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Life Stories (page 40)

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

The simple log cabin in which US president Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809. The cabin stands on the Kentucky farm belonging to Lincoln's father and still exists, housed within a museum building. (MPI/Getty Images)

All the presidents' log cabins

Andrew Belonsky
(Shutterstock)

My fellow women, you are dumb

Erin Keane
(Getty/Salon)

The Irish helped Lincoln save the Union

Niall O'Dowd
Man staring at computer screen (Getty Stock)

Apps that are good for learning

Contributing writer - Common Sense Media
Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther in "Captain America: Civil War" (Marvel Studios)

Hidden superpower of "Black Panther"

Clifford Johnson - The Conversation
Momodu Gando, Daniel Hersl and Wayne Jenkins (AP/Salon)

Dirty cops don't just target criminals

D. Watkins
Thomas Jefferson; John Adams (Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Adams' secret letters about Jefferson

Daniel L. Mallock
(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Could Beer City kill foodtopia?

Jonathan Ammons - 100 Days In Appalachia
(Getty/Chip Somodevilla/clu/Salon)

Why media role models matter

Caroline Knorr - Common Sense Media
(Getty/Matthias Hangst)

The Olympian thrill-seeking mindset

Kenneth Carter - The Conversation
(Tyler Gillespie)

FL: Still "ground zero" for dog racing

Tyler Gillespie - Salon Young Americans
"Cringe Worthy: A Theory of Awkwardness" by Melissa Dahl (Celeste Sloman/Penguin Random House)

If you're blushing, you're still human

Mary Elizabeth Williams

How to prepare for the next flu pandemic

Lance Gable - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Why black America doesn't trust banks

Marcus Anthony Hunter - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

America's black inventors

Shontavia Johnson - The Conversation
Gordon Ramsay on "MasterChef" (FOX/Greg Gayne)

I am a "MasterChef" survivor

Jessie Glenn
Author Dave Eggers and Mokhtar Alkhanshali (Jeremy Stern)

"Coffee powers human dreams"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(AP Photo/National Museum of Health, File)

Why the flu feels so awful

Laura Haynes - The Conversation
(Getty/Stephanie Keith)

#MeToo is a wakeup call

Raynard S. Kington
People are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school on February 14, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Violence harms children's mental health

Daniel J. Flannery - The Conversation
(Getty/ClaudioVentrella)

How to eradicate the flu virus at home

Jason Tetro - The Conversation
(Getty/Ricardo Arduengo)

The Caribbean and climate change

Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Claire Q. Evans - The Conversation
(Tetra Images/Getty Images)

Aid-in-dying

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
Daniel Hersl, Evodio Hendrix, Jemell Rayam, Maurice Ward, Momodu Gando, Wayne Jenkins and Marcus Taylor, the seven police officers who are facing charges. (AP/Getty/Salon)

Is this what justice looks like?

D. Watkins
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