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The Declaration of Independence

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson. For all the high ideals he provided the document and our country, he was also, like the majority of signatories to the Declaration, a slave owner. There were also ardent abolitionists in the group that signed the document, but

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Mockingbird Players: An Excerpt from Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

By Bryan Stevenson

I was in my late twenties and about to start my fourth year at the SPDC when I met Walter McMillian. His case was one of the flood of cases I’d found myself frantically working on after learning of a growing crisis in Alabama. The state had nearly a hundred people on death row as well as the fastest-growing

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The Core of the Fight: The Continued Struggle for Equal Voting Rights in America

By Stacey Abrams

Voting is an act of faith. It is profound. In a democracy, it is the ultimate power. Through the vote, the poor can access financial means, the infirm can find health care supports, and the burdened and heavy-laden can receive a measure of relief from a social safety net that serves all.

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Accountable Leadership

By Vince Molinaro

It is time to stop settling and tolerating mediocrity from our leaders. We need leaders to be truly accountable.

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The Criminalization and Enslavement of the Poor

By Ben Crump

Slavery was officially abolished in America more than 150 years ago, but the desire to replace its cheap labor source and funnel finances into private for-profit prisons has given rise to an immoral system that consciously and unconsciously criminalizes and imprisons Black and brown Americans.

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My Racist Introduction

By Ibram X Kendi

"After taking this grueling journey to the dirt road of antiracism, humanity can come upon the clearing of a potential future: an antiracist world in all its imperfect beauty. It can become real if we focus on power instead of people, if we focus on changing policy instead of groups of people. It’s possible

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7 “Primitive” Qualities for Finding Meaning in Your Work

By Marco Greenberg

This radical work-life imbalance makes it more urgent than ever that our work truly give us meaning. It should focus the mind on a critical question: is our work fulfilling?

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Trauma Stewardship

By Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky, Connie Burk

Trauma always creates a ripple effect, the same as when someone throws a stone into a still pond. The initial impact creates repercussions that expand almost infinitely, reaching and having an effect on many people who didn’t experience the blows firsthand. The shockwaves soon move beyond individual

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The Rituals of Concentration

By Stefan Van Der Stigchel

Sometimes a ritual is exactly what you need to get yourself fully into concentration mode.

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All Lives Are Precious—But Not Priceless

By Howard Steven Friedman

We should seek to minimize injustices wherever possible. This can only be done if we challenge injustices wherever they appear, especially when lives are unfairly valued.