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What If the Stories We Tell in Order to Live Happen to Be Conspiracy Theories?

What If the Stories We Tell in Order to Live Happen to Be Conspiracy Theories?

William J. Bernstein on the Evolutionary Origins of Collective Delusion

By William J. Bernstein | January 15, 2021

Trying to Teach English Literature in the Wake of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

Trying to Teach English Literature in the Wake of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

Kim Echlin on Morality, Mythology, and the Double Life of Totalitarianism

By Kim Echlin | January 15, 2021

On Learning to Speak Dutch and the Art of Doing Nothing

On Learning to Speak Dutch and the Art of Doing Nothing

Olga Mecking Realizes How Hard It is to Literally Do Nothing

By Olga Mecking | January 15, 2021

How Honest is Too Honest? 6 Books That Straddle That Line

How Honest is Too Honest? 6 Books That Straddle That Line

Michael Leviton Recommends Richard Wright,
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By Michael Leviton | January 15, 2021

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COVID-19’s ‘Anthropause’ Has Made Nature Visible Again—At Least for Now

This Week From the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | January 15, 2021

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Powerful 1960 Letter From<br> Big Rock Jail

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Stephen Kendrick and Paul Kendrick on the Meaning of Protest,
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Writing the Human Element Into Climate Change Via Those Most At Risk

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Horace Julian Bond Recounts Witnessing the Little Rock Nine from Afar

By Horace Julian Bond | January 15, 2021

What We Can Learn from Animals About the Value of Productivity

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Writing and Activism: Farzana Doctor's Seven Joins the Movement to Ban Female Genital Mutilation

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Watch the first trailer for the adaptation of Nico Walker's <em>Cherry</em>.

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Could Noah Baumbach's adaptation of <em>White Noise</em> actually be good?

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The Long Goodbye: Reconciling with the End of Nature

The Long Goodbye: Reconciling with the End of Nature

Madeleine Watts on Life in a Slow Motion Crisis

By Madeleine Watts | January 14, 2021

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What Will We Teach Future Students About the Capitol Insurrection of 2021?

What Will We Teach Future Students About the Capitol Insurrection of 2021?

On Taking a Culturally Responsive Approach to History and Education

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In Favor of Speed:<br> Write Fast, Fix Later

In Favor of Speed:
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