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If ever there was a case for the importance of being able to empathize with and respond to the plights of others, Sinclair Lewis' acclaimed Kingsblood Royal makes it – deftly – in spades. His delightfully sardonic style searingly unveils the crass hypocracy of racial prejudice so evident in the middle America of his time.
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Per capita ownership of firearms in the US has doubled since 1968.
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Doing Good
What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change...
Estela de Carlotto has spent nearly 34 years searching for her own missing grandson.
Estela de Carlotto hunts for Argentina's grandchildren 'stolen' decades ago
Estela de Carlotto heads the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, who seek to reunite children taken from their mothers during Argentina's military dictatorship with their real families.
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