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The government shutdown has ended, but the delay in SNAP benefits is causing millions of Americans to worry about having enough to eat. Around 42 million Americans rely on the food assistance program ...

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Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

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When I take a walk in my neighborhood, my white hair, dark glasses, and white cane shout to the world that I am an older blind man. Some passers-by assume that I am lost and ask if I need help. It is ...