As Long As We Both Shall Live
Source: Robert Fass
Explore this site, which combines photographs with interviews to provide insight into the bonds shared by couples who have been together for over four decades.
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A Better Way to Talk About Faith
Source: The New York Times
Religious traditions that bring some people together may drive a wedge between others. An organization called Interfaith Youth Core is working to bring together people of all faiths and none to focus on their shared tenets instead of their differences.
Next generation of activists confronts Mississippi’s violent past on Freedom Summer anniversary
Source: The Hechinger Report
Fifty years after the murders of three young civil rights workers shocked the nation, a group of students visited the small Mississippi town where it happened to reflect on the past and look toward the future.
Up, Up, and Oy Vey!
Source: Aish
An old joke goes that if you meet a guy whose name has “man” at the end, either he’s from a Jewish family or he’s a superhero. A rabbi digs into the Jewish roots of our most popular superheroes.
Optical illusions show how we see
Source: TED
Being fooled by optical illusions may be fun, but the reason why they work is serious. The same mental mechanisms that allow us to be tricked today may have saved our ancestors’ lives.
Remembrances of the Mysterious, Maligned Soviet Censor
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
What kind of person becomes a censor? An American journalist learns who his Soviet nemesis was.
Robert Frost’s Christmas Cards
Source: Academy of American Poets
Although these greeting cards started as a way to celebrate the winter season, poet Robert Frost was encouraged to continue them as an annual holiday tradition. Find out which of his famous poems were used as the verses for these unique cards that are collectors’ items today.
2015 Emerging Explorers
Source: National Geographic
National Geographic’s Emerging Explorers Program supports today’s explorers, from archaeologists to urban agriculturalists, biologists to neuroscientists and many more. Read some of the bios that interest you and learn about the impact of their work on our lives.
Fighting Fiction with Facts: The BCN Anti-Rumor Campaign
Source: Cities of Migration
To dispel misconceptions people hold without justification about their immigrant neighbors, the Barcelona City Council (BCN) recruited ‘anti-rumor agents,’ countering negative mindsets with the real facts and truths.
Perception vs. Reality: The Importance of Being Yourself on Social Media
Source: Linkedin
Do you present yourself differently to different groups of people on social media? Why might this be?