Evanston, Ill., is paying reparations to Black residents who lived in town when “housing discrimination… was at its height.”
“We have a history of progressive values. We have a strong, diverse city council as well as a historic black community that is well organised and engaged,” she said. “Other communities don’t have that.”
Biographical information on all top rebel, insurgent, and terrorist leaders who were active in civil wars between 1980 and 2011.
Biographical information on all top rebel, insurgent, and terrorist leaders who were active in civil wars between 1980 and 2011.
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Mapping the origins of wine grapes and their production levels around the world.
Mapping the origins of wine grapes and their production levels around the world.
↩︎ Small Multiples
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The plastics industry wants you to believe yogurt cups are recyclable—they’re not—so they can sell you more yogurt cups.
The plastics industry wants you to believe yogurt cups are recyclable—they’re not—so they can sell you more yogurt cups.
↩︎ Grist
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Skateboarders fall more often than not. From Najeeb Tarazi, “an ode to effort.”
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Feeling awe may be essential to humans’ wellbeing; it also makes for nicer people. But is “society is becoming less awe-friendly?”
Feeling awe may be essential to humans’ wellbeing; it also makes for nicer people. But is “society is becoming less awe-friendly?”
↩︎ The Guardian
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“It’s like Time’s Up never happened.” The #MeToo movement in Hollywood moves on after the self-destruction of Time’s Up.
“Money and power took over everything, and their mission drifted into seeing how many powerful people they could get at a lunch table.”
↩︎ The Hollywood Reporter
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