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A friendly librarian shows you how to use government websites.

Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism.

Lessons in compassion, taught by the animals.

improving the quality of government, public policy, reducing administrative burdens

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Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

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Insights to finding home & creating home from a home researcher who has lived in many places. Using psychology, myth, popular culture, religion, the hero's journey, and more.

Essays of alarm and hope, on politics and society, democracy and justice. With passion and urgency.

How America can move from inequality to opportunity through data, maps, and proven solutions

Dan Rather's steady take on a complex and chaotic world.

A critical review of the beauty industry prioritizing people, not products.

A newsletter about money for misfits. From the author of YOU DON’T NEED A BUDGET.

A newsletter focused on the intersection of American culture, politics, and growing up Black in the South.

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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