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Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe
When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...
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This dude I met on the street
I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...
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Four Days in Jujuy
My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...
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A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)
1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...
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Somalia: Short-sighted U.S foreign policy risks revitalising terrorist groups
Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist group that has wreaked havoc in the war torn nation of Somalia over the last decade, has kept a...
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All-Blacks All the Time
The first thing one notices (aside from the familiar faces of Elijah Wood and Peter Jackson telling Air New Zealand passengers to fasten their...
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Losar tashi delek! Happy Tibetan New Year!
Losar tashi delek! Happy Tibetan New Year! My week has been filled with celebrations. After an unforgettable evening celebrating the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri...
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Empowerment: On the value of mothers and of children
I first learned that children were essentially pooping, crying machines from the American media, courtesy of the movie License to Wed, which even Robin...
Blackness: In Bold
Malcolm X, Colorism, And MULTI
As many of you all know, this past week was the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination. X was a Muslim minister, human rights...
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The Game of War: The American military is blurring the lines between virtual reality and warfare, with chilling consequences
Two videos, from two very different perspectives, caught my attention this week. In the first, 13-year-old Mohammed Tuaiman documents his life in Ma’rib Province,...
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Welcome to Castle Street
In the middle of the road, a ratty old couch bursts into flames. The fire leaps into the night sky and sends off a...
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Real meat, fake lakes.
With $14 salads from Four Cafe and $12 burritos from Chipotle (that extra guac charge is a killer), it is an increasingly difficult task...
