Dianna Douglas
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In an interview with NPR, memoirist Azar Nafisi reflects on the enduring power of literature.
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Microwave or air fryer? Grill or slow cooker? An investigation into how to cook hot dogs for the most flavor and the most joy.
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A marrying couple are more likely than ever to ask a friend to officiate their wedding. Here's how to handle this high-stakes assignment.
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Teenagers looking for summer jobs face a tough labor market. But the personal benefits are huge.
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Suffragists didn't just march. They baked, held bake sales and sold cookbooks to raise money for the cause of equality.
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Women in Utah became the first in America to vote under an equal suffrage law on Feb. 14, 1870. There are celebrations, but it means confronting the state's uncomfortable polygamy history, too.
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Utah plans to send a statue of suffragette and senator Martha Hughes Cannon to represent the state in the U.S. Capitol. It's a subtle approach to changing perceptions of women in Utah.
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Social scientists see long-term benefits to new dads spending a few months caring for a baby. But these studies won't nudge fathers to take leave if they still see a work culture that frowns on it.
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Returns of toys and gadgets add up to more than $260 billion every year. Optoro, a startup in Maryland, tries to reduce the cost to retailers, and the cost to the environment.
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The British medical system says healthy women with normal pregnancies should give birth at home or in a midwife-led facility. But 99 percent of babies in the U.S. are born in hospitals.