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October 25, 2019

New Fashion Trend Driving Big Retail Chains Into Bankruptcy

BOSTON — The emerging fashion trend to buy second-hand clothing and accessories is driving chain retailers out of business across the country.

October 25, 2019

How a Family Tragedy Sparked My Fascination With a Mental Health Book

I took a forensic psychology course that introduced me to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The manual fascinated me. I found it intriguing that mental health clinicians can refer to this booklet of criteria and symptoms, and simply flip through its pages to diagnose someone with a mental illness. 

October 23, 2019

Case Study: Gita Jackson Finds Humanity in the Dispassionate Internet

Control, released in August 2019, is the latest game by the creators of Max Payne and Alan Wake. Photo credit: […]

October 22, 2019

Casey Newton: The Advocate for Facebook Moderators

(Source: Eston Bond) PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – Imagine if social media was raw, obscene, and absolutely unfiltered. Any person in the […]

St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals. Image source.

October 20, 2019

Pets of New York Blessed in Annual Ceremony

Hundreds of pet owners stood on sidewalks outside New York City churches Friday, holding their guinea pigs, cats, snakes, and various breeds of dogs - as they do every year on this day. It is Oct. 4, marking the celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Catholics all over the country wait in line with their beloved - in most cases - four-legged friends who are to be blessed, though the event is one that appeals to people of other faiths, and even some of no faith at all.