Stories By Smack Houston
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Lifestyles
Dear Life Kit: Do I have to listen to my boss complain?
May 26, 2024Need some really good advice? Look no further than Dear Life Kit. In each episode, we...
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Places
What biologists see from the shores of the drying Great Salt Lake
May 19, 2024SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Drive west of this sprawling high desert city, past its newly...
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Family
He didn’t want his sister to die. But her suffering helped him understand her choice
May 12, 2024Journalist and author Steven Petrow remembers his sister Julie Petrow-Cohen as a self-described troublemaker with a...
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Life Hacks
Dear Life Kit: We bought a dog instead of rescuing one. It cost me a friend
May 12, 2024Need some really good advice? Look no further than Dear Life Kit. In each episode, we...
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Money
China makes cheap electric vehicles. Why can’t American shoppers buy them?
May 12, 2024New EVs aren’t cheap. At least, not in the United States. In other parts of the...
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Family
Raising a child with autism in Kenya: Facing stigma, finding glimmers of hope
May 5, 2024Mary Gachoki had learned about autism spectrum disorder from a caregiving course she’d taken in college....
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Lifestyles
Dear Life Kit: I’m happily married but hate our sex life. Should I ask for a divorce?
April 28, 2024Need some really good advice? Look no further than Dear Life Kit. In each episode, we...
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Health Life
There’s a cheap and effective way to treat childhood diarrhea. So why is it underused?
April 21, 2024Every year, nearly 500,000 children die from an easily curable condition: diarrhea. There’s a simple and...
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Life Hacks
Dear Life Kit: My boyfriend’s parents pay for everything. It makes me uncomfortable
April 14, 2024Need some really good advice? Look no further than Dear Life Kit. In each episode, we...
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Health Life
Humanitarian crises abound. Why is the U.N. asking for less aid money than last year?
April 14, 2024Humanitarian aid groups around the world can agree on one thing: The number of people in...
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