A Tradition Of Passing Down Decorations From One Family To Another
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro explores holiday decorations passed on from one homeowner to another.
‘Help, I’m Hosting’: Author Nina Stibbe Offers Best Tips For Gift-Giving
This week on our holiday advice series, NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Nina Stibbe, author of An Almost Perfect Christmas, about her best tips on gift-giving.
Stop Crying and Eat These Thirtieth-Birthday Cakes
Rachel Merrill illustrates humorous messages piped in icing on cakes for thirtieth-birthday celebrations.
The Man Making Art From Government Surveillance

Trevor Paglen thinks about being monitored by things you can’t see: secret military bases, tapped cables, spy satellites. So he just sent a work of art into space.
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20 Things About Anxiety Culture That Are Too Real
Paris Police And “Yellow Vests” Protesters Clashed Amid Tear Gas On The Champs-Élysées
Protesters set off fireworks, chased away reporters, and smashed storefronts while others hurled objects at police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades.
Literally 18 Students Who Just Need A Long, Long Holiday
Not My Job: We Quiz Candice Bergen Of ‘Murphy Brown’ On Murphy’s Law

Thirty years after it first debuted in 1988, the sit-com Murphy Brown is back — and Bergen is still in the title role.
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