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Monitor Conversation Live: Civility and Trust
In this 30-minute program, Mark Sappenfield, editor of The Christian Science Monitor, sits down with Alexandra Hudson, author of "The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves." They discuss the intersection of trust and civility and explore ways to build these qualities in our everyday lives.
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Preserving the history of America's first Black library
When librarian Natalie Woods first held the papers of Thomas Fountain Blue, they changed her life. Now, she is working to preserve the pioneering Black librarian's legacy in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Miyawaki: a little forest with a towering task
A Japanese method of planting fast-growing native forests is spreading worldwide. In the U.S., it has brought “grounded hope” to one of its practitioners, and nurtured a sense of community around its sites.
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Women in ‘deconstruction’ harvest value, and help one another
This team disassembles buildings that need to be razed, reclaiming quality materials – and advancing women and gender minorities in a long-exclusionary field.