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The Mind of a Con Man

Diederik Stapel, a Dutch social psychologist, perpetrated an audacious academic fraud by making up studies that told the world what it wanted to hear about human nature. One summer night in 2011, a
PUBLISHED: April 26, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (771 words)

Grace in Broken Arrow

Editor’s Note: Names of victims have been changed. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. – Psalm 34 No more sleepovers. No more…
LENGTH: 56 minutes (14122 words)

No More Starving Artists! « Art Works

November 14, 2011 By Rebecca Gross Support Starving artists via flickr user Wrote On September 17, the Iowa Arts Council hosted the third iteration of its No More Starving Artists conference. With…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1483 words)
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The F Word

"Ok," I said to my daughter as she bent over her afternoon bowl of Cinnamon Life. "What's going on with you and J.?" J. is the ringleader of a group of third-graders at her camp—a position…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2204 words)

Grizzly Bear Members Are Indie-Rock Royalty, But What Does That Buy Them in 2012?

From left, Christopher Bear, Chris Taylor, Daniel Rossen, and Ed Droste. Grizzly Bear’s music videos have this habit of depicting the band members as suffering, blank and deadpan, through…
PUBLISHED: Sept. 30, 2012
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5648 words)

An Oral History

Wednesday, September 29, 1982 6:30 a.m. Mary Kellerman, a 12-year-old from Schaumburg, wakes up feeling sick. Her parents keep her home from school, and she takes some Tylenol. Dennis…
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5192 words)

Arresting Development: Why Zero Tolerance Policies in Schools Aren’t Working

Increased police presence and zero tolerance policies in schools have done little to stem school violence while pushing students into the school to prison pipeline. By Annette Fuentes, from…
LENGTH: 2 minutes (626 words)

Where Does Love Go When It Dies?

There was a friend you saw every day when you were little. They were the friend with whom you built forts, told scary stories (trying not to fall asleep first), and ran around in the neighborhood…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1277 words)
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Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No

In January, the actor Peter Dinklage surprised himself during his own Golden Globe acceptance speech. Dinklage had won the award for best supporting actor in a TV series for his portrayal of…
AUTHOR:Dan Kois
PUBLISHED: March 29, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3740 words)
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