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Obscure Cryptocurrencies and Where to Find Them

by Grayson Earle

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On the hunt for obscure crypto with Grayson Earle.

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Bitcoin & The Future History of Money

by Kianga Daverington

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Why the how of money matters.

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In the United States, the Right to Asylum is Under Attack

by Amir Khouzam

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On immigration rhetoric.

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We are in Exile on Both Sides of the Border

by Mohammed Fatih Mohammed

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To be part of the largest stateless population in the world.

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Beshi Beshi Gorom and Solidarity in Cox’s Bazar

by Eri Tayama

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Working in Cox’s Bazar to assist the Rohingya refugees.

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Expats And Their Privileges

by Daniela Tecu

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The “expat” experience in relation to that of other “migrant workers."

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Setting an Example

by Asha Jyothi, Conor P. McGuire, Clarissa Rossetti and Jacqueline Zhen-Li Woo

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Uganda’s Progressive Refugee Policies

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Waiting For Asylum

by Alexis McGivern

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On process and perseverance.

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Not By Bread Alone

by Chris Walters

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On the power of laughter as triumph.

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Refugee Flow

by Abin Abraham and Will Su

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Connecting people with immersive content that captures the experiences of refugees and refugee communities around the world.

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Out of the Fire

by George W.Tarr

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A young man overcomes adversity from Liberia to Staten Island to advocate for his community.

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There Is No Migration Crisis

by Jack Strang

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An argument presented by Jack Strang

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The Shoulder-to-Shoulder Model

by Edward Makara (with assistance from Jacob Sprang, Ryan Bose, and Astine Bose)

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Refugee-Led Solutions for Refugees’ Challenges

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A Universal Right to Have Rights

by Amir Khouzam

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“The right of every individual to belong to humanity, should be guaranteed by humanity itself."

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LGBTQ Life in Jamaica and Honduras

by Edafe Okporo

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When the persecution of LGBT+ communities lead to displacement.

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Dispatch from Research in Thebes Camp, Greece

by Niki Inglezou

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Young Refugee’s perceptions of education opportunities.

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Climate Change and Displacement

by Won Jang

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On the debate on climate refugees.

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Migration Terms

by Sayan Das

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When you hear 'migrant' what does it really mean?

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A Revisionist History For Nonlinear Thinkers

by Max Moinian

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Moinian is an urban planner from New York, researching climate change and urban design.

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Climate Politics In America

by Michael Green

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Understanding climate, energy policy, and security.

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Thinking in Circles

by Kate O'Neill

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Kate O'Neill takes us down the circular economy rabbit hole.

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5 Lessons In Plastic From Waste Dive

by Cole Rosengren

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Cole Rosengren, senior editor at Waste Dive, on the complexity of plastic and recycling.

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The Human Health Impacts of Plastic

by Alexis McGivern

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Plastic pollution isn't just an oceans issue, it's a human health concern.

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Inside the Plastic Problem at the United Nations

by Alexis McGivern

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Attending the Ad Hoc Open Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics.

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Orwell’s Ersatz Englands

by Robert Newton

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On the Literature of the Anthropocene

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Plastic Parts, Plastic Hearts

by Sandra Goldmark

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The problems with single-use plastics are obvious, but what about everything else?

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A Gerrymandering Refresher

by Ben Sheehan

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The OMGWTF Founder Explains Gerrymandering

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Education Has To Be The Forefront of Civics

by frank news

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Two civics educators on what they teach and what they've learned.

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This Is My Activism

by Simone Askew

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What does your activism look like?

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John Brown: America’s First Great Activist

by Jay Winik

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Lessons from one of the great American activists.

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Tell Them You Were Just Getting Started

by Marcelle Karp

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For this life-long feminist #MeToo is just the beginning.

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Bobby Kim On Using His Platform

by Bobby Kim

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Everything is political — and so is your Instagram.

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Immigration Crises: View From The Borderlands

by Kathleen Staudt

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What the heartland can learn from the borderland.

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WORLD YOUR WORLD

by Max Moinian

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A revisionist history for linear thinkers...

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When I Look Back At My Life, This Is What I See.

by Jay Winik

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Jay Winik on junior high, and how it stuck with him throughout his life.

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Dialing Back on Urban Planning

by Thomas Campanella

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Excerpted from Thomas Campanella's original essay, we dial back on Urban Planning.

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Cognitive Dissonance

by Captain Charles Scott

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An American In Afghanistan, reflecting on nearly two decades at war.

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Marines Online

by Peter Lucier

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The Internet & The Marine Corps

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The Astounding Reach of US Military Counterterrorism

by Stephanie Savell

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The Costs of War

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Back to the Future?

by Kevin R. Johnson

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Race and Class in Immigration Enforcement in The Era of Trump

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Immigration Crises: View From The Borderlands

by Kathleen Staudt

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What the heartland can learn from the borderland.

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Families Bear the Burden of Prisoner Reintegration

by David Harding

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A Closer Look at The Burden of Reintegration.

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Mass Incarceration is Making Us Sick

by Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH

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Our culture of incarceration & it's effects beyond the incarcerated.

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WORLD YOUR WORLD

by Max Moinian

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A revisionist history for linear thinkers...

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That Is Not Architecture, This Is Not Urban Planning: Designing Disciplinary Obsolescence

by Malcolm Rio & Aaron Tobey

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Designing Disciplinary Obsolescence

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Urban History

by Jay Winik

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frank's Historian-in-Residence Jay Winik in conversation with Ryan Reft, urbanist and Library of Congress historian.

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A Sense of Where You Are

by Devin Michelle Bunten

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A History of Housing, Planning, and Discrimination in America.

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Plant Blindness

by Rosetta S. Elkin

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Our Environmental Illiteracy.

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Dialing Back on Urban Planning

by Thomas Campanella

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Excerpted from Thomas Campanella's original essay, we dial back on Urban Planning.

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A Rising Sun

by Jay Winik

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What history tells us about conflict, democracy, and our future.

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My Friendship with Sakhi Gulestan

by Andrew Person

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An unlikely & lovely friendship.

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There Will Always Be New Challenges

by LTG Mark Hertling

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The profession of arms and the character required of soldiers.

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Marines on the Internet

by Peter Lucier

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Marine veteran Peter Lucier reexamines the role of the internet in this personal essay.

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The Next Battleground: Cyber Security in the Private Sector

by Robert Stasio

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Cyber Security, from Cyber Command to the private sector.

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The Social Loner: Life After Special Forces

by Jeff Bosley

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A veteran above all else.

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The Lost Tribes

by Eric Nelson

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With the Sunni Awakening in Iraq, enemies become friends.

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Learning to Respect the Big Nasty

by Andrew Person

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A lesson in respect.

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Cognitive Dissonance

by Captain Charles Scott

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Still currently deployed in Afghanistan, a Special Forces Officer talks us through it.

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