Six Words: 'Black Babies Cost Less To Adopt' Plus 4 More Stories

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The Race Card Project: Six-Word Essays Six Words: 'Black Babies Cost Less To Adopt' In the U.S., more prospective parents seek to adopt white and mixed race children than black children. As a result, many agencies levy lower fees to make it easier for parents to adopt from among the large numbers of black children waiting for placement. Read this story The Two-Way Court Overturns DOMA, Sidesteps Broad Gay Marriage Ruling A pair of 5-4 Supreme Court rulings struck down as unconstitutional a federal law denying benefits to same-sex couples and cleared the way for gay marriages to resume in California. Read this story Shots - Health News Gloomy Thinking Can Be Contagious But so, too, can cheeriness. Research on college roommates indicates that a person's psychological outlook can rub off on those close to them. Read this story Krulwich Wonders... Every Night You Lose More Than A Pound While You're Asleep (For The Oddest Reason) Every night you lose weight while you sleep. Everybody does. Sometimes two pounds. Something inside you when you close you eyes is gone by morning. It's not bathroom-related. It's something else. What could it be? Read this story Code Switch Jeah! We Mapped Out The 4 Basic Aspects Of Being A 'Bro' In an effort to figure out whether the stereotype of the "bro" had a racial component to it, we mapped out the dimensions of bro-ness. Turns out it's a fairly nuanced landscape, but there's one celebrity who indisputably rules it all. Read this story

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