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Best of 2016: Building a Mosque in America

Rehman here. This story quite literally hit close to home for me. I grew up just about an hour away from the suburb it takes place in, and until working on this story, I never would have imagined that building a mosque could be so controversial, especially in a place as cosmopolitan as Chicago. Standing under its massive dome, I was struck by the odd realization that a building could simultaneously be a haven and source of community for some, and symbol of fear and hatred for others. Though the story took place more than a decade ago, it seems we’re still wrestling with many of the same questions around religious inclusion and American identity.

 

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Dangerous Idea: Question Your Beliefs

Charles Eisenstein's Dangerous Idea?  Questioning our core beliefs can change our world.

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Etgar Keret on "The Girl on the Fridge"

Etgar Keret tells Anne Strainchamps that he is the child of Holocaust survivors and that his work reflects life in Israel as it really is today. 

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BookMark - E.O. Wilson's The Meaning of Human Existence

Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker, recommends E.O. Wilson's "The Meaning of Human Existence."

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Art as Therapy - Alain de Botton

Maybe you're familiar with art therapy - making art to cope with pain. Philosopher Alain de Botton has a different idea. He thinks just looking at great art can be therapeutic.

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Eating the Future

With food insecurity growing around the globe, the unpredictabilities of climate change and population growth booming... what will we eat in the future? Jonathan Foley heads the Global Landscape Initiative at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment. 

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David Quammen on "Monster of God"

Nature writer David Quammen has written a book called “Monster of God.” It’s about man-eating predators. Quammen says that such beasts have often been worshiped but the habitats are being encroached on by development.

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Cameron Sinclair on Architecture for Humanity

Cameron Sinclair was 23 when he founded Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit charity that puts architects and designers to work on disaster relief.

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