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In this series, Kate Tellers writes about buying her first house. Over text. This is not how I expected to make the biggest financial decision of my...
Read MoreA Case by Any Other Name … Listen
Some of our greatest writers – Shakespeare, Dickens, and J.K. Rowling – are also our greatest namers. The sobriquets they’ve invented are fun, memorable, and often tell us a bit about an individual’s personality or characteristics. Think of Shakespeare’s quick-tempered Prince Hotspur, Dickens’s acerbic Mrs. Sowerberry,...
Living Under DOMA: Returning to the U.S. Listen
Katherine Thompson continues her story of fleeing the U.S. with her non-U.S. citizen girlfriend Jodi so that Jodi’s immigration status can remain legal. In the last segment, Katherine and Jodi arrived in Canada but didn’t surrender Jodi’s I-94, which turned out to be a mistake. For most Americans, an expiring...
The Right to Education: Peter Cooper’s Vision, and What Its Unraveling Represents Listen
A kind of death occurred at noon on Tuesday, April 23 at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Mark Epstein, the chairman of the school’s Board of Trustees, had called a meeting for students and faculty just six hours before. He stood...
Lessons from the Founding: The Boston Massacre Listen
As we struggle to heal from the Boston Marathon attacks, we might start by returning to our roots. Our nation was born out of the devastation of another Boston massacre, and our Founders’ response might serve as a guide. During the first Boston massacre in 1770,...
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