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Your Cultural Attire
By Zahir Janmohamed
The Costs of Violence: Masters of Mankind Pt. 2
By Noam Chomsky
Learning to Walk
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Arts
The Slow Death of Creativity in Sound
Without evolving creativity and changes, new music will become a lost art.
The Summer of Dead Birds: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Ali Liebegott’s new book circles death like a buzzard.
Old Hollywood’s Forgotten Filmmaker
Take a closer look at James Stuart Blackton, a revolutionary filmmaker in old Hollywood who has received little credit.
The Nile Project: Bringing the River Basin Together and to the World
Think watershed, act local.
Community
How to Turn Neighborhoods Into Hubs of Resilience
Three places showing how to make the transition from domination and resource extraction to regeneration and interdependence.
An Economy of False Profits
Our national allegiance to the monetary bottom line threatens to negate other measures of personal and communal wealth. What’s being sacrificed to the cult of money?
Can Blockchain be Used to Achieve Racial Equity?
Achieve racial equity through checks and balances a blockchain network provides by connecting everyone as nodes while still providing anonymity.
Stop Trying to Understand Neutrois
Julia Eff talks about the daily struggles of life as someone without a gender.
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Growing Up Hippie
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Reflections on a football dream cut short.
Football Helmets and Concussions
Take a look at the concussion epidemic plaguing football players.
The Will-to-Live-Until Phenomenon
Sometimes, the human body fends off death for reasons we don’t yet fully understand.
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