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Orange is the new bleak: solitary confinement is bad for the brain

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imageSophia being 'protected'. JoJo Whilden for Netflix

The inmates of Litchfield Penitentiary, the fictional setting for the Netflix TV series Orange is the New Black, are not shy women.

They’ve landed in prison for murder, fraud, stalking, drug-smuggling, theft, and political activism. They do illegal activities behind the officers’ backs....

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Why fight over free trade confounds partisan divide

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imageRepublicans and Democrats have a hard time agreeing on anything, but the issue of trade seems to defy party affiliation.Teeter totter via www.shutterstock.com

This week, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill giving him trade promotion authority (TPA), intended to ease the passage of trade pacts with other countries by requiring lawmakers to...

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