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Food Expiration Dates Don’t Have Much Science Behind Them

Jill Roberts The Conversation
Expiration dates could be more meaningful if they were based on scientific studies of a food’s rate of nutrient loss or microbial growth. A food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat

Ms. Marvel Powerfully Portrays the Pain of Partition

Maryam Ahmad Nerdist
Ms. Marvel made the lasting trauma and division after Partition a significant conversation, introducing many to its horrors. Partition impacted millions of people in 1947. Generations later, we are still unpacking how it continues to resonate.

Being Roommates With a Stripper

Jennifer Elise Wang New Verse News
Poet Jennifer Elise Wang gives the inside scoop about sex workers and other exploited workers.

The Evolution of a Radical Thinker

Thomas Filbin The Arts Fuse
This new biography of the famed Harlem Renaissance poet, novelist, and historian focuses on his pioneering work in the early international Communist movement on behalf of Black liberation.

A War Widow

Mira Hirschl How Memories Insist
As war returns to eastern Europe, the Croatian-born poet Mirna Hirschl depicts a personal sorrow.