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In her book The Right to Learn, Valerie Johnson dives into the years-long erosion of academic freedom in red states and how universities must resist it.

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A young founder from St. Louis built the largest digital platform for Black voices, reshaping media, tech, and community at a national scale.

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Tucked away in the misty folds of the Blue Ridge Mountains sits a town where retirement dreams come true without emptying your savings account. Blowing Rock, North Carolina combines affordable ...

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

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