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Matthew Mazzotta
Playful, wondrous public spaces built for community and possibility
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Patty McCord
4 lessons the pandemic taught us about work, life and balance
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Julia Dhar
How to have constructive conversations
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Gbenga Sesan
Technology can't fix inequality -- but training and opportunities could
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Kluane Adamek
The legacy of matriarchs in the Yukon First Nations
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Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
6 essential lessons for women leaders
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Ishan Bhabha
How to foster productive and responsible debate
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Nina Medvinskaya
Is life meaningless? And other absurd questions
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Amber McReynolds
An election system that puts voters (not politicians) first
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R. Alan Brooks
When the world is burning, is art a waste of time?
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Jacqueline Novogratz
What it takes to make change
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Eric Garcetti
How city mayors are taking action on climate change
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Mary L. Gray
COVID-19 unraveled the workforce. Here's how to fix it
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Darren Walker
How to disrupt philanthropy in response to crisis
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Cara Greene Epstein
How theater weathers wars, outlasts empires and survives pandemics
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Dexter Dias
Racism thrives on silence -- speak up!
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Jennifer L. Eberhardt
How racial bias works -- and how to disrupt it
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Honor Harger
How museums help communities heal
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Aaron Maniam
New ways to understand life in a pandemic
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Achim Steiner
The alliances needed to rebuild the developing world
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Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero
The path to ending systemic racism in the US
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Audrey Tang
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Barry Schwartz
What role does luck play in your life?
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Michael Sandel
The tyranny of merit
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Marcelo Mena
The economic benefits of climate action
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Dannagal G. Young
The psychological traits that shape your political beliefs
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Cedric Habiyaremye
How quinoa can help combat hunger and malnutrition
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How to shift your mindset and choose your future
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Huang Hung
How American and Chinese values shaped the coronavirus response
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Danielle Allen
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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
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Gary Liu
What the world can learn from China's response to the coronavirus
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Jo Michael Rezes
A playful exploration of gender performance
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Kate Lister
An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word
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Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah
How do daily habits lead to political violence?
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