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Author Archives: Carlen

The Weekly Bulletin: January 6, 2022

The Non-fiction Feature: The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don’t
The Children’s Spot: It’s Probably Penny
The Product Spot: Risk – a strategy board game

Posted byCarlenJanuary 5, 2022January 5, 2022Posted inArchives, Bulletins

Risk – a strategy board game

A classic probabilistic game with dashes of human interaction throughout.

Posted byCarlenJanuary 5, 2022January 8, 2022Posted inArchives, Products

The Weekly Bulletin: December 23, 2021 | Holiday Quotes Edition

A special holiday edition: a compilation of some favorite quotes that have been held close to soul for many years.

Posted byCarlenDecember 22, 2021December 22, 2021Posted inArchives, Bulletins

The New Jim Crow

How did this come to be in colorblind America: the mass incarceration and social immobilization of so many of its minorities?

Posted byCarlenDecember 15, 2021December 15, 2021Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

The Weekly Bulletin: December 16, 2021

The Non-fiction Feature: The New Jim Crow – Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The Fiction Spot: The Nickel Boys
The Product Spot: MOSAIC Fund for Justice

Posted byCarlenDecember 15, 2021December 15, 2021Posted inArchives, Bulletins

MOSAIC Fund for Justice

The MOSAIC Fund for Justice supports organizations committed to racial justice and ending mass incarceration.

Posted byCarlenDecember 15, 2021December 27, 2021Posted inArchives, Products

The Nickel Boys

Elwood Curtis, a black boy in the 1960s, is wrongly sentenced to a horrifying juvenile center, where he is determined to remember that he is worthy.

Posted byCarlenDecember 15, 2021December 15, 2021Posted inArchives, Fiction

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

A book that spans the widest breadths—from the beginning of our species, through our cognitive, agricultural, and industrial revolutions, to the present.

Posted byCarlenDecember 8, 2021December 13, 2021Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

The Weekly Bulletin: December 9, 2021

The Non-fiction Feature: Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind
The Fiction Spot: Pastwatch – The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
The Product Spot: National Geographic – Human Origins

Posted byCarlenDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021Posted inArchives, Bulletins

National Geographic: Human Origins

National Geographic’s Human Origins page presents a wide range of informative resources to help children and adults understand our past.

Posted byCarlenDecember 8, 2021December 8, 2021Posted inArchives, Products

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