'If We Left, They Wouldn't Have Nobody' Plus 4 More Stories

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StoryCorps 'If We Left, They Wouldn't Have Nobody' When an assisted living home closed in California, many residents were still there with nowhere to go. But a cook and a janitor stayed, without pay, and took care of them. Read this story The Protojournalist Who Won The Civil War? Tough Question When it comes to on-the-spot answers to simple historical and political questions, some people don't have a clue. Read this story The Race Card Project: Six-Word Essays Six Words: 'With Kids, I'm Dad. Alone, Thug' With his brown skin and long dreadlocks, Marc Quarles stands out in his predominantly white neighborhood. He's particularly aware of that, he says, when his biracial children aren't with him. Read this story Author Interviews Today's Fairy Tales Started Out (Even More) Dark And Harrowing Evil figures prominently in favorite bedtime stories. But a new translation of the first edition of the Brothers Grimm's tales reveals exactly how unsanitized and murderous these stories once were. Read this story Code Switch The Many Stories Behind Double-Eyelid Surgery The procedure to give people with single eyelids a crease above their lashes often provokes controversy. NPR's Kat Chow steps past the debate over whether people should do it to get at the why. Read this story

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