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What I Learned from  6 Incarcerated Teen Girls
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What I Learned from 6 Incarcerated Teen Girls

A community of writers taught me a lesson about trust.

by Shelley Ring Diamond

10 Ways to ‘Get Involved’
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10 Ways to ‘Get Involved’

Based on slightly exaggerated actual attempts.

by Summer Moore Batte

Running Through Stop Signs
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Running Through Stop Signs

A Stanford student with cystic fibrosis sets off on a 65K — with an IV in his arm.

by Susan Biggar

Third Time's the Charm
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Third Time's the Charm

Finding peace under a cultural magnifying glass.

by Waka Takahashi Brown

Man in the Mountains
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Man in the Mountains

Deep in the Cascades, my father's legacy lives on.

by David Hirning

Saying Goodbye to a Part of Our Past
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Saying Goodbye to a Part of Our Past

An Elegy for the ‘O’

by Melinda Sacks

Pennies for My Thoughts
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Pennies for My Thoughts

I did it all for science and a little spending money.

by Meghan Davis Mercer

Secrets of Stradivari
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Secrets of Stradivari

I'm in love with an 18th-century cello. So I traveled to Italy to figure out how to make one just like it. Well, almost.

by Harry Mairson

‘This Is Not a Drill’: Those 38 Minutes of Nuclear False Alarm
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‘This Is Not a Drill’: Those 38 Minutes of Nuclear False Alarm

STANFORD senior writer Melinda Sacks was waking up in Hawaii when the missile alert came across her phone. This is what she went through.

by Melinda Sacks

Our Favorite Avatar
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Our Favorite Avatar

Could video games help our dad reclaim what he'd lost?

by Vanessa Hua