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The Absurd Republican Argument for Rolling Back Child Labor Laws
Last week, a law went into effect in Arkansas that allows 14- and 15-year-olds to work without a permit signed…
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More Plants, More Life, More Pleasure: What Sets the Best Gardens Apart
Having an ecologically responsible landscape doesn’t mean you need to get rid of your favorite plants: “It’s about letting things…
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How to Command a Stage Without Great Dance Moves (Taylor’s Version)
The choreography on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour doesn’t ask her to do too much, but she knows how to use…
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Read Your Way Through Appalachia
Barbara Kingsolver, whose Pulitzer-winning “Demon Copperhead” offered a variegated portrait of the region, guides readers through a literary landscape “as…
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Why Haven’t We Made It Safer to Breathe in Classrooms?
Two years ago, we got a chance to assure parents and teachers, in any future epidemic, that the air in…
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Why Barbie and Ken Need Each Other
Between the middle of the 1970s and the late 2010s, in their responses to the General Social Survey, American women…
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Why Televising the Trump Trial Is a Bad Idea
As the indictments against former President Donald Trump multiply, TV and print media commentators as well as members of Congress…
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India Is on the Brink
Indian social media is a brutal place, a window on the everyday hatred and violence that has come to colonize…
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On Dates, I Now Look for Climate Compatibility
The day that wildfire smoke triggered the fire alarms in our Portland, Ore., apartment, I looked at my then-boyfriend and…
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Tory Lanez Is Sentenced to 10 Years for Shooting Megan Thee Stallion
The Canadian rapper, who was found guilty last year, shot her several times in the feet during an argument about…