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The Poet's Archive: Oral Tradition in the Digital Age
How East African oral poetry and storytelling traditions live, adapt, and archive themselves online.
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Community Land Trusts: A Quiet Answer to the Housing Crisis
How CLTs work, who they serve in the Twin Cities, and their limits.
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Jamal Awil
Jamal Awil is the founding editor of Krino Media, built on a simple bet: readers are hungrier for evidence than for a side to root for. He still reports and writes — holding his own pieces to the same rule as everyone else.
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Podcast: The Scientist's Bookshelf — Recommended Reading
Scientists and researchers share the books that shaped their thinking.
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Comics & Satire: Weekly Visual Commentary
Recurring visual commentary strip on culture, media, and modern life.
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Podcast: What Artists Are Thinking About Right Now
Conversations with independent artists, musicians, writers on their creative process.
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Fashion as Language: How Style Communicates Identity
How clothing choices signal community, identity, and resistance.
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Book Club Feature: A Novel That Explains Our Political Moment
Deep analysis of a literary fiction title that illuminates current social/political dynamics.
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Music & Mood: The Neuroscience Behind Your Playlist
Why certain music affects emotions.
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Conversations: Writers on What They're Reading Right Now
A brief interview series with diverse writers on their current reads and influences.
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The Art of the Essay: Why Long-Form Writing Is Making a Comeback
A survey of the long-form essay renaissance.