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Olivia Newton-John has died at 73, after a long battle with cancer Olivia Newton-John died Monday morning at her ranch in Southern California, surrounded by family and friends. Her husband, John Easterling, shared the sad news on Facebook, where he spoke of her 30 year commitment to sharing her journey with breast cancer. “Olivia has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer,” he wrote. “Her healing inspiration and pioneering experience with plant medicine continues with the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, dedicated to researching plant medicine and cancer. In lieu of...

Olivia Newton-John has died at 73, after a long battle with cancer Olivia Newton-John died Monday morning at her ranch in Southern California, surrounded by family and friends. Her husband, John Easterling, shared the sad news on Facebook, where he spoke of her 30 year commitment to sharing her journey with breast cancer. “Olivia has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer,” he wrote. “Her healing inspiration and pioneering experience with plant medicine continues with the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, dedicated to researching plant medicine and cancer. In lieu of...

When Yen Pang first visited a Costco in 1999, during a trip from Australia, she was “blown away” by the sight of the vast warehouse filled with giant boxes, house appliances, good-deal electronics, and super-sized groceries: “It was like the best collection of products in one place.” But while Pang, who now lives in the San Francisco area, learned of Costco’s clothing selection soon after that first trip, she wasn’t as fast to jump aboard: “I remember thinking, Why would anyone buy clothes here?” she says. “In my twenties, I just really preferred going to the mall.” It wasn’t until...

Photo by Marcel Ardivan on Unsplash “Parasite” follows the arc of a man’s paranoia as it develops into a death trap. The story’s two main characters, Mahmud and Maqbul, are both confined in their respective prisons and are eager to suspend disbelief in their desperation for escape. The text ripples with dark humor as it braids notions of masculinity with the theme of class-based power struggles that often erupt in violence. Set in the suburbs of Lahore, Pakistan, and written by Bilal Hasan Minto, this short story first appeared on Scroll.in as a co-winner of the 2021 The Jawad Memorial...

Photo by Marcel Ardivan on Unsplash “Parasite” follows the arc of a man’s paranoia as it develops into a death trap. The story’s two main characters, Mahmud and Maqbul, are both confined in their respective prisons and are eager to suspend disbelief in their desperation for escape. The text ripples with dark humor as it braids notions of masculinity with the theme of class-based power struggles that often erupt in violence. Set in the suburbs of Lahore, Pakistan, and written by Bilal Hasan Minto, this short story first appeared on Scroll.in as a co-winner of the 2021 The Jawad Memorial...