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Letter of Recommendation: Candle Hour
One of my best teenage memories starts with a natural disaster. In January 1998, my parents and I returned to our home in Montreal to find that a giant tree limb had ruptured our living room. What...
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How Canadians Took Silicon Valley… And Never Owned the Win
[Original story here: https://thelogic.co/news/the-big-read/origin-story-canadians-in-silicon-valley/] Lars Leckie knew C100 had arrived when he was walking down the street in downtown Toronto a few...
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When I was a little girl, I never dreamed of a husband or children. I never pictured a wedding starring me as the bride with white dress and elegant bouquet. I never pictured the groom. I couldn’t see...
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When I think about how we come to fear, I think about a photograph my parents took of me as an 11-year-old. I’m in their bedroom, perched on the edge of their bed. It’s plenty warm in the house, but...
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Shut In Together: 119 Neighbors and Me in an Oakland Condo
I have a confession. I don’t know most of my neighbors. I don’t even know the names of everyone on my floor. I live in a tall condo building in Oakland, with a towering view of Piedmont and the...
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Under One Roof: How COVID-19 Turned My Apartment Building Into a Community
I live in a tall condo building with hundreds of neighbours in Oakland, California. The San Francisco Bay Area has been under lockdown for five weeks now, though many of us have already lost count....
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Four Bay Area Cities Have Used Tear Gas. Here’s How It Makes COVID-19 Worse
Tear gas is fired by the police on Broadway near the Oakland Police Headquarters on May 29, 2020 during a protest over the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. (Beth Laberge/KQED) As...
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National Guard Troops at Protests: What Does It Mean? What Can They Do?
A deployment of 50 National Guard troops played a well-publicized role on the streets of Vallejo on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, patrolling to keep government property and critical infrastructure...
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Duolingo: Two Unexpected Entrepreneurs
EPISODE PART 1: She Can Fix It Stephanie Lopez is a woman in a man’s profession, something some men have never let her forget.Stephanie, a mother of two, owns Woosters Garage in Weston, a small town...
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The Daring Cities Podcast
When it comes to solving the climate crisis, cities have an unprecedented opportunity. We already have the tools to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cities by close to 90 percent in the next 30...
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Duolingo: Extreme Sports Heroes
EPISODE PART 1: Sibusiso and the Big Mountain Sibusiso Vilane has stood at the summit of the world’s tallest mountains. He is a mountaineering icon from South Africa, who has ascended Mt. Everest...
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The Enchanting Mr. Rice Guy
Here’s the last time I remember playing with my childhood imaginary friend, Mister Rice Guy. I’m 8, and it’s my least favorite time of day: recess. I’m friendless and alone at my new school, and so I...
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