Lauren Myracle has written three books for young adults, including “ttyl.” The book is named for an abbreviation used in Instant Messaging to mean “talk to you later.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nick Hitchon is one of the participants in Michael Apted's Seven Up series of documentaries that checks in on the lives of ordinary people every seven years.
Lieutenant Shannon Kilkoyne talks about her experience as a female soldier in Iraq.
Politicians love to stump about the middle class and the American Dream. But the struggle to make a decent living in the United States isn’t just politics… it’s personal. Here’s a story from Arturo Camelot, a student at Tucson’s City High School.
Philosopher Peter Singer lays out the argument that virtually everyone in America has a moral obligation to give money to help the desperately poor.
Janet Davis tells Steve Paulson that controversy has surrounded the use of animals in the American circus since the 1890s.
Healing democracy, one living room at a time. Joan Blades and Parker Palmer introduce us to a grassroots movement that brings small groups of people together across bitter political divisions, to help them find common ground.
Historian Jim Cullen talks with Jim Fleming about the various versions of the American Dream: freedom, equality, upward mobility, home ownership and the good life.
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