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Why Forgiving Someone Else Is Really About You
by Stephanie O’Neill Forgiveness has a PR problem. Think about all those useless idioms used to describe it. →
App Lets You Destress By Screaming Into Icelandic Wilderness
by Emily Alfin Johnson and Lisa Weiner 2020 has been a lot. And we’re barely halfway through. Luckily, →
It’s A Good Time To Head To Mars
By Joe Palca If you’re planning a trip to Mars, now is the time to go. For a →
Opinion: An Ode To Manny’s Cafeteria And Delicatessen In Chicago
By Scott Simon I’ve had lunch with politicians, clergy, reporters and people who’ve just been indicted at Manny’s Cafeteria and Delicatessen in Chicago, and there’s a code of silence over the clatter: it doesn’t count. The schmear of cream cheese thick enough to be a ski jump? No calories! Potato pancakes hefty as manhole covers? →
How 6 Problem-Solvers Tackled Pandemic Challenges In Their Neighborhoods
Cardboard beds. Urban farms. Roving mariachi bands. These are some of the ways that regular folks are solving →
Good News: This Comet Won’t Cause A Mass Extinction In 2020. Also, It’s Really Pretty
by Geoff Brumfiel The first thing to know about a new comet that has appeared in the evening sky is that it’s one big ice ball: about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) across. “Just to put it into context, about 65 million years ago there was an asteroid or a comet that was thought to have →
‘This Is One Way To Dance’ Explores A Life Straddling Congruent Realities
By Martha Anne Toll In 1921, my grandmother moved from the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan to Rochester, New →
‘The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes’ Is A Lackluster Prequel To ‘The Hunger Games’
by Annalisa Quinn With her Hunger Games novels, Suzanne Collins harnessed a combination of twisty plots, teen romance, dystopian worldbuilding →
DIY During Quarantine. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Plenty
By Martha Ann Overland Maybe your garbage disposal is broken or the fridge is slowly dying. Because of →
Saddled With Student Loans, Bestselling Author Worries, ‘I Don’t Want To Die Poor’
by Terry Gross Writer Michael Arceneaux has a tongue-in-cheek message for young people right now: “Please don’t be →