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If recent events have you feeling down and defeated, @thetyee wants you to know that it’s still worth fighting back. Alvin Finkel, author of “Humans,” writes about “the persistent spark of resistance throughout recorded history, in service of visions of more humane, egalitarian societies.”
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3 strategies to help Americans bridge the deepening partisan divide
People acknowledging and inspecting their own political biases is one way that they can begin to reduce polarization.The Conversation
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Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical science tell a story of who mattered and who didn’t
Marked with numbers, demographic information and provenance – though not name – these skulls tell a story of racist hierarchies but also diversity in the early United States.The Conversation
DNA evidence rewrites history of Pompeii victims buried in volcanic eruption
A recent study led by an international team of researchers has unveiled new insights into the victims of Pompeii, challenging longstanding assumptions about the identities and relationships of those entombed by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE...
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DNA evidence rewrites history of Pompeii victims buried in volcanic eruption
A recent study challenges long-held assumptions about the identities and relationships of Pompeii's victimsDario Radley (ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine)
Lovely tribute to the late David Graeber by Rebecca Solnit, from her foreword to a new collection of his writing.
"David’s recurrent rallying cry as both a scholar and an activist was: “It does not have to be this way.” Where academia can be cool and guarded, pulling away from direct engagement, he was warm and enthusiastic, wanting to see ideas lead to actions that could change the world"
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‘It does not have to be this way’: the radical optimism of David Graeber
As a new collection of his writing is published, Rebecca Solnit remembers her friend, the late activist and anarchist who believed ordinary people had the power to change the worldRebecca Solnit (The Guardian)
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Why so many people voted for Trump − 5 things to understand about MAGA supporters’ thinking
An anthropologist who studies polarization asked people why they supported Trump. Here’s what they said about immigration, the economy and his ‘bull in a china shop’ style.The Conversation
Landscape effects of hunter-gatherer practices reshape idea of agriculture
Some of the wild plants that grow across the Australian landscape may not be so wild, according to new research led by Penn State scientists.Francisco Tutella (Phys.org)
Excavations reveal significant Bronze Age settlement at Vuon Chuoi, Vietnam
Archaeologists have uncovered a significant pre-Dong Son settlement in northern Vietnam. The discovery at the Vuon Chuoi Archaeological Site, located in Lai Xa Hamlet, Kim Chung Commune, Hoai Duc District, Hanoi, is believed to date back nearly 3,000 years to the Bronze Age...
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Excavations reveal significant Bronze Age settlement at Vuon Chuoi, Vietnam
Archaeologists have uncovered a pre-Dong Son Bronze Age settlement at the Vuon Chuoi Archaeological Site in northern Vietnam.Dario Radley (Archaeology News)
