Minasuk/ May 1, 2017/ Uncategorized

Everything We Knew About Sweatshops Was Wrong | New York Times | April 2017 To our surprise, most people who got an industrial job soon changed their minds. A majority quit within the first months. They ended up doing what those who had not gotten the job offers did — going back to the family farm, taking a construction job

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Everything We Knew About Sweatshops Was Wrong | New York Times | April 2017 To our surprise, most people who got an industrial job soon changed their minds. A majority quit within the first months. They ended up doing what those who had not gotten the job offers did — going back to the family farm, taking a construction job

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Minasuk/ February 26, 2017/ Uncategorized

Pictures From Women’s Marches on Every Continent | New York Times | January 2017 Crowds in hundreds of cities around the world gathered Saturday inconjunction with the Women’s March on Washington.

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Pictures From Women’s Marches on Every Continent | New York Times | January 2017 Crowds in hundreds of cities around the world gathered Saturday inconjunction with the Women’s March on Washington.

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Conquering the Freshman Fear of Failure | New York Times | August 2016 Although it’s been a long time, I vividly recall my reaction when I learned that I had been admitted to Amherst College: The admissions office must have made a terrible mistake.

Minasuk/ October 6, 2016/ Uncategorized

Conquering the Freshman Fear of Failure | New York Times | August 2016 Although it’s been a long time, I vividly recall my reaction when I learned that I had been admitted to Amherst College: The admissions office must have made a terrible mistake.

Minasuk/ July 24, 2016/ Uncategorized

Reading Novels at Medical School | New York Times | June 2016 Our busy jobs on the hospital wards require precision and efficiency, but in literature class we can slow down and explore human lives and thoughts in a different, more complex way. The class is an anatomy lab of the mind. We examine cultural conventions and conflicting perspectives, and

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Minasuk/ May 14, 2016/ Uncategorized

Scientists Talk Privately About Creating a Synthetic Human Genome | New York Times | May 2016 Scientists are now contemplating the fabrication of a human genome, meaning they would use chemicals to manufacture all the DNA contained in human chromosomes.