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Confronting a crisis: The hard truths about American retirement

by Amy Scott and Bennett Purser
Dec 31, 2018
“We are not primarily here because of too many trips to Starbucks,” author Elizabeth White says.
Elizabeth White and her forthcoming book "55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal."
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3 innovations that started out as inclusive design solutions

by Kimberly Adams and Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 22, 2018
You can thank inclusive design for typewriters, flexible straws and the technology behind iPhone screens.
A typewriter is displayed at Massilia Vintage international fashion and design fair in southeastern France, no September 26, 2015.
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Busting the motherhood myth of "having it all"

by Amy Scott and Bennett Purser
Nov 15, 2018
A journalist and parent digs into how our ideas of motherhood came about in the U.S.
A cropped version of journalist Amy Westervelt's book.
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Why smartphones are "revolutionary" for India

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Nov 1, 2018
The technology is bringing people online in a way that's "unprecedented in the world," says author Ravi Agrawal.
Indian men check their smartphones outside the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai in October.
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5 things you didn’t know about the history of the Myers-Briggs system

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 30, 2018
A look at the indicator's controversial, complicated past.
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How companies use the Myers-Briggs system to evaluate employees

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 30, 2018
Merve Emre, author of the book "The Personality Breakers," shares a few insights.
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How companies use the Myers-Briggs system to evaluate employees

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 30, 2018
Merve Emre, author of the book "The Personality Breakers," shares a few insights.
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Former NFL player Marcellus Wiley on the economic realities of football careers

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Oct 24, 2018
The game lifted him out of poverty, but he doesn't want his son to play.
Marcellus Wiley says he went through the rigors of football “fueled by necessity. I needed the money, I needed the opportunity, but my son won't.” Above, he plays defensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers.
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Former NFL player Marcellus Wiley on the economic realities of football careers

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Oct 24, 2018
The game lifted him out of poverty, but he doesn't want his son to play.
Marcellus Wiley says he went through the rigors of football “fueled by necessity. I needed the money, I needed the opportunity, but my son won't.” Above, he plays defensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers.
Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
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A misunderstood tech giant and the "nerds" who created it

by Kai Ryssdal and Phoebe Unterman
Oct 4, 2018
We're talking about Reddit. A new book takes a deep dive into the site's history and impact.
Alexis Ohanian, one of Reddit's co-founders, attends WORLDZ Cultural Marketing Summit 2017 in Los Angeles.
Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for PTTOW!
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