Reader's Digest

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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