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Food safety fears are bipartisan. Trust in oversight isn’t

A Crunchwrap Supreme and a bag of supermarket salad generally appeal to rather different notions of a good lunch. One offers the architectural pleasure of a crunchy tostada tucked inside a warm tortilla; the other, the satisfaction of having arranged…
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The millennials raising sons to speak up after Cornell

Since news about the lawsuit against the “Cornell 7” broke, the internet has been rife with discourse about how Millennial parents are “raising sons differently.” That doesn’t just mean teaching young boys about consent. As Tomika Anderson wrote in Essence…
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I miss the restaurant pager

At 16, I was entrusted with one of the most important pieces of technology at a suburban Chili’s: a wire rack full of restaurant pagers. The restaurant occupied a sprawling shopping center alongside an Olive Garden, a Cabela’s and a…
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Kate Berlant’s great American clown show

In a digital flyer promoting the stand-up shows that would culminate in her new HBO comedy special, “Parmesan,” comedian, actress and one of America’s greatest working artists, Kate Berlant, posed an important question: “HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CLOWN?” In one…
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Kelly Clarkson is nobody’s idol

Not long ago, celebrities took to social media to express their contempt for a business and barely made a ripple in the public conversation, let alone national headlines.  When Alec Baldwin furiously smashed his big thumbs into his tiny BlackBerry…
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