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       Place, community, and the people we love.
       
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    <description>What can we do to help young men respect women, recognize consent, and have healthy sexual relationships? Teach them kindness to others—and the courage to go against the crowd.</description>        
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    <description>Children’s future happiness is not tied to how well they behave or whether they will be able to hold a job. It is tied to their ability to create with their minds and their hands.</description>        
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    <title>4 Lessons for Growing a Family Farm Across Generations</title>        
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    <description>Breaking our families into nuclear units has an ecological and emotional cost. Could the multigenerational farm remind us where to turn for a viable future?</description>        
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    <title>Tomorrow, We March on Washington to End the Gun Violence</title>        
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    <description>Twenty-two times more children have been killed by guns since 1979 than military personnel in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. Rev. Jacqui Lewis on why all of us—from clergy to factory workers—must not be too sad, too busy, or too afraid to say, enough.</description>        
    
    
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    <title>Married with Children? It’s Not the End of Individuality</title>        
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    <description>Sometimes Shannon Hayes finds herself missing the days before she was a mother. But the circle of familial give-and-take love makes the trade-off worth it.</description>        
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    <description>Whether you’re looking for ways to save a few bucks or to be kinder to the environment, these are some fun tips to fight the cold.</description>        
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    <description>Following the heartbreak in Newtown, many Americans find themselves wondering—are people just horrible? Jeremy Adam Smith on why compassion, forgiveness, and resilience are everywhere, even in tragedy.</description>        
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    <description>Spoons, sardines, telephone charades, and other activities to put a boost in your get-togethers.</description>        
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    <description>All of us lose loved ones over the course of our lives, and the pain of those losses is especially sharp during the holiday season. Passing on their memories to younger generations is a gift that truly lasts.</description>        
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    <description>Last year, YES! publisher Fran Korten shared her efforts to move more stuff out of her house than into it. With the season of “stuff” upon us again, here’s what she’s learned about unstuffing her life.</description>        
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