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The Wanting Monster: a Tender Modern Fable About the Difficult Art of Resting at the Still Point of Enough –... Arts
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The Wanting Monster: a Tender Modern Fable About the Difficult Art of Resting at the Still Point of Enough –...

A modern fable reveals what happens when an entire village succumbs to the whispers of a Wanting Monster, whose power lies in turning the simple pleasure of enough into the restless ache for more. As streams run dry from stolen water, fields wither from hoarded flowers, and...

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Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on How to Live with Our Human Fragility – the Marginalian
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The Dandelion and the Meaning of Life: G.K. Chesterton on How to Dig for the “Submerged Sunrise of Wonder” –...
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Mary Oliver on the Measure of a Life Well Lived and How to Magnify Your Aliveness – the Marginalian
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Helene Frayed the Safety Net for People Who Use drugs. This Community Wove It Back together. | Grist
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Paris Staged a Huge Stress Test for Extreme Heat Environment
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Paris Staged a Huge Stress Test for Extreme Heat

When Paris imagined a future where temperatures reach 122 degrees Fahrenheit, the city discovered something...

Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on How to Live with Our Human Fragility – the Marginalian Inspiration
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Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on How to Live with Our Human Fragility – the Marginalian

Philosopher Martha Nussbaum offers a paradox that cuts to the heart of what it means to live well: "To be a good...

Young Woman Surprises 87-year-old Neighbor Who Lives Alone by Paying Off His Hearing Aid Bill Everyday Heroes
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Young Woman Surprises 87-year-old Neighbor Who Lives Alone by Paying Off His Hearing Aid Bill

When 28-year-old Julissa Gomez met her elderly neighbor Delmar Harter a decade ago, their connection began with...

“The Fierce Urgency of Now” — Michelle Alexander and Lucas Johnson | the on Being Project Inspiration
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“The Fierce Urgency of Now” — Michelle Alexander and Lucas Johnson | the on Being Project

When Vincent Harding drafted Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1967 "Beyond Vietnam" speech at Riverside Church, he called for...

Motown’s Black Women Songwriters and Producers Were the Invisible Architects Behind the Pop Music Juggernaut Arts
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Motown’s Black Women Songwriters and Producers Were the Invisible Architects Behind the Pop Music Juggernaut

Behind every Motown hit that brought a divided nation together through music stood women whose names rarely appeared...

Endangered Butterflies Are Thriving Behind Bars Environment
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Endangered Butterflies Are Thriving Behind Bars

In a greenhouse beside a Washington state women's prison, incarcerated technicians are raising Taylor's checkerspot...