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How to Talk to People, According to Terry Gross (Published 2018)
Sep 10, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
The NPR host offers eight spicy tips for having better conversations.
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After 9/11, the U.S. Got Almost Everything Wrong
Sep 08, 2021 | The Atlantic
A mission to rid the world of “terror” and “evil” led America in tragic directions.
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The exact moment kung fu blew up in America
Sep 08, 2021 | Polygon
The summer of 1973 was a whirlwind of jump kicks and cash-ins
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What local news outlets can do to overcome suspicion on the right
Sep 07, 2021 | Media Nation
Previously published at GBH News. Recently I had a conversation with a hyperlocal news editor who wanted to talk through a dilemma. Her website, which covers such matters as town boards, schools, h…
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Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible?
Sep 04, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
The most popular cryptocurrency wastes energy by design. Why is that, and could it ever be greener?
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Opinion | The Intolerable Wait for a Kids’ Vaccine
Sep 03, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
As children’s hospital beds fill up, the F.D.A. shouldn’t delay.
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Q + A: Boston Mayoral Candidates’ Food Policy Platforms and Their Vision for the City — Edible Boston
Sep 01, 2021 | Edible Boston
Photos by Michael Piazza When the coronavirus slammed Massachusetts, it strained an already-delicate food system. Food banks saw a sharp rise in demand as restaurant owners watched theirs decline. Then-Mayor Marty Walsh launched a series of stopgap...
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It’s Never Too Late to Ditch the City and Run a Farm
Aug 31, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Martha Prewitt performed as an opera singer for 15 years. But passions wane. She now runs the family farm in Kentucky, singing arias to cattle and corn. Sometimes bugs fly into her mouth.
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Some Say Low Interest Rates Cause Inequality. What if It’s the Reverse?
Aug 28, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
With an increasing share of the world’s wealth in the hands of its top earners, a savings glut is pushing asset prices up and interest rates down.
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Serena Williams and Her Fellow Tennis Greats Are Limping Toward the Exits
Aug 27, 2021 | www.nytimes.com
Graceful final chapters in tennis can be difficult to achieve, as Serena Williams and Roger Federer are learning firsthand.
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Cities that favored pedestrians over cars are reversing course
Aug 26, 2021 | Quartz
Pandemic restrictions on cars during lockdown are being lifted
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Perspective | How journalism saved ‘Jeopardy!’ from an unworthy host after an utter failure of corporate vetting
Aug 23, 2021 | Washington Post
Mike Richards was the wrong guy to fill Alex Trebek’s shoes. It took a diligent reporter who discovered what Sony missed.
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"Ted Lasso" has a message for everyone: Get you a man like Roy Kent
Aug 20, 2021 | Salon
He's here, he's there, he's every bleepin' where. Every week Roy Kent makes us wish there were more men like him
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The Deeply Unfair Question Parents Must Answer
Aug 20, 2021 | Esquire
We’re at the bottom, not the peak, of the wave of sick kids, just as schools are re-opening. We have to talk about this.
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How Teenagers Are Rediscovering An Old Game About Authoritarianism
Aug 19, 2021 | Medium
‘Papers, Please’ came out in 2013, but middle-schoolers are still stumbling upon its grim, fascinating lessons
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We asked doctors for advice on the Delta variant for kids under 12. Here’s what they said - The Boston Globe
Aug 19, 2021 | BostonGlobe.com
The Delta variant is scary for parents of children under 12, who are not eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. We asked doctors to answer a few of their concerns about Delta, back-to-school, and vaccines.
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Why Biden was so set on withdrawing from Afghanistan
Aug 18, 2021 | Vox
Even in 2009, he didn’t believe the military had a strategy for victory.
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Researchers Dig Up Embarrassing Data About Facebook — And Lose Access To Their Accounts
Aug 18, 2021 | www.wgbh.org
A Mission To Give Afghans Democracy Became A Bid To Repair America's Own
Aug 18, 2021 | NPR.org
The United States inadvertently took on a mission to democratize Afghanistan and instead undermined democracy at home, as unpopular wars tend to do.
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Perspective | The Afghan debacle lasted two decades. The media spent two hours deciding whom to blame.
Aug 17, 2021 | Washington Post
This tragedy deserves far more care in coverage than a political “winners and losers” story.
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Afghan security forces’ wholesale collapse was years in the making
Aug 17, 2021 | Washington Post
U.S. commanders hid fatal flaws with Afghan army and police for more than a decade.
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