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Ideas It’s Time For Holiday Shopping Season to Go 1. It’s time for the holiday shopping season to go. By Denise Lee Yohn in Harvard Business Review 2. How online dating has increased interracial marriage — and might be changing marriage

U.S.'Plus Size' Goes Out of Fashion Kmart has rebranded its “plus size” label as “fabulously sized,” in an effort to create a more body-positive atmosphere. It’s just the latest sign that the problematic

White Supremacists Rally In Knoxville Draws Counter Protest

Ideas America Is Living Through a Battle for its Soul 1. “We are living through a battle for the soul of this nation.” By Joe Biden in the Atlantic 2. Why we must still defend free speech. By David Cole in the New York Review of Books 3.

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Health Why Wine Tastes Better When It Costs More In 2015, scientists confirmed what all but the most serious wine drinkers have long suspected: That bottle of vino will taste better if you think it costs more. Now, in a new study published in

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Health Here's How Money Really Can Buy You Happiness The following story is excerpted from TIME’s special edition, The Science of Happiness, which is available at Amazon. “Whoever said money can’t buy happiness isn’t spending

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Newsfeed The Internet Is Obsessed With This Man Who Thought Butternut Squash Was Cubed Cheese One man’s quest for cheese has become the latest internet-anointed viral plight. The harrowing tale going around Twitter features a displeased customer’s valiant fight against clearly

The exterior of the Springdale Mall in Mobile, AL on July 9, 2017.

U.S.Why the Death of Malls Is About More Than Shopping This year alone, more than 8,600 stores could close, according to industry estimates, many of them the brand-name anchor outlets that real estate developers once stumbled over themselves to court. Already there have been 5,300 retail closings this year

Savoring her morning coffee

Ideas When Did Being Busy Become Cool 1. When did busy become cool? By Drake Baer in Thrive Global 2. When states try to target aid to only the ‘deserving’ poor, poverty intensifies. By Annie Lowrey in CityLab 3. Another

University lecture hall during class

Ideas The Traditional Lecture Is Dead 1. The traditional lecture is dead. By Rhett Allain in Wired 2. This is why a new surge in Afghanistan would be a terrible idea. By Douglas Wissing in Politico Magazine 3. Ethical shopping is

Young woman shopping on-line

Ideas Online Shopping Makes Suckers Of Us All 1. Online shopping makes suckers of us all. By Jerry Useem in the Atlantic 2. How maps and machine learning are helping to eliminate malaria. By Allie Lieber at the Keyword 3. This is why so many

White Supremacists Rally In Knoxville Draws Counter Protest

Ideas America Is Living Through a Battle for its Soul 1. “We are living through a battle for the soul of this nation.” By Joe Biden in the Atlantic 2. Why we must still defend free speech. By David Cole in the New York Review of Books 3.

red-wine-bottle-glass-drinking-health-alcohol-motto-stock

Health Why Wine Tastes Better When It Costs More In 2015, scientists confirmed what all but the most serious wine drinkers have long suspected: That bottle of vino will taste better if you think it costs more. Now, in a new study published in

Money

Health Here's How Money Really Can Buy You Happiness The following story is excerpted from TIME’s special edition, The Science of Happiness, which is available at Amazon. “Whoever said money can’t buy happiness isn’t spending

butternut squash, chopped in bowl

Newsfeed The Internet Is Obsessed With This Man Who Thought Butternut Squash Was Cubed Cheese One man’s quest for cheese has become the latest internet-anointed viral plight. The harrowing tale going around Twitter features a displeased customer’s valiant fight against clearly

The exterior of the Springdale Mall in Mobile, AL on July 9, 2017.

U.S.Why the Death of Malls Is About More Than Shopping This year alone, more than 8,600 stores could close, according to industry estimates, many of them the brand-name anchor outlets that real estate developers once stumbled over themselves to court. Already there have been 5,300 retail closings this year

Savoring her morning coffee

Ideas When Did Being Busy Become Cool 1. When did busy become cool? By Drake Baer in Thrive Global 2. When states try to target aid to only the ‘deserving’ poor, poverty intensifies. By Annie Lowrey in CityLab 3. Another

University lecture hall during class

Ideas The Traditional Lecture Is Dead 1. The traditional lecture is dead. By Rhett Allain in Wired 2. This is why a new surge in Afghanistan would be a terrible idea. By Douglas Wissing in Politico Magazine 3. Ethical shopping is

Young woman shopping on-line

Ideas Online Shopping Makes Suckers Of Us All 1. Online shopping makes suckers of us all. By Jerry Useem in the Atlantic 2. How maps and machine learning are helping to eliminate malaria. By Allie Lieber at the Keyword 3. This is why so many

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