How painting radium on watches and instrument dials killed more than 50 young women working in Ottawa, Illinois.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Canadian journalist Naomi Klein, author of “No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Name Bullies,” talks about the day brand names were left for dead on Wall Street.
The rich are getting rich and the gap between the rich and poor in America is getting wider.
Listen to some of the voices from the Occupy Wall Street protest at 60 Wall Street in New York.
One Laptop Per Child seeks to change the world by giving laptops to kids in places too remote to have electricity.
This week, we're remembering the British mystery writer P.D. James, who died recently at the age of 94. James wrote some of the most widely admired literary crime fiction of the last century, and was the creator of one of the most beloved fictional detectives, Scotland Yard investigator Adam Dalgliesh. Steve Paulson spoke with P.D. James about her life of writing crime fiction in 2000.
Are we ever good enough, or are we doomed to self-optimization for our entire lives?
Jonathan Cott describes what it was like to re-invent himself after E.C.T. (Electroconvulsive Therapy) treatments created a fifteen year gap in his memory.
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