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Pair behind 'Doomsday vault,' a bank of 1.25 million seeds, win $500,000 World Food Prize
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBorlaug created the award, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of agriculture, to honor individuals...
Katt Williams' 'Woke Foke' Surpasses Tom Brady Roast, Dominates U.S. Viewership | EURweb
EURweb· 2 days agoNetflix's Roast of Tom Brady garnered significant press, but the Netflix Is a Joke festival with...
Costly to ignore democracy, says Treasury’s chief | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 7 days agoTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen argues that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy -- an indirect jab at Donald Trump. Yellen delivered an address ...
The Psychologist Who Convinced Economists that to Err Is Human | by Antara Haldar - Project...
Project Syndicate· 4 days agoAntara Haldar reflects on the pioneering work and legacy of one of the world’s most influential...
Puppy-killer Noem's TV trainwreck torpedoes her VP dreams (video)
Boing Boing· 1 day agoAs Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt says in this commentary video, "I will show this...
Greta Thunberg: Who is the climate activist and what has she achieved?
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoShe responded with a sarcastic tweet which was liked by several million people and shared widely....
Trump ain't what ails us
Santa Maria Sun· 1 day agoTherein lies an analogy for how concern over the fitness of Donald Trump to serve as president masks what really infects our democracy and threatens our national well-being ...
Mandela’s Heirs Face Their Biggest Election Test | by Adekeye Adebajo - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate· 3 days agoSouth Africa recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first democratic election, which...
Wall Street Journal: Dictators are silencing the truth seekers because of waning US power
The Journal Times· 2 days agoWorld Press Freedom Day on May 3 was a grim reminder of how many voices have recently been silenced...
Boycotts, Divestments and Sustainability
Forbes· 24 hours agoUniversities are at the epicenter of a broad debate about the use of boycotts and divestments as a social change strategy. As a professor, I have been...