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The High Notes and Hard Knocks of My Traveling Karaoke Family
My parents owned a karaoke business, and we were all on stage together night after night, with Dad belting “YMCA” and Mom coo-ing like Marilyn Monroe…
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Dina Peone
The Fastest Formerly Blind ‘Biker Babe’ in Wichita
I woke up one morning in my mid-thirties and suddenly couldn’t see. I vowed if I ever got my vision back I would live life differently — I had no idea…
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The Heroines of Halifax and The World’s Greatest Explosion
In 1917, a ship collision caused the biggest accidental blast the world has ever seen. While the city’s male leaders dithered, a band of volunteer…
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Claire Horn
The Crime Victim Who’s Obsessed with True Crime Shows
After I was injured in a school shooting, I found unexpected comfort in binging grisly TV shows and podcasts. And I’m not the only one.
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Taylor Schumann
The High Notes and Hard Knocks of My Traveling Karaoke Family
My parents owned a karaoke business, and we were all on stage together night after night, with Dad belting “YMCA” and Mom coo-ing like Marilyn Monroe…
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Dina Peone
Twenty Years After a Brain Injury, I'm Finally Getting on with My Life. And I'm Terrified.
My long recovery from a freak accident held me back, but it also gave me an ironclad excuse for everything wrong with my life.
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Jane Ratcliffe
Their Own Government Killed Their Families. Now These Women Are Helping Each Other Survive.
You’ve heard about the thousands of Filipinos murdered in Duterte’s drug war. Here’s what’s happened to those left behind.
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Pat Nabong
The Fire That Forced Me to Finally Say Goodbye
When my house burned down with Mom’s ashes inside, I lost her all over again.
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Andria Stone
What Life Is Like in a Village with No Children
After a drought devastated La Cienga, Ecuador, every working family packed up and left. Just twelve somber senior citizens linger with the ghosts of…
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Mara Klecker
The Millennials of Afghanistan Have Never Known a World Without War. So Why Are These Kids So Hopeful?
Death and destruction is always just around the corner here, yet many young Afghans are focused on the future, diving headfirst into everything from…
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Sophie Brill
Our 2016 Was a Year From Hell. Here’s Why I’m Grateful It Was So Hard.
First we got divorced. Then our dog died. Then there was the terrifying close call when our eight-year-old got hit by a car. Through it all, I learned…
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Samantha Shanley
Stalin Exiled These Two Sisters To Kazakhstan. A Lifetime Later, They’re Finally Breaking Their Silence.
After the Soviet ruler banished thousands of “enemies of the state” to the empire’s furthest reaches, the shame and stigma kept most quiet for decades.
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Clary Estes
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