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Listen to more stories on the Noa app. For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

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Along the western bank of the Chicago River and expanding west until Ashland Avenue is the West Loop neighborhood. Once full of warehouses and manufacturing operations, the area has rapidly ...

Flu season isn't in full swing yet in the United States, but a mutated strain of the virus that caused severe outbreaks abroad is sparking concern about the winter ahead. A new version of influenza A ...

Being thankful is the ultimate win-win: If the person being thanked feels happy, the person doing the thanking feels happier still.