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Sunday, September 23, 2018

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Allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, have brought back memories of the way Congress handled the testimony of Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas hearings. She weighed in on how to get it right this time in an Op-Ed article. Here's a look at other pieces that push us to do better.

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The Patriarchy Will Always Have Its Revenge

Anita Hill testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991. The nomination of her former boss, Clarence Thomas, to the Supreme Court was ultimately approved by the Senate, 52-48. Paul Hosefros/The New York Times

By JENNIFER WEINER

"I send my daughters out into the world each day, with a wave and a smile, and then I come inside and want to cry out of fury and frustration, because the world has not changed fast enough. It's one thing to say #MeToo, but if I find out it's them, too, I can picture myself hunting down the man who hurt them and dismembering him with my fingernails and burning the whole world down."

Let Teenagers Sleep In

Leo Espinosa

By HENRY NICHOLLS

Three out of every four students in grades 9 to 12 fail to sleep the minimum of eight hours that the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends for their age group. And sleep deprivation is unremittingly bad news. Why don't adults do more to help them get the rest they need?

The Coders of Kentucky

Matthew Watson of Hueysville, Ky., designs apps for cellphones. Mike Belleme for The New York Times

By ARLIE HOCHSCHILD

A Louisville tech start-up is on the forefront of a new movement to bring money and jobs from the coastal capitals of high tech to a discouraged Middle America. "Why outsource coding jobs to Bangalore when we can insource jobs to eastern Kentucky, poor in jobs but rich in work ethic, and every one I.T. job brings four or five other jobs with it?" asked Ro Khanna, a Democratic representative from California.

Sisterhood Put to the Road Trip Test

Angelica Alzona

By KAITLYN GREENIDGE

"It's a strange, hard thing to pull away from family, to create yourself, and still try to stay close to them. I'm still not sure how to do it. The answer I came up with in my late teens and 20s was to pull away completely, to move to another city, to make friends with people they would never meet, to date men they would never see. But that only results in a false self."

I Highly Recommend Joining This Cult

There is a growing concern that stressed-out, debt-ridden consumer culture is unsustainable. David Sacks/DigitalVision, via Getty Images

By LISA PRYOR

"Let me tell you about the cult I have joined: the cult of thrift. ... Bargain grocery shopping has become a sport. I make soups from scratch and serve casseroles made from cheap cuts of meat. Instead of taking the kids to expensive museum exhibitions to learn about nature, we are spending time in nature. Instead of dance classes, we dance."

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