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Buzzy Sessions You May Have Missed
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social media giant needs the government’s help when it comes to making certain decisions.
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The Supreme Court has made decisions on two landmark cases: political gerrymandering and the census.
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What is trust? “A firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.” (We googled it). How much, not to mention who, we should trust is more...
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Since the 1989 release of Bill McKibben’s landmark book, The End of Nature, little has been done to tackle climate change. But McKibben says we’re finally in a moment when vot...
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President Trump says he does not want a major war in the Middle East. But many allies and observers worry that hardlinders in the US and Iran are on a collision course toward...
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We're often taught that our surroundings are incidental to our well-being, but an emerging body of research shows that the physical world can be a powerful tool for cultivatin...
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Earlier this year, two gifted NBA stars, Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers and DeMar DeRozan of the San Antonio Spurs, each publicly discussed their challenges with mental...
![Educated: A Conversation with Tara Westover](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullefe6137e-7fd4-49e4-b9b1-704bf0110b15/48133064811_4aff4c9d1c_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C7952%2C4475&w=400)
Raised by uncompromising survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover survived extreme adversity, from never being allowed to go to school, to suffering serious physi...
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It’s easy, in the United States, to talk about China as a monolith. But the reality couldn’t be further from the truth. As in the West, Chinese society is divided by inequalit...