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Do Epics Need Heroes?
Orlando Reade
The Weekend Read / August 8, 2026 In recent years, the online right has contested adaptations of epic in order to make an argument about masculinity. The Odyssey is their latest target. Ad Policy ...[Continue Reading]
Thenation.com
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Federal funds can't be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears
Scott Maucione
Last year, Baltimore had three mass overdose incidents in the span of three months in its Penn North neighborhood. In one incident, more than two dozen people were hospitalized after many were found ...[Continue Reading]
NPR
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Ariana Grande and the Disappointment of Diagnosis
Lauren Michele Jackson
Tell me, whos to blame?Is it the people or myself? ... This is not a cry for help ... But I am not a victim, bitchIm practically drowning in my blessings If those proclamations are autobiogr ...[Continue Reading]
The New Yorker
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Why loneliness and not social isolation may be making you sick
Zoe Reed, The Conversation US
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. You can spend every day surrounded by other people and still feel lonely. ...[Continue Reading]
Scientific American
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Giving Time Back to the Rifle Company
Eric G
By First Lieutenant Max Steinbach and First Lieutenant Collin Bergstrom, United States Marine Corps First Lieutenant Max Steinbach is a Marine infantry officer serving as the company executive offic ...[Continue Reading]
Soldiersystems.net
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Senate Confirms Todd Blanche After Handful Of GOP Holdouts Threatened His Nomination
Nicole Silverio
The Senate confirmed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to be the next attorney general after holdouts threatened his nomination process. The upper chamber confirmed Blanche 50-49, with every Dem ...[Continue Reading]
The Daily Caller
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