Another epiphany in Trump Town

D. Watkins
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