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Category: History
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What can we learn from Ashoka, an Indian emperor of the 3rd Century B.C., about the ethical imperatives behind universal health care?
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An excerpt from Thousand Pieces of Gold, a biographical novel about the life of an extraordinary Chinese-American woman in the old west.
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Video of Jonathan Metzl, author of The Protest Psychosis, talking about the history of schizophrenia and how its diagnosis became increasingly tied to race.
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In an excerpt from The Protest Psychosis, Jonathan Metzl discusses the process of finding “disembodied voices that told silent stories of what it meant to be incarcerated, or neglected, or entrenched, or immured.”
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In honor of the holiday honoring the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., an excerpt from his final book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
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On December 13th, the History Channel will premiere “The People Speak,” based on Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States.”
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Meredith Hall's Without a Map continues to resonate with readers. A Q&A with homeschooling expert Robert Kunzman addresses some of the criticism his book has received from conservative bloggers. Kathryn Joyce uncovers the dark side of Christian adoption agencies. The Ethicurean looks at Nancy Gift's A Weed by Any Other Name (Gifted posted here today).…
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A tribute to Senator Kennedy from an author who got to know him through thirty-year-old transcripts.
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Frederick S. Lane looks at the Constitutional issues posed by the group of politicians at 133 C Street, otherwise known as “The Family.”
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