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Disrupted is about the changes we all encounter and the forces driving those changes. Some disruptions spark joy and possibility. Others move us to take action and re-evaluate our world.
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Princess Joy L. Perry’s award-winning novel ‘This Here is Love’ continues Harriet Beecher Stowe’s legacy of literary activism (opens the original)
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Princess Joy L. Perry’s novel This Here is Love tells the interlocking stories of an array of characters in Tidewater Virginia. It’s a complex narrative that takes place in the 1690s as the hierarchies of slavery are still developing. Those hierarchies are complicated by further hierarchies— indentured servitude and gender also shape the way characters are perceived. This Here is Love is a book that isn’t afraid to delve into the messiest questions around how discrimination developed in the U.S.
Reflecting on what new generations can carry forward as we remember 25 years since 9/11 (opens the original)
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Many Americans can tell you exactly what they were doing 25 years ago when they learned the United States had been attacked. But for a younger generation, the attacks are something they’ve only learned about in history class. With that in mind, it’s time to think about what we want future generations to remember. GUESTS: Jay Winuk : Co-Founder of 9/11 Day , an organization that started in 2002 with the goal of turning 9/11 into a day of service. The group began after Jay's brother Glenn, an atto
Edwidge Danticat’s new novel ‘Dèy’ explores motherhood, grief and the concept of home (opens the original)
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Edwidge Danticat ’s new book Dèy opens at a mall. A Haitian American real estate agent named Magnolia is there to buy a phone for her daughter. But before she has the chance, a mass shooting breaks out. Magnolia survives, but she doesn’t tell anyone what she’s experienced. Dèy is a book about grief— the title comes from a Haitian Kreyòl word for mourning. But grief is only one of the complex ideas that the book explores. GUEST: Edwidge Danticat : Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor of the Humanities i
Curated failures, plus young people define success for themselves (opens the original)
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Some inventions change the way we see the world. Others fail to meet the lofty expectations set for them. Those are the ones that make it into a traveling museum called the Museum of Failure . It recognizes products like Nintendo's early attempt at 3-D gaming and a clear soda called Crystal Pepsi . There's also the Hawaii Chair , a chair whose cushion gyrates in a way that will supposedly help you get in shape. None of those products became everyday household items, but the Museum of Failure sti
Water safety can save lives, especially in underrepresented communities (opens the original)
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According to the CDC , there are over 4,000 unintentional drowning deaths in the United States every year and around 850 of those are for people younger than 18 . And the numbers look different across various demographics. For instance, Black children ages 10-14 are nearly 4 times more likely to die from accidental drowning than white children of the same age. And in 2017, researchers at Columbia University found that children with autism were 160 times more likely than the rest of the populatio
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