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    The Right to Bed-Stuy

    It’s an unseasonably hot autumn day, about 25 degrees Celsius. I turn from Franklin Avenue onto Hancock Street, hugged tight by imposing four-storey Italianate brownstone terraces ...

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    The Right to Bed-Stuy
    3 April, 2025
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    Nightswimming

    My arms make arcing breaststrokes in tepid turquoise water, slicing through its smooth thickness which envelops my skin like silk. I bob down 15 feet or so to the seabed, where ...

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    Nightswimming
    25 March, 2025
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    We Need New Stories

    Humanity is at an inflection point, seemingly unable to cut through division and societal angst. A toxic combination of demagoguery and oligarchy is challenging the democratic ...

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    We Need New Stories
    19 March, 2025
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    Is Nuclear Already Squandering its Renaissance?

    Jacopo Buongiorno is Professor of Nuclear Science & Engineering at MIT and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. Nick O’Hara spoke to him about the state of the ...

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    Is Nuclear Already Squandering its Renaissance?
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