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Conversation, Interrupted
At its best, life is a conversation.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Andrei Sakharov, Physicist and Witness for Democracy & Human Rights
By Marisa De La Villa Before Andrei Sakharov became one of the Soviet Union’s most outspoken dissidents, he was celebrated as one of its gre...
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January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Amariyanna Copeny & the Flint Water Crisis
By Maili Pieragostini In 2014, the water of Flint, Michigan, shifted from a basic necessity to a quiet, everyday danger. When the city switc...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Parable of the Cookies and the Bears
A man saw some bears in a national park and wondered if he should feed them.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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A Stranger Across Time, Conclusion
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A Stranger Across Time, Conclusion
When I graduated from High School, I had filed William Jennings Bryan in my mind somewhere between monster and footnote.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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A Stranger Across Time (pt. 2)
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A Stranger Across Time (pt. 2)
Second Encounter: High School History
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November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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A Stranger Across Time
First Encounter: The Monster Movie
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November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Seizing the Means of Perception
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Seizing the Means of Perception
Imagine you’re the leader of a vast mob that is mesmerized by your voice and eager to do your bidding.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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An Old Man Remembers the Phonebook
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An Old Man Remembers the Phonebook
"In my day..."
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October 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Breaking the Feedback Loop: Fossil Fuels, the Climate Crisis, and Democratic Decline
An Online Symposium at Boston University, Oct. 27th & 28th, 2026 (Call for Papers)
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October 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Parable of the Wind
A fine old school had a flagpole in front of it and each morning the principal and some students would gather to raise the flag with the school’s mascot, a white and black swallow-tailed kite against ...
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October 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Five Scenarios at an Airport Starbucks
Thoughts on Identity and Equality with little time to spare.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Robert D. Bullard and the Fight for Environmental Justice
Robert D. Bullard and the Fight for Environmental Justice    by Giovanna Rudis   Imagine walking outside your home into a cloud of chem...
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September 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Will Populism Kill (or Save) the UN?
Identity-based populism could destroy both democracy and the United Nations in this century. Equality-based populism might be the only political force that could save them both.
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September 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Fang Lizhi and the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests
Fang Lizhi and the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests by Ho Tsz Ching Who was the man the Chinese government blamed for inciting the June 4th pr...
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September 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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luckytran.com Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 18
Updated map of the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. Health departments who have officially confirmed that they are part of the collaborative include Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and New York City.
Map Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative states shaded in blue West Coast Health Alliance states shaded in yellow Updated September 18, 2025 Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Energy Transitions and Environmental Justice
Remembering the 1984 UK Miners' Strike: Energy Transitions and Environmental Justice by Ho Tsz Ching           On the left is a 1996 photo o...
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September 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai by Valeria Yraita-Zevallos "Trees are living symbols of peace and hope. A tree has roots in the soil yet reaches to the sk...
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September 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Parable of the Tree and the Stone
Thanks for reading DEMOCRACY ON EARTH!
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September 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A few thoughts on the Tree of Liberty
In the 1640s, as a civil war between forces supporting Parliament and the Crown was raging in England, someone planted an elm tree in Boston.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Barry Commoner
Barry Commoner  by Vittoria Theodora Georgiadis After World War II the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom began to buil...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Peter Willcox
Peter Willcox by Giovanna Rudis Born March 6th, 1953 in Woodstock, Vermont, Willcox    had a relatively normal childhood, and his education ...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Ken Saro-Wiwa
Ken Saro-Wiwa by Ho Tsz Ching One of the most famous television shows from Africa is a sitcom called Basi and Company. This pioneering piece...
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September 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Berta Cáceres
Berta  Cáceres by  Valeria Yraita-Zevallos Video Transcript:  Honduran environmental and human rights activist, Berta  Cáceres , has left a ...
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September 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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What is democracy? Where is democracy? Why am I asking?
What is democracy?
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September 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM