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"Find the opportunity to grow beyond their reach." Loved this, from adrienne maree brown. She always has a bird's eye view of our times. Fascinating piece by Emma Goldberg on how business schools are “rethinking the obligation of the corporation to society.”
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When I was in my early 20s and starving for any kind of professional connections in New York City, where I was trying to make it as a writer, I met a fancy author who miraculously had an aunt who knew my mom through cultural organizing in my hometown of Colorado Springs. We were…
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Shut up and repairListen now (6 min) | At dinner Maya announced that some boys in her class had gotten in a fist fight in the hallway outside of their classroom door. I imagined the hooks with their chaotic jumble of backpacks and coats, the bin on wheels filled with lunchboxes, and then a blur of…
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I’m devastated about the news out of Colorado Springs, my hometown. Please read former classmate of mine, Dave Phillips, on it, and also this by Lauren Hugh. I have a lot of feelings and thoughts, of course, but I’m trying to just settle with what is before I communicate in this…
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My friend Sriram Shamasunder is one of those maddeningly talented people—a medical doctor who has treated patients all over the world and a gifted poet…
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Remember the brilliant Alicia Simba, who I interviewed awhile back about education and all the things? She’s got her own Substack starting up: “We…
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A re-orientation for subscribers, lurkers, and loiterers alike
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I just learned about this site, daughterhood, that is all about caring for aging parents. What an incredible resource. I really appreciated these two…
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Do you have a creative goal—write an op-ed, a poem, get back to drawing, singing, painting—that is endlessly pushed to the end of your to do list…
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Love when the voices of kids are centered. An important perspective on what Elon Musk buying Twitter means—cliff notes: we need publicly owned online…
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5 questions for writer and wisely needy neighbor Shannan Martin
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some thoughts on this destabilizing moment from a writer looking in
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the examined family

figuring out how to be and raise ethical, joyful humans in beautiful, horrible times
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