The 1968 Olympic games changed everything for John Carlos. He and fellow runner Tommie Smith raised their fists in the Black Power salute on the podium in a moment that became known as the most defiant and controversial in Olympics history.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nikki Giovanni reads Untitled (For Margaret Danner).
Nikki Giovanni reads "Poem for Lady Whose Voice I Like"
Do intellectuals have any place in Hollywood? James Schamus is a scholar of narrative theory who also runs a movie studio. In this NEW and UNCUT interview, Steve Paulson talks with Focus Features CEO Schamus.
In 1993, Will Allen bought a 2-acre plot of land in Milwaukee's inner city. Today, it's the nation's pre-eminent urban farm. Growing Power is a working farm that feeds thousands of local residents and helps develop community food systems. Allen won a MacArthur "genius" grant for his work.
How does a suburban dad with three kids find meaning in Thoreau's "Walden"? Tom Fate says Thoreau helps us examine a basic question: How much is enough?
Devastated at the unexpected death of her morther, Cheryl Strayed embarked on a three-month solo trip along the rugged Pacific Crest Trail. Those 94 days changed her life in ways she could never have imagined. She writes about that transformative time in her memoir "Wild."
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