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

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. (AP)

How dangerous people get their weapons

Philip Cook - The Conversation
People scramble for shelter after gunfire at a country music festival on October 1, 2017. (Getty/David Becker)

Take on the NRA and honor Vegas victims

D. Watkins
(Shutterstock/science photo)

I wasn't born a drug dealer

Douglas Dodd, Matthew B. Cox
This photo taken on Monday, May 26, 2014 and provided by Jill Helmuth, shows a tornado touching down on a reach before heading towards Watford City, N.D. Authorities say several were injured and more than a dozen trailers were damaged or destroyed Monday evening when the twister tore through a camp where oil field workers stay. (AP Photo/Jill Helmuth) (AP)

Americans rate their worst fears

Steven Rosenfeld - Alternet
(Getty/Thearon W. Henderson)

Race and football fandom

Tamir Sorek, Robert G. White - The Conversation

Grammar snobbery won't get you dates

Marty Kaplan - Alternet
(AP)

News literacy 101

Christine Elgersma - Common Sense Media
(AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

7 ways to teach bilingual kids with tech

Maria O Alvarez - Common Sense Media
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Racism: Still in American schools

Liz Posner - Alternet

Stop unfriending over disagreements

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Playboy Bunnies, 1966 (AP/Anthony Camerano)

The complexity of Cold War masculinity

Chelsea Barnett - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

How many big storms can coasts endure?

Reynard Loki - Alternet
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/g/Julia+Tsokur'>Julia Tsokur</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Cryptocurrencies fuel cybercrime

Ari Juels, Iddo Bentov, Ittay Eyal - The Conversation
National Museum of African American History and Culture (AP/Susan Walsh)

Year One of the Museum of Hard Truths

Robert L. Wilkins
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Getty/Win McNamee)

How the Vietnam Memorial broke the rules

James Reston Jr.
"Waiting Room for White Only" (AP)

How a racist is made — and unmade

Robin Lindley

The Salon 5: How to win any argument

D. Watkins
(AP/Paul Sancya)

Do undocumented immigrants have rights?

Anis Shivani
Kellyanne Conway (AP/Alex Brandon)

Facts don't matter, and it's worrying

R. Kelly Garrett - The Conversation
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-491173p1.html'>stockelements</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Navigating court without a lawyer

Lauren Sudeall Lucas, Darcy Meals - The Conversation
(Getty/kali9)

I stole a white girl & took her to prom

Victor Varnado

Swimming as a tool for unity

Chris White
Ecstasy pills, which contain MDMA as their main chemical (DEA)

Can MDMA help cure social anxiety?

Benjamin Bell
Jan-Erik "Janne" Olsson (Getty)

Is Stockholm Syndrome real?

Terence Mickey - Memory Motel
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