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This benefit, together with other features of the latest relief package, may greatly reduce child poverty.
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A psychologist explains why certain goals may be more effective than others in breaking screen habits.
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A tweet led a scholar to consider how misinformation is changing the ways we evaluate information and trust others.
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A federal proposal could effectively reclassify the homes of millions of Americans as rural, not urban – without anything…
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Gender equality doesn't top any country's international agenda – yet. But ever more countries, including the US,…