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Back in 2005, nothing felt more high-powered and sophisticated than ending a call by snapping shut a clamshell flip phone.Now, two decades since they hit peak…

A few years ago, during the coronavirus pandemic, Daniel Humm had an epiphany. Human reliance on animal products was cooking the planet, and, as a chef,…

The hisses, pings and screeches that introduced millions of Americans to the nascent online world are to be formally retired when AOL’s dial-up internet shuts down…

When I taught about social class in my Intimacy, Marriages and Families course this past semester, I began with reflection and a sticky note, not with…

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