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A White Woman Learns to Cry 'Black Tears'
Brenda Salter McNeil tells the story of a diverse group of Christians who traveled across the United States visiting some of the places known for their ...
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Tolstoy's Story 'Two Old Men'
Leo Tolstoy's story Two Old Men tells the tale of two men, Efim and Elisha, who decide that before they die they must make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. ...
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What Happened to Face-to-Face Conversations?
In an article in The New York Times, communications expert Sherry Turkle asks, "What has happened to face-to-face conversation in a world where so ...
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NYPD's Hostage Negotiator on Empathy
Lt. Jack Cambria has spent more than a decade talking people down from the ledge. Until his retirement in 2015, he was the commanding officer of the NYPD's ...
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Special Suit Helps Students Empathize with Elderly
How do you train a 20-something medical school student to feel genuine empathy for senior citizens? Enter "The Age Man Suit." Consisting of ...
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Professor Says Humans Are Just Machines
In his book Flesh and Machines, MIT professor Rodney Brooks writes that a human being is nothing but a machine—or what he calls a "big bag ...
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Fight Depression. Get a Friend.
There is an idea that someone can "catch" depression, but research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B challenges that idea. Their ...
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Bus Driver Conveys Christ's Love
There was a front-page article in the San Francisco Chronicle about a metro-transit operator named Linda Wilson-Allen. She loves the people who ride her ...
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Project Hurts Kenyan Farmers
Here's a quick case study for how trying to help can actually hurt poor people. Norway gives more of its government resources, as a percentage, to ...
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'Fan-less' Basketball Team Experiences Grace
The high school basketball team for the Gainesville Tornadoes in Gainesville, Texas usually has a fan base of zero. One Gainesville player said, "My ...
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