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The newest essays, interviews, and features from Big Think.

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Gentrification can make all of the movement’s best efforts for naught.
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The activist says the movement is a long-term process to work toward racial equality and environmental sustainability.
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The activist talks about the fine art of reaching consensus.
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The activist uses case studies so students can apply environmental issues to their everyday lives.
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The activist talks about training and mentoring the next generation of environmental justice leaders.
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The activist cites her family but also the lasting impression made on her by Hurricane Katrina.
What did we really accomplish with the Digital TV initiative?
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Winstead: “Funny is like sushi—do you like sushi, or do you not like sushi?”
Help China solve their growth problems in exhcange for U.S. debt relief…
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“The thing I find incredibly awesome about the internet is that it…weeds out the complainers.”

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Though some broadcasters are taking investigative journalism seriously again, the “Fright Wing” still holds America’s attention.
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Comedians are asking questions that the media had ceased to ask.
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The comedienne remembers feeling almost as though Americans were paid off to elect Bush.
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It was important to the comedienne that  mainstream media be critiqued, not just news-makers.
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Her center’s research enables donors to maximize social good.
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A conversation with the Executive Director for the Center of High Impact Philanthropy.
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The president of LeapFrog Investments explains his new company, which is bringing insurance to the poor.