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'i've become a racist': migrant wave unleashes danish tensions over identity
TAARNBY, Denmark — Johnny Christensen, a stout and silver-whiskered retired bank employee, always thought of himself as sympathetic to...
david zucchino nyt
Sep 7, 20168 min read
what americans keep ignoring about finland's school success
Everyone agrees the United States needs to improve its education system dramatically, but how? One of the hottest trends in education...
sergey ivanov
Sep 5, 20169 min read
we can reduce extreme global poverty by three-fourths — right now
Suppose someone said you could cut global poverty by three-quarters within a year or so — without waiting for economic growth to do the...
andy sumner vox
Sep 2, 20167 min read
'photo of my dead son has changed nothing,' says father of drowned syrian refugee boy alan k
The father of Alan Kurdi, the young Syrian boy pictured washed up on a Turkish beach who became a symbol of the refugee crisis, has...
josie ensor telegraph
Sep 1, 20163 min read
colin kaepernick's true sin
The San Francisco quarterback has been attacked for refusing to stand for the Star Spangled Banner—and for daring to criticize the system...
adam serwer the atlantic
Sep 1, 20165 min read
in praise of radical transparency
Almost immediately after a new administration takes office, it must decide on its approach to releasing information. In early 2017,...
cass sunstein
Aug 31, 20164 min read
meet me at the bell tower: south end gathering copies north end event
Students from Fort Richmond Collegiate plan community-building meetup at Fort Garry landmark Fort Garry teens inspired by Meet Me at the...
cbc
Aug 31, 20162 min read
don't try to win the argument
When America is finally great again, they’ll make the latte with soy milk like you asked. All those political cracks, not to mention...
olga khazan the atlantic
Aug 30, 20163 min read
why are hundreds of harvard students studying ancient chinese philosophy?
Picture a world where human relationships are challenging, narcissism and self-centeredness are on the rise, and there is disagreement on...
christine gross-loh atlantic
Aug 29, 20167 min read
as 9-to-5 jobs vanish, look who’s reinventing the working world
Estelle Becker Costanzo has worked in Pittsburgh restaurants since age 15. Now 56, she is a server at The Capital Grille, a position she...
paul hampton yes
Aug 28, 201610 min read
ann frank today is a syrian girl
AMSTERDAM — On April 30, 1941, a Jewish man here in Amsterdam wrote a desperate letter to an American friend, pleading for help...
nicholas kristof nyt
Aug 26, 20163 min read
this could be the key to a truly sustainable business
Sustainability, which has become a bit of a business buzzword, is largely misunderstood. In the rush to promote their sustainability...
gordon hughes
Aug 25, 20164 min read
giving up alcohol opened my eyes to infuriating truth about why women drink
I’m newly sober and dog-paddling through the booze all around me. It’s summer, and Whole Foods has planted rosé throughout the store....
kristi koulter quartz
Aug 23, 201612 min read
as homeless find refuge in forests, 'anger is palpable,' in nearby towns
Gerald Babbitt lives in these woods, in a pop-up trailer on cinder blocks that he bought for $250. His toilet is a bucket, and when he...
jack healy nyt
Aug 23, 20165 min read
white people vs white privilege
On Tuesday, a judge in Pennsylvania ordered Bill Cosby to proceed to criminal trial on three counts of felony indecent assault. Cosby’s...
alex wagner
Aug 22, 20167 min read
what we lose when poc entertainers crack into the mainstream
The first time I felt like a real person, I was having a beer and listening to Canadian poet Rajinder S. Pal read from his book Pulse....
navneet alang buzzfeed
Aug 21, 201610 min read
democracy sold out to corruption and greed; but it's not too late to save it
In his prime, he was a force to be reckoned with, a phenomenon the world over. No man could defeat him. In the ring, Mike Tyson would...
japheth j. omojuwa nef
Aug 20, 20165 min read
a challenge to my fellow evangelicals
Many well-intentioned evangelicals have been drawn to the Republican Party platform with the hope of making an impact on culture and...
deborah fikes
Aug 19, 20163 min read
no matter what A levels you get, your parents' wealth will still determine your future
Across the country on Thursday, anxious students and their parents will get their A-level results. For most families the stakes are high....
duncan exiles the telegraph
Aug 18, 20163 min read
space, climate change, and the real meaning of theory
I used to be an astronaut, a spacewalker on the International Space Station. Naturally, most of my fifteen-year crew career was spent on...
piers sellers
Aug 18, 20168 min read
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