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John Legend and Jesse Williams on Art and Activism
“We can't divorce the role of artists from the role of activists and organizers.”
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The Double-Consciousness of a Dark Body
An animated excerpt of an article from W.E.B. Du Bois depicts the “double-consciousness of a dark body.”
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When Will the North Pole Melt?
It could vanish sooner than you think.
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How Politicians Can Use Big Data to Win Elections
With the help of new data aggregation tech, gerrymandering is now more precise than ever.
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For the Lucas Brothers, Comedy Is Therapy
Twin comedians Kenny and Keith Lucas reflect on the power of laughter.
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How Stores Trick You Into Buying More Things
People like to think of themselves as savvy shoppers, but are still vulnerable to these common psychological tricks.
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Does Technology Need to Be Ethical?
The entrepreneur Anil Dash believes that the tech world has an obligation to be more humane.
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What If Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef?
What can an individual do about climate change? The easiest answer: make this one dietary switch.
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‘It’s Impossible to Imagine Trump Without the Force of Whiteness'
Ta-Nehisi Coates explores how the 2016 election was a reaction to Obama’s presidency.
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Astro Teller on Why Artificial Intelligence Is Not Scary
How worried should we be about robots taking over the world?
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Genetic Testing Is Recreating Bonds Broken by Slavery
Alondra Nelson discusses how ancestry tests can empower African Americans.
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Dolores Huerta's Life of Activism
The 87-year-old labor leader who fought with Cesar Chavez says grassroots organizing is still effective.
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Adam Grant's Advice for Raising Resilient Kids
The Wharton School organizational psychologist says kids should practice struggling.
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Trump's 'Adhocracy' Could Leave the World in Disarray
Richard Haass argues the administration's approach to foreign policy is a liability.
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Roxane Gay on Acceptance
Exposing the disconnect between socially constructed beauty standards and the movement of acceptance
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Bob Woodward Tells the Media to Calm Down
“It serves no one, the media or Trump, to have an almost thermonuclear war with each other.”
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Why the White, Working Class Voted for Trump
New data and analysis from PRRI and The Atlantic suggests that it was cultural anxiety more than economic distress that fueled white, working-class support for Trump.
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How The Apprentice Manufactured Trump
He didn't have to be a successful business man in real life because he played one on TV.
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O.J.: The Pioneer Before the Prisoner
Director Ezra Edelman on how the football player’s commercial success became a beacon for African Americans
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Why Men Fear a Female President
Hillary Clinton’s candidacy has catalyzed a level of intense misogyny that probably won’t go away.
