Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity. Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for

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Annabel Greene is a girl who has it all- at least, that's what it may seem on TV commercials. Annabel's life is far from perfect. Her friendship with cruel, dramatic Sophie ended on a night she can

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“Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.” American short-story writer Kate Chopin’s