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When the Weight Won't Budge: What I Learned About Leptin Resistance (And the Natural Formula That Gave Me Hope)
For years I thought my slow metabolism was just part of getting older. Then I discovered what leptin resistance really does to your body, and everything I thought I knew about weight loss after 60 changed.
The Common Thread Editorial Team·8 min
73 Seconds: Where We Were When the Challenger Fell, and What It Did to the Generation Watching
On January 28, 1986, seventy-three seconds after liftoff, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic. For a generation raised on the space program as a symbol of American possibility, nothing was ever quite the same.
Dana Kowalski·9 min
When the Ringing Won't Stop: What I Learned About Tinnitus (And the Natural Formula That Gave Me Hope)
For years I thought the ringing in my ears was just something I had to live with. Then I started understanding what was actually happening inside my inner ear — and everything changed.
The Common Thread Editorial Team·7 min
The Night MTV Turned On: How Three Letters and a Rocket Launch Changed Music, Youth Culture, and Everything Else
On August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., a generation stopped listening to music and started watching it. Nothing about us was ever the same.
Dana Kowalski·8 min
The Epidemic Nobody Wanted to Name: How AIDS Devastated a Generation and Forced America to Finally Look
We lost people before the country decided they were worth saving. This is the story of what happened, what it cost, and why we can never afford to forget it.
Troy Hendricks·10 min
We Built the Internet in Somebody's Basement: The Personal Computing Revolution That Nobody Saw Coming, Including Us
We were the first generation to grow up with a computer in the house. We had absolutely no idea what that meant. It turned out to mean everything.
Marcus Webb·9 min
We Watched a President Fall: How Watergate Taught Our Generation That No One Is Above the Law
Richard Holbrook·8 min
The War That Came Into Our Living Rooms: How Vietnam Divided a Generation and Changed America Forever
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