How do dictators manage for decades to control 1.4 billion (China) or 146 million (Russia) people and on down to other smaller totalitarian regimes? Answer: … How Can Dictators Control So Many Millions of People?Read more
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Goodbye Gangappa
“We found your number in Gandhi’s diary. He was hit by a car near the highway and he died,” B. Krishnaiah, a ration shop owner … Goodbye GangappaRead more
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Four Rules for a Free Press
George Lakoff, Gil Durán FrameLab Rough note (there may be errors): frame the person using fake news. repeat it. trump done on hillary. when you … Four Rules for a Free PressRead more
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Art They Made to “Escape” Inhumane Conditions
Mansoor Adayfi, the former Guantánamo prisoner, Detainee 441, imprisoned without charge for 14 years and seven months before being released in 2016 to Serbia, though … Art They Made to “Escape” Inhumane ConditionsRead more
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How to Speak Science
These six words have different meanings when scientists use them The vocabulary of science can be quite confusing. Not only do scientists use highly technical … How to Speak ScienceRead more
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Mother of the Disability Rights Movement
The trailblazing civil rights activist Judy Heumann died Saturday at the age of 75. Heumann was widely known as “the mother” of the U.S. disability … Mother of the Disability Rights MovementRead more
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Disconnect from our smartphones and reconnect with ourselves
Do We Have the Right to Disconnect? | Sharon Horwood | TEDxWarrnambool
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The Plague of Social Isolation
There is very little to recommend my old gym, other than the low monthly fee, where I worked out nearly every day from 2007 until … The Plague of Social IsolationRead more