Local Cops Aren’t Prepared for This Kind of Bloodshed
Instead of addressing lax gun laws, Americans fixate on what the authorities might have done differently.
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‘There Will Probably Be a Cease-Fire. And Then They Will Just Be Names’
Israeli-hostage families fear abandonment.
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The extinction of animals is a huge problem for plants that rely on them to escape warming habitats.
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There never has been, nor will there be, a military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Power of One Push-Up
Several simple ways of measuring a person’s health might matter more than body weight.
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The delivery icon hasn’t changed in 60 years, and it’s making your food worse.
Getty; The Atlantic Waiting for the Weekend
A whole two days off from work, in which we can do what we please, has only recently become a near-universal right. What we choose to do looks increasingly like work, and idleness has acquired a bad name. Herein, a history of leisure. (From 1991)
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