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Before a story reaches your feed, it can get stretched, twisted, or made up entirely. The Snopes newsletter shows you what the evidence says, with the sources attached. Free.

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The Ordinary Miracle of Existing

Being alive at all is the most extraordinary stroke of good luck any of us will ever experience, the physicist Alan Lightman writes: “The question is: What are we to make of the fantastically improbable fact of our existence, our moment of life?”

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The Newcomer

Wes Moore likes to portray himself as an independent actor, beholden to no one, including the Democratic Party—but the perception that he lacks authenticity is taking a political toll, Jenisha Watts reports.

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The Night My Marriage Fell Apart

In one evening, Chris Jones lost his wife and his best friend; he would soon lose his home, half his money, and some equal measure of time with his children. Nearly 10 years later, he reflects on the longest night of his life—and what it took to rebuild it.

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The End of Reading Is Here

The advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, Rose Horowitch writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era?

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Don’t Avoid Romance

“A closer look at the singles trend suggests that the problem is not a lack of available partners, but that young adults may inadvertently be avoiding romantic attachment,” Arthur C. Brooks wrote in 2023. “That is the challenge we face”:

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