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Life Stories (page 226)

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

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Scientists furious with Times

Paula Young Lee
(Wikimedia)

Kali Holloway - Alternet
(AP/John Minchillo/Reuters/Brian Snyder/Photo montage by Salon)

Huckabee's full Trump flop

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Peter Cooper

Aunt sues kid over a hug

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Amherst Police Department)

Mac and cheese bro apologizes

Mary Elizabeth Williams

"I was a complete a**hole"

Salon Staff
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-665695p1.html'>Abbitt Photography</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

I'm thin. Stop bullying me

Anna Oudra
End of life care at home is a better, more cost-effective option (<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-206023p1.html “>CandyBox Images</a> via <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/">Shutterstock</a>)

Dying is never easy

Claire Bidwell Smith
A Columbus Day protest in Los Angeles. (Kevork Djansezian/Reuters)

Goodbye, Columbus Day

Scott Timberg
Solomon Zilbershteyn and Yong Lin Li receive language instruction at the Mohegan Elementary School in Montville, Conn. (Michael Melia/AP)

NYTimes is wrong about Asians

Khin Mai Aung, Russell Chun
(BBC)

Shkreli's back—and still awful

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1030501p1.html">Dario Lo Presti</a> via<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/">Shutterstock</a>)

This is our new favorite dildo

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1237180p1.html'>David Pereiras</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

I wanted to be sex-positive

Suzannah Weiss
(Comedy Central)

Your fake bag has a human cost

Noah Charney

Transitioning doesn't fix all

Frankie Mullin
(Picador)

Our cruelest race unfairness

Damon Tweedy
(AP/Victoria Will)

Bill Cosby is on the phone

Ron Stodghill
Sherry Turkle (Penguin Press)

Turn off your phone and talk!

Scott Timberg
(Reuters/Tomas Bravo)

Death on the migrant trail

Jason de Léon
A photo of the author. (Ian Tuttle)

My cancer was not a gift.

Janis Cooke Newman
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-2652082p1.html'>Sarawut Chamsaeng</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Condoms are awful

Valerie Tarico
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-611893p1.html'>f11photo</a>, <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-345760p1.html'>Krivosheev Vitaly</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

How we punish college grads

Sophia A. McClennen - Alternet
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I'm first-generation

Whisper Staff, Salon Staff
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