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Youth Literacy and Adult Fun!
August 26th is National Youth Literacy Day and what better way to celebrate than indulging in some youthful writing exercises? And furthermore, getting published? 826 National is inviting you to dabble in some creative writing with prompts inspired by the…
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Child Witnesses
“Today children of any age can be called to give evidence as their competence depends upon their understanding not their age.” But that has not always been the case; before the 17th century children younger than 14 were deemed unreliable…
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Because Pluto is Still Real For Some of Us
When Pluto’s planet status was woefully taken away, it wasn’t just you who felt betrayed by science and destabilized by NASA. There are plenty of third graders out there who were upset by the news. Check out the hate mail.…
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Borders Liquidating Nationwide
Goodbye Borders. The fraught corporation is emptying its stores across the country, finishing up the initial liquidation process that began earlier this year. Read how the disconnect between workers and management, and Borders’ attempt to stop employees from unionizing, led…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Fun fact: you’re being totally racist when you talk about what kind of comedy you like. River wolves eeeeee! You ain’t so old moon. 1960s futurescapes. Also, brand new Portuguese ruins.
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Can Legalizing Drugs be a Solution for the Violence in Mexico?
Some Mexican politicians and public officials–in addition to a significant portion of the Mexican public–believe that it is “time to go back to a policy of peaceful co-existence with the cartels”. With the death toll perpetually on the rise (around…
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Using Facebook to Incite Riots now Punishable by Law in the UK
Two young adult males–Jordan Blackshaw, 20, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22–both just received four-year sentences for using Facebook to incite a riot in their Cheshire hometown that never happened. Despite the announcement over Facebook concerning the riots that were purportedly going…
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Gender and Valuing Higher Education
The Pew Research Center performed a study on the value of higher education, as perceived the general public. The result divided along gender lines. Out of the 2100 Americans surveyed, around a third of them had bachelor degrees and most…
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Revolutionary Letter #1” by Diane di Prima
The summer I turned 19, after my first year of college, I took off, leaving behind my small midwestern campus, to work in a gift shop in Yosemite National Park. That’s a whole other story, and maybe someday I’ll tell…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Stay away from me hyper-aggressive rats! It’s always a good day to think about world’s fairs of the past. Scientifically explaining drunk vision. Literary pets are also wonderful things to talk about.
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“Let’s Talk About Us”
The Rumpus and the Believer Magazine Proudly Present: “Let’s Talk About Us” Click Here to Purchase Tickets! September 12th, 7pm, The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. Featuring brilliant authors Michelle Tea, Susan Straight, Jesus Angel Garcia, David Rocklin, and…
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Savage Love, Sugar Love
Dan Savage, the renowned journalist behind the sex advice column, Savage Love, is surfing the Sugar wave! He links to Sugar’s last column, agreeing with her relationship advice: “…when I say that people should be realistic, and when I say…