"Everyone I've ever talked to who has been poor and who isn't anymore has the same story of the moment they realized they were no longer poor: grocery shopping. Mine came when I was loading my groceries onto the cashier belt and realized I hadn't done the math." —Erynn Brook with illustrations by Emily Flake. … Continue reading The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor
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Suicide Contagion
"Consider Marilyn Monroe, whose August 1962 suicide saw a 12 percent increase in suicides over the next 12 months; indeed a study published in February in PLoS One found that the August 2014 suicide of Robin Williams touched off a 9.85 percent increase in suicides by the following December, resulting in an "excess" of 1,841 … Continue reading Suicide Contagion
