In this era of information overload, Reader’s Digest offers something unique: the very best advice, information and inspiration from multiple sources, condensed into an easy-to-read digest. In each issue you’ll get trusted, time-saving insights about Health, Personal Finance, Work, Family, and National issues, PLUS exclusive book excerpts, news-making interviews, and humor.
Modern Genius
A Cotton Tale
The Best Kind of Auto Care • A learning experience for students leads to freedom for single mothers
GLAD TO HEAR IT • 3 STORIES TO Make Your Day
About That Monkey on Your Back…
LIFE • IN THESE United States
Finding Refuge in Each Other • A family takes in a student during a school shooting
The Life of the (Responsible) Party
Happy Birthday, Wikipedia
HUMOR in UNIFORM
ALL in a Day’s WORK
TURN THE PAGE
A Night at the Opera • A little culture goes a very, very, very, very, long way
… Post a Photo of Someone Without Asking First? • You look amazing, your grid is calling—but do you owe everyone a veto over your picture?
Prescription Drug Facts
Cookies and Cracjers and Chips, Oh My! • The problem(s) with ultraprocessed foods
News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE
LAUGHTER • THE BEST Medicine
THE NEW GENIUS • Soft skills have never been at a higher premium. Here’s how to hone them.
CREATIVITY
EMPATHY
RESOURCEFULNESS
JUDGMENT
ATTENTION
Innovation Inspiration • We asked some of the smartest cookies we know for their takes on the skills we’re deeming modern essentials. Here are excerpts of what they said—and why we think they’re geniuses.
SOLD OUT • CHANCES ARE, THE PERSON BUYING THAT CONCERT SEAT NEXT TO YOURS ISN’T A PERSON AT ALL
FIBER’S OPTICS • The everyday nutrient is having a major moment— and experts say its recent fame is well deserved
FAST FIBER
“May I Speak to a Person?” • Students at this help desk will happily answer your questions (no matter how bizarre)— or just take the time to chat
Outsmarting the System • There’s always a loophole: Readers share ways they save time, money and headaches
SAVING BABY KJ • An exceedingly rare condition threatened the newborn’s life. Then a team of medical researchers stepped forward with a first-of-its-kind genetic treatment.
WHY DID THE (RUBBER) CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? • Feeling the creep of a midlife crisis, I decided to break the strangest world record I could find
The RD LIST READ, WATCH, LISTEN
QUOTABLE QUOTES
Brain GAMES SHARPEN YOUR MIND
WORD POWER • What’s the word for the plastic tip at the end of a shoelace? How about the cardboard sleeve on a to-go coffee cup? If you said aglet and zarf, you’ll ace this quiz of oddly specific terms for things that you (maybe) never knew had names. Enjoy the esoteric, then turn to p. 126 to be let in on the fun.
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