Sonya Harris
Stories
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Science
A friendship today, could keep the doctor away
Before you delete that friend or family member off your social media, you might want to consider your health.
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Science
What are you smoking? Clearing the air about cannabis
These chemists are cutting through the haze to analyze our pot habits.
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Arts & Life
Death with dignity: A conversation with NPR’s Diane Rehm
According to longtime NPR host Diane Rehm, “talking about death in the U.S. is the last taboo.” And its something she says needs to change.
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Education
We need to talk about charter schools...
Diane Ravitch was once an avid supporter of charter schools, affiliated with various right wing think tanks. She came to a turning point when she could no longer stay quiet about the fact that charter schools were floundering. A former Assistant Secretary of Education, Ravitch took a bold step. She reversed her previous position and began a journey toward defending public schools and educators
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Arts & Life
Before you try reading the entire Harry Potter series to your child…there might be another way to spark a love of literature.
Raising children in a time when technological advances skew traditional modes of learning can be challenging. But many children prefer screen technology to books. Before you’re tempted to take away the tech to boost a young child’s vocabulary, you might want to listen to what New York Time’s editors Maria Russo and Pamela Paul have to say.
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Health
How to get around the vaping ban? Ask a Seattle-area teenager
Washington State banned flavored vaping products in October 2019. According to the Washington state Department of Health, most shop owners are complying. But local teens are still finding ways to get the products.
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Migrants: Locked up and forgotten? How U.S. citizens hold the key
According to immigration lawyer César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, the dissolving of immigration prisons in the US is a good first step towards mending our immigration system.
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Arts & Life
Tradition is the key to progress for these Native storytellers
In an age of technology and speedy progress, traditions can even be seen as a roadblock towards change and societal growth. But according to the speakers of this talk, traditional storytelling is a key asset to forward, progressive thinking.
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Arts & Life
Gloria Steinem still has hope for the U.S.
"We are linked, not ranked." Journalist and author inspires activists of all ages
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Arts & Life
'Woke' capitalism? Anand Giridharadas isn't buying it
‘We don’t have a bad apple problem, we have an bad orchard problem ’ Anand Giridharadas remarks to a Seattle audience.