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Back to SearchHow Apple Fueled China's Economic and Technological Rise
The prevailing narrative about Apple in China over the last two decades is that the Cupertino company took advantage of low wages and weak labor laws…
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What It’s Like to Parent With Your Friends
NPR’s Rhaina Cohen has taken a close look at friend-powered parenting, joining shared households to see how neighbor-and-friend alliances can break t…
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As Final AIDS LifeCycle Ride Ends, Where Does AIDS Research Stand?
When the first AIDS LifeCycle ride rolled down the California coastline in 1994, AIDS was the leading cause of death for people aged 25 to 44. Today,…
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Is What Social Media Tells You About Protein… True?
“We’re in a protein craze, and it’s hard to ignore,” writes New York Times health reporter Alice Callahan. Social media feeds are inundated with clai…
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Robert Macfarlane on the Lives and Rights of Rivers
Celebrated nature writer Robert Macfarlane has written about mountains, trails, and the old ways of humans on Earth. His new book lays out its premis…
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How Multi-level Marketing Became America’s ‘Unseen Propaganda Factory’
For decades, multi-level marketing (or MLM) companies like Amway and Mary Kay have made the promise that people could become their own bosses, earn e…
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With So Much Vacant Ground Floor Retail, Why Are We Still Building More?
When new apartment and office buildings are built, Bay Area cities often require developers to include retail space on the ground floor. The goal s t…
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How Trump’s Massive, Wide Ranging Budget Bill Could Affect You
President Trump’s budget bill rolls back clean energy initiatives, reduces Medicaid benefits, alters student loan rules, and extends tax cuts to the…
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Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on the ‘Original Sin’ Controversy
Journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again”…
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Remembering George Floyd and the Racial Reckoning He Sparked
We remember George Floyd, five years after his murder by a Minneapolis police officer. In the days and months after Floyd’s death, millions of Americ…
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