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In this month\u2019s Highlight cover story, Sara explains how we\u2019re losing touch with our sense of, well, touch \u2014 plus why young children are suffering the worst effects of all that screen time, and whether a return to a more tactile world is imminent. Also in this issue: Good news about America\u2019s birthday. How organ donation is complicating the line between dead and dying. The rise of extremely convincing AI thirst traps. And the great American quest for the great American novel.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=523\">A fringe attack on voting rights just got four votes on the Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>The US is better off than it was in 1976. So why does it feel worse?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By Bryan Walsh<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Should you keep practicing a religion even if you don\u2019t believe?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By Shayla Love<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>The organ donation boom complicating the boundary between life and death<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By Pratik Pawar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Coming June 30<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Why gay guys are falling for AI thirst traps<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By Alex Abad-Santos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Coming June 30<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>America\u2019s housing was built for a world we no longer live in<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By Marina Bolotnikova<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Coming July 1<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>5 books that define America \u2014 for better and for worse<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By Constance Grady<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Coming July 1<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>What we lost when everything became a screen<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>By Sara Herschander<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Coming July 2<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>See More<!-- -->:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Highlight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. 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