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Mar 7 20175 minutos
Trump’s ‘Honor Killing’ Tracking System Could Exacerbate Domestic Violence
The president has ordered agencies to report “acts of gender-based violence against women … by foreign nationals." Advocates and mental-health practitioners are skeptical.
Mar 3 20174 minutos
The FBI Arrests a Man for Making Bomb Threats Against Jewish Institutions
The alleged perpetrator is a former reporter who was fired for fabricating stories. He is accused of being responsible for only a small fraction of the threats made in recent weeks.
Feb 21 20174 minutos
Milo Yiannopoulos And The Myth Of The Gay Pedophile
The journalist’s comments suggest gay men enjoy sex with children—an idea that has been widely debunked.
Feb 20 20171 minuto
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Tornadoes tear through Louisiana At least three tornadoes struck Louisiana amid severe storms, injuring more than 20 people and leaving about 10,000 homes without electricity. Much of the worst damage was seen in eastern New Orleans, in areas that w
Feb 20 20173 minutos
Sold For Sex
Forced into sexual slavery as a teen, a Seattle woman takes on the owners of the website where she was advertised
Feb 16 20176 minutos
Do Some Trauma Survivors Cope by Overworking?
Hypervigilance and an inability to relax without guilt may lead some people to blunt their emotions through work.
Feb 13 20173 minutos
Palestinian Authority Bans Novel for ‘Threatening Morality and Public Decency’
The Palestinian Authority's decision to ban a novel is being met with a lot of resistance.
Feb 10 20176 minutos
Travel Blogger Faces Eight Years in Azerbaijan Prison Over Nagorno-Karabakh Visits and Posts
One blogger, three passports and the intricate international relations of the Caucasus region. This gets pretty complicated.
Feb 10 20172 minutos
Is Tunisia Rolling Back Freedom of Information?
In 2016, Tunisia introduced a law on access to information, but its implementation by the government remains limited.
Feb 10 20173 minutos
The Cynical Selling of Jeff Sessions as a Civil-Rights Champion
The new attorney general had strong conservative credentials, but no record as a civil-rights advocate. So his defenders invented one.
Feb 9 201715 minutos
Love Is Like Cocaine: From ecstasy to withdrawal, the lover resembles an addict.
George Bernard Shaw knew the power of romantic love and attachment. Both, I will maintain, are addictions—wonderful addictions when the relationship is going well; horribly negative addictions when the partnership breaks down. Moreover, these love ad
Feb 8 20173 minutos
Protesters Say Jordanian Law Encourages ‘Honour Killings’ and Must Be Changed
"There are women that are being killed without doing anything wrong, and people are using this law to justify the killing these women."
Feb 8 20172 minutos
In Iran, From Prison to Banishment for Posting Jokes on Facebook
After completing a five-year prison sentence for Facebook posts about religion on Facebook, the Judiciary has sent Soheil Babadi into internal exile in southern Iran.
Feb 7 20175 minutos
The Pharmacies Thriving in Kentucky's Opioid-Stricken Towns
In a year, one county filled enough prescriptions for 150 doses of painkillers per resident.
Dec 22 201626 minutos
The Best Books We Read in 2016
The Atlantic’s editors and writers share their favorite titles—new, classic, or somewhere in between—from a year of reading.

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Summed Up: Personal Growth for Busy People

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Take the First Step Towards Happiness

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Leaning In

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Alex P., editor de Scribd

From the Editors

A way of life…

Hygge is a way of life in Denmark, comprised of intimate friendships, attitudes of mindfulness and gratitude, and lots of candles and cake. Is it any surprise that a country that focuses so much effort on engineering lovely moments tends to be happier than others? Remember: When life gives you lemons, make a hyggelig glass of lemonade.

Happy Wife, Happy Life

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Dating & Mating

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Alex K., editor de Scribd

From the Editors

Unconventional, pragmatic advice…

The book flies in the face of so much conventional self-help wisdom that it’s hard not to label the book as anti-self-help. And yet, that label undermines how pragmatic the book actually is. In the overcrowded, oversaturated, over-clichéd self-help genre, this is is a book well worth whatever f*cks you can muster.