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Jasmine Liu is a writer based in New York

To address the legacies of slavery and colonialism, read Maryse Condé and Frantz Fanon now. Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature (in 2016). Other past winners include Pär Fabian Lagerkvist (1951), Ivo Andric (1961), Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson (1903), José Echegaray (1904), Odysseus Elytis (1979), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1908), Paul Heyse (1910), Selma Lagerlöf (1909), Halldór Laxness (1955), Henrik Pontoppidan (1917), and Henrik Sienkiewicz (1905). Not recipients that you’d...

Delve into the captivating world of babies in the womb and discover their daily routine of growth, movement, and sensory development. From somersaults to thumb-sucking, learn what keeps your little one busy before birth.

Social networks have increasingly become a tool to organize and demonstrate, but so much fervor might be blurring the significance of the mobilizations

Up-to-date news from the worlds largest consumer technology convention, with a focus on PC hardware and enthusiast tech.

“The Persuaders,” by Anand Giridharadas, profiles progressive activists and organizers who are embracing bold tactics to persuade other Americans to change their views.

Find solace hiking along an overgrown backcountry wilderness path like the Davy Brown Trail

A conversation with Gal Beckerman about his book, The Quiet Before, on the hushed moments and activities that precede social change

The book “The Quiet Before” is about big social movements and what shaped them, from the 16th century Scientific Revolution to today’s Black Lives Matter protests.

It has become harder for children to experience childhood as a time of blissful ignorance about the state of our planet as climate change, racism, discrimination, poverty and gun violence affect their daily lives. While many turn to social media to express their frustrations, its not always the best way to effect real change.