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Skittles: 'Skittles Are Candy. Refugees Are People. We Don't Feel It's an Appropriate Analogy.'

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'Between You and I'

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How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.

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It used to be all fun and games

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