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Neighborhood & World : Changemakers
Dr. Michael Carrera’s teen pregnancy prevention programs have met with extraordinary success—not only in reducing the rate of teen pregnancy, but in improving the lives... Read more >>
Peace comes from within. That’s what the Nobel Peace Prize winners said in Helena Cobban’s book, The Moral Achitecture of World Peace. When I read... Read more >>
Running the Numbers – An American Self-Portrait
Artist and activist, Chris Jordan creates amazing images that portray America’s consumption. Chris’ hope is that his images will have a different effect than raw numbers alone. Since simple numbers no matter how large can be rather abstract it can be Read more >>
Basic Instinct and the Most Daily Obsession – Eating
In his new book, best-selling author and Berkeley Professor Michael Pollan, takes on our most daily obsession: eating. For Michael Pollan, the turning point came... Read more >>
Remembering MLK’s Legacy
I stood footsteps away from the balcony where Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed. I stared at the striking photo in my guidebook, titled “Assassination... Read more >>
To change the state of the world, does it take one person or millions? What does it take to really make a difference? Who are the changemakers in your life? Give us your two cents >>
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