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The PEN Pod: On Using Storytelling to Push Back Against Systems with Imbolo Mbue

InterviewMarch 12, 2021

“This story came from [my] childhood fascination: this idea of people pushing back against systems that are way more powerful than them.” More

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DARE: What Can Be Done To Fight Back Against Ransomware Attacks

News DigestAugust 22, 2019

Computer systems of cities and towns across America hit by ransomware attacks. ABC faces criticism for hiring former White House press secretary Sean... More

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Nadine Gordimer: A Life Well Lived (1923-2014)

TributeJuly 14, 2014

Nadine Gordimer was a remarkable author activist who did as much as anyone to rouse the conscience of the world to the iniquities of apartheid in South Africa. More

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