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We Should Be ‘Screaming Mad’ About Amazon's ‘Corporate Welfare’

You may have heard by now that Amazon’s new headquarters will soon call the New York and Washington, D.C., metropolitan areas home. This decision has engendered much criticism. But the...

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How Aristocracies Rule

The American fairytale is far from enchanted. Power and wealth are concentrated in an anxious aristocracy, comprised of 10% of the population, that reigns by dividing the lower classes...

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How Do I Explain America to My Black Son?

Atlantic writer Vann R. Newkirk is about to be a father, and he’s nervous. America’s history of racial violence is something that every citizen inherits, but the consequences for black...

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How Do You Know When You're a Grown-Up?

At what moment can you classify yourself as an adult? People of all ages were asked for their responses, and the answers vary pretty wildly.

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Will Single Women Transform America?

In her book, All the Single Ladies, Rebecca Traister traces the long history of marriage and its varied purposes in the United States. She also argues that the unprecedented rise in...

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This Incredible Drummer Has a Robotic Hand and Inspirational Story

In 2012, drummer Jason Barnes was cleaning an exhaust duct when he was electrocuted by 22,000 volts of electricity. He lost his right hand and believed his days as a musician were done...

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Is Miami Beach Doomed?

Miami Beach could be underwater this century. The sea level around the tourist paradise has risen steadily in recent decades and flooding in the streets has become more frequent and...

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The Future of Protein Will Not Be Animal Meat

The average American eats 80.6 pounds of beef very year. Since farming cattle is water and land-intensive—and responsible for between 18 and 51 percent of greenhouse gas...

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