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The 6 Most-Read Short Stories of All Time

A well-told short story can remain with the reader for years, if not the rest of their lives. From shocking to mournful, these are some of the most-read short stories ever written.
The Conversation

Making the moral of the story stick − a media psychologist explains the research behind ‘Sesame Street,’ ‘Arthur’ and other children’s TV

Allyson Snyder was a Sesame Workshop intern in 2018. Drew Cingel, Jane Shawcroft, and Samantha Vigil do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Readers debate the ‘moral necessity’ of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

To the editor: Acknowledging that the war crimes of imperial Japan were informed by a ruthlessness akin to Nazi Germany does not explain (or justify) the choice of densely populated cities as targets ...