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Grandmother and grandchild walking hand in hand (Getty Images/Doable)

Growing up as a white, "no sabo kid"

Gabriella Ferrigine
Illustrative image of Kellogg's logo and famous branded corn flakes. (Newscast/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Cornflakes and their ties to deviancy

Joy Saha
"Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family" by Mitchell Jackson (Scribner/John Ricard)

Mitchell Jackson on his "Survival Math"

Rachel Leah
(AP/Susan Walsh)

No lessons from mistakes

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
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An US soldier walks in front of a tank type 'M1A2 SEP' (Getty/Christof Stache)

Volunteering vs. watching

Andrew J. Bacevich - TomDispatch.com
FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, O.J. Simpson sits during a break on the second day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas. Simpson is serving nine to 33 years in prison for his 2008 conviction in the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool, File) (AP)

Big brother isn’t watching you

Tom Engelhardt
(Getty/Robyn Beck)

An American Jew banned from Israel

Medea Benjamin - Alternet
Harrison Ford in "American Graffiti" (LucasFilm)

The 10 best "American" films

Gary M. Kramer
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(AP/Cliff Owen/Reuters/Yuri Gripas/Richard Drew)

Racial groundhog day

Martin A. Parlett
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