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Can't Sleep? You're Not Alone

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jennifer Senior has had insomnia for 25 years. Her new piece in The Atlantic, "Why Can't Americans Sleep?," is about her often futile attempts to fall asleep, and about the latest research into insomnia and the medications and therapies used to treat it.

Also, TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new HBO Max documentary about Ms. magazine.

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