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/ 4 weeks agoHow should we look to history to make sense of Luigi Mangione’s alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson?
Comparisons between our current era and the societal rot of the Gilded Age abound. But it might be more useful to...
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/ 4 weeks agoA nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics
Political polarization and people not being exposed to other perspectives online are two major factors that contribute to Americans feeling exhausted...
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/ 4 weeks agoThe Wanamaker organ has been part of a treasured holiday tradition in Philly for over 100 years − a historian explains its illustrious past and uncertain future
With Macy’s stores across the country shuttering, some Philadelphians are concerned about the fate of the 120-year-old instrument once touted as...
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/ 4 weeks agoHow a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory
‘Ours is the only city in Brazil where the Confederate flag flies,’ said a city council member in Santa Bárbara d’Oeste....
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/ 4 weeks agoWhat are pharmacy benefit managers? A health economist explains how lack of competition drives up drug prices for everyone
As the middlemen between drug companies and insurers, PBMs are shoo-ins as the villains behind high drug prices. But they do...
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/ 4 weeks agoHow to avoid the latest generation of scams this holiday season
Today’s scams aren’t like yesteryear’s.
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/ 4 weeks agoThe moral dimension to America’s flawed health care system
At a moment of soul-searching about health care in the US, an expert on global health puts the American system in...
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/ 4 weeks agoParents and caregivers: How to stop feeling like a Grinch and be more present with your kids this holiday season
Future-oriented thinking, rather than careening from moment to moment, can help parents have more meaningful moments with their children.
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/ 4 weeks agoFederal protection for monarch butterflies could help or harm this iconic species, depending on how it’s carried out
Will protecting monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act improve their chance of surviving? Not necessarily, 2 entomologists caution.
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/ 4 weeks agoFor enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back
Whether it was spent feasting or plotting escapes, the week between Christmas and the new year offered a rare opportunity for...
