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The WPI blog offers an insider’s look at the fellows’ journeys, capturing their unique experiences and insights as they travel the country navigating the immersive program.
How Local Breweries connect our communities and tell our stories
Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, my parents played a popular song by South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Umqombothi to celebrate a special...
The owners of the Agora
Since the beginning of human socialization, it was clear that a basic agreement between the members of a community was needed in order for that...
The Luftwaffe’s farmers in southern Minnesota
During a visit this week to southern Minnesota’s New Ulm, the World War II junkie in me was thrilled to chance upon a fascinating nugget of history...
Islamophobia: is a global awakening on racism already overdue?
The murder of George Floyd in May 2020 left an indelible impact on the community of Black Americans, not to mention his family, who will...
No-knock warrants has racist roots, academic says
The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Amir Locke will not be charged. But the fact remains that the police got the wrong guy on Feb. 2...
Is it possible the war in Ukraine is bad for nuclear non-proliferation?
Allusions to the use of nuclear weapons at the very beginning of the war in Ukraine worried people in Eastern Europe. People like my grandmother in...