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#1666: Financial literacy is a good investment for American students
Next Gen Personal Finance, a nonprofit cofounded by Tim Ranzetta and Jessica Endlich, aims to help enlighten students around financial literacy — everything from...
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#1665: Peanuts helped Jori Lewis parse Senegalese history
Peanuts led journalist and essayist Jori Lewis to a larger story about Senegal, slavery, commerce and religion. “Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest,...
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#1664: How Russians culled the whale population during the 20th century
Science, politics and the natural world all collide in the writing of Ryan Tucker Jones. “Red Leviathan: The Secret History of Soviet Whaling,” his...
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#1663: Is the teaching profession in peril?
The past few years have resulted in seismic disruptions of society, from economic and political schisms to changes in interpersonal relationships. Teaching has changed,...
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#1662: This program helps women re-enter the workforce after prison
Almost two million people are incarcerated in United States’ prisons and jails, according to a March report by the Prison Policy Initiative. And while...
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#1661: American teens threatened by 'The Inner Pandemic'
Matt Richtel is an author and reporter at The New York Times, who’s been pretty busy of late. “The Inner Pandemic,” an examination of...