Children

DREAM: The Act isn’t likely to pass, even if it should, says Peter Schrag.
School: When kids don’t want to go to school, and parents let them skip….
Poor: How to save the poorest kids from preventable deaths.
Interracial: They represent a hopeful future for the country.

Unreal

Liberace: With his museum set to close, will his legacy remain alive in Vegas?
Events: The would-be Koran burning and the rise of the pseudo-event.

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Political Tests

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Happiness

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Mass-Produced

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Afghanistan

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Art

Novels: Can women write the great American one? It doesn’t seem so, judging by book world bias.
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