Minority children had higher percentages of elevated blood lead levels than their counterparts in seven states.
by Elaina Bayard
PRELUDE
Abstract
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” Joan Didion says. But I don’t like Joan Didion, and I wish she’d never said that. I am looking in the mirror, and I am upset, rehearsing for an interview, a date, or the dreaded “tell me about yourself”—generally getting my narrative together. ...
Benjamin Hein’s recent book explores how the German-American diaspora impacted German industrialization.
Lands of opportunity are frequently co-inhabited by lesser-known creatures: decisions. Opportunities gambol and frolic around, but if you look closely, tailing each opportunity is a little decision or two, nipping at its heels, encumbering it just a tiny bit. This ecosystem is more complex than we may ...
It took seeing one friend repeatedly reassure another that nothing was wrong and then, in their absence, proceed to describe everything that was, in fact, wrong for me to realize that I’m a very direct person. Obviously, I’ve told half-truths and stalled a confrontation for another day, but in a ...
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