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My COVID-19 teaching year
Belle Chesler
A world unraveling amid smoke and death and how one teacher and her students dealt with it
Silicon Valley wants to “optimize” your breastmilk. Don’t fall for it
Julia Pelly
Silicon Valley is selling digital solutions for a social problem. It's a cynical ploy that misses the real issue
“Pregnant Girl” Nicole Lynn Lewis: Young mothers need a “village of support”
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The author and former teen mom talks about the imperative to help young moms go to college
How catfishers exploit basic human neuroscience
Stacey Wood, Tessa Solomon Lane, Brian Keeley, Thomas Borowski
Science explains why so many smart people let their guard down in the realm of online dating
A ground-level look at America’s health care system
Jaime R. Herndon
In “The Hospital,” Brian Alexander chronicles the struggle to offer adequate medical treatment in small-town USA
The deeper history of “defund”: How the “get tough” policies of the ’70s and ’80s led to disaster
Paul Rosenberg
Historian Julilly Kohler-Hausmann on the destruction wrought by "common sense" crackdowns on crime and welfare
The quest for “perfect parenting” is screwing us all
Gail Cornwall
Perfectionism is associated with deleterious effects for parents. Experts say it doesn't have to be this way
For physically disabled parents, COVID’s trials are amplified
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Parents with physical disabilities have been balancing high COVID-19 risk with the challenges of pandemic parenting
The history of “home economics” is both surprisingly radical and conspicuously regressive
Gail Cornwall
Home Ec classes were touted by some as a way of freeing women; by others, a means of subjugating them
Meet the brood parasites, the deadbeat mothers of the animal kingdom
Matthew Rozsa
On Mother's Day, Salon looks at nature's absentee parents, the brood parasites
What women know about the science of perfectionism
Gail Cornwall
Perfectionism thrives on uncertainty, scholars say — but women may also be held to different standards
Higher education: Here are 5 of the best documentaries about weed out now
Ashlie D. Stevens
From nuns who grow to Fab 5 Freddy's look into how American music was shaped by weed, there's a story for everyone
Growing pains: Why COVID’s disruptions take a heavy toll on teens
Melinda Wenner Moyer
For adolescents, friends and social connection — both rare during the pandemic — are key for healthy development
Why we’re so tired after socializing now
Nicole Karlis
After a year of social distancing, socializing is more exhausting than it used to be. Here's why
Psychologist Joshua Coleman: How to contend with estranged family members
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The author of "Rules of Estrangement" on why adults break up with their parents
Emma Brown on how to stop our sons from growing up into monstrous men
Nicole Karlis
Reporting on #MeToo while raising a son led journalist Emma Brown to study how America raises its boys
From Biden to “Bridgerton,” how our stuttering heroes bring a restoration of democracy
Roshaya Rodness
Democracy, with its emphasis on freedom of speech and expression, is best served by those who fight for their voice
The CW’s new Superman series takes on corporate America, which is as unexciting as that sounds
Melanie McFarland
"Superman & Lois" wants to win your heart with family drama but thinks too Smallville
“Kenan,” “WandaVision” and the case against forcing laughter into grief
Melanie McFarland
A dive into how comedies are changing the way their characters deal with loss, and where the humor can be mined
Pandemic-fueled alcohol abuse creates wave of hospitalizations for liver disease
Eli Cahan
Hospitals across the country have reported dramatic increases in alcohol-related admissions
10 parenting strategies to reduce your kids’ pandemic stress
Amanda Sheffield Morris, Jennifer Hays-Grudo
Parents can take a page from psychological research on trauma & recovery to help kids struggling with pandemic life
In “Writing With Fire,” reporters from India’s lowest caste defy the patriarchy to seek justice
Gary M. Kramer
Filmmakers spoke to Salon about the women who've inverted India's social pyramid to become a powerful force
In the grueling doc “Try Harder!” Asian American students strive to meet “unreasonable” expectations
Gary M. Kramer
Debbie Lum spoke to Salon about the Lowell High School students trying to achieve the impossible in a broken system
TakingCaraMAGA: What to do when your favorite mommy influencer is outed as a Trump supporter
Sophia Tesfaye
The boycott of a popular baby sleep trainer raises questions about accountability for Trump's supporters
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