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Why the Advice to Follow Your Dreams Is Selling Graduates Short

By Ryan McAnnally-Linz, Matthew Croasmun, and Miroslav Volf

Men and Women Use Parental Leave Differently. They're Judged Differently For It, Too

By Elizabeth Parks-Stamm and Derek Tharp

Silencing Period Talk Hurts Athletes

By Christine Yu

How I Reconnected With My Childhood Best Friend

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Nobody Cares About Homeless People Until They Die

Jordan Neely is a reminder of the empathy deficit when it comes to homeless people

By Belinda Luscombe

There Is No Right Way to Read

Reading is always relative to culture. History proves it, writes Adrian Johns.

By Adrian Johns

What Harm Reduction Taught Me About My Ex's Addiction—And Myself

Hanna Halperin explores her own misconceptions of harm reduction when witnessing a loved one battle addiction.

By Hanna Halperin

If Someone You Love Has an Abortion, Give Them a Gift

Friends and neighbors made a complicated moment of my life a little brighter, warmer, easier, and less lonely.

By Hannah Matthews

How Gen Z Changed Its Views On Gender

Gen Z young adults are much more likely to report identifying as either trans or nonbinary than other generations.

By Jean M. Twenge

America Makes It too Hard and Dangerous to Get Divorced

Policies that make people wait to get divorced are paternalistic at best, and dangerous at worst, write Rebecca Feinglos and Sophia Laurenzi.

By Rebecca Feinglos and Sophia Laurenzi

What Americans Fear—And What They Should

It’s easy to envision a nation of people confined to their homes, believing the violence reported on TV is the reality at their doorsteps.

By Stephanie Zacharek

What Monet’s Water Lilies Taught Me About Beauty’s Proximity to Violence

Katy Kelleher explores our penchant for validating prettiness with pain.

By Katy Kelleher

What Animals Can Teach Us About Truth and Lies

If cheating is a product of evolution, why do we still value truth, writes Lixing Sun.

By Lixing Sun

Why Borders as We Know Them Won’t Survive the Century to Come

Climate change and immigration will dramatically reshape the world's borders

By James Crawford

Teen Girls Are Facing a Mental Health Epidemic. We're Doing Nothing About It

A new report from the CDC shows the shocking rates of mental health issues for teen girls. Jean Twenge explains what's causing it

By Jean M. Twenge

The Hazards of Searching for 'Marriage Material'

Whether it's app dating or meeting someone in real life, we are always bargaining for love, writes Myisha Battle.

By Myisha Battle

I Took the SAT Again in My 50s. I Had Learned Nothing

I set out to see what half a century of living had equipped me with according to the College Board

By Philippe Reines

Midwifery Care Was the Best Decision I Ever Made

Like most American women, I set out to have a hospital birth—just as my mother had done.

By Elaine Welteroth

America Is Lost in a Dark Forest, But There's a Path Out

We must find practical ways to think through our major challenges or face dire consequences, writes Admiral James Stavridis

By James Stavridis

What The Epiphany Teaches Us About Political Hatred

The story of the three Wise Men and King Herod is a parable for our time of poisonous political hostility

By Matthew Ichibashi Potts
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