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From fragility to kintsugi

By Siri Myhrom. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. My friend Jessica invited me last year to be a part of a project she is developing. She co-hosts and organizes intimate Living Room

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What do we do on november 9th?

By Rev. Linda Taylor. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. There’s a Bible story that speaks to me about our current national situation. It’s the story of a rich man who for

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Vilifying Donald Trump makes him stronger

By Ralph J Benko. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. John Trumbull‘s painting, Declaration of Independence, depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence, including Jefferson and Adams Last August, Washington Post Bigfoot Columnist

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Scary green pants

By Mary Gaylord. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. One of my favorite books is What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss. The story is about a person afraid of a pair of empty,

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Youth voters feel defeated by system

By Serena Witherspoon. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. A year ago I hosted my first Living Room Conversation, the topic was youth voting— more specifically why youth choose to register or not. One

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People are not deplorable, only human

By Ralph Benko. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. J.D. Vance, one of the freshest new writers on the scene, recently published a wonderful op-ed in the New York Times, When it comes

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Schools and the election season

by Joan Blades. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. In theory our education system was designed to give us an educated electorate. Yet somehow among eligible voters, 18 to 24 year olds are the

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10,718 paper airplanes

by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, Washington, DC sculptor. Reprinted from The Huffington Post. Sex, religion and money. These used to be the subjects to avoid. Now, it is politics. Co-workers, friends, even families are

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