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No One Lets Go Of Anyone’s Hand (ft. Joana Ramiro)

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A Multi-Color Water Slide by Blu Serves as a Harsh Critique of Capitalism in Rome

Last year may not have been the most prolific for Italian street art legend Blu (previously), who besides releasing Minima Muralia, a 288-page collection of 15 years of murals, completed only two officially announced murals. His latest piece titled Capita, was recently shared on the elusive … Continue reading

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What is Cultural Appropriation?

 

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Why monks had that haircut

There was a lot of thought behind the style — and controversy

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A Needle-Felted Stop Motion Film Explores a Hedgehog’s Quest to Defend His Humble Home

Hedgehog’s Home is an animated film that explores how one brave hedgehog faces off against a bevy of forest beasts to defend the honor of his beloved home. The stop motion film was created by animator and director Eva Cvijanović as an adaptation of the … Continue reading

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How Class Works — by Richard Wolff

Economist Richard Wolff explains our class society.

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Why 50 Million Chinese Homes are Empty

China’s housing bubble has left 50 million homes empty and put its government between a rock and a hard place. This includes a paid sponsored promotion which had no part in the writing, editing, or production of the rest of … Continue reading

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The history of tea – Shunan Teng

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history… Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water –– and from sugary Turkish Rize tea to salty Tibetan butter tea, there are almost as many ways of preparing the beverage as there … Continue reading

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World Press Photo 2018 | #PHOTOGRAPHY Magazine

Anna Boyiazis Finding Freedom in the Water Most females in the Zanzibar Archipelago do not learn how to swim due to the conservative structures of their Islamic faith. However, the Panje Project introduced modest, full-length swimwear, encouraging females to enter … Continue reading

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Sociogenomics is opening a new door to eugenics

New ways of using your genetic data could bolster scientific racism and encourage discrimination. Want to predict aggression? Neuroticism? Risk aversion? Authoritarianism? Academic achievement? This is the latest promise from the burgeoning field of sociogenomics. There have been many “DNA … Continue reading

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