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kellyoxford:

From Arise India Forum:

“For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives

People grow a lot when they are faced with…

read this a few weeks ago, but it’s worth re-reading

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5 Underreported Stories of 2011

joshsternberg:

As we close the books on 2011, here, in totality, are five underreported stories (as put together by me) for Current.com:

More troops commit suicide than die in combat Big business behind solar power Food prices trigger revolution U.S. military infiltrates social media Number of homeless children highest in American history

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“The deeper your scars, the more room there is to fill them up with love. Don’t hate your scars, appreciate their depth.” —Daniel Chidiac (via 122782)

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“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were large numbers of Negroes on our shore, the scar of our racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society. From the sixteenth century forward, blood flowed in battles over racial supremacy. We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves to reject or feel remorse for this shameful episode. Our literature, our films, our drama, our folklore all exalt it. Our children are still taught to respect the violence which reduced a red-skinned people of an earlier culture into a few fragmented groups herded into impoverished reservations.” —The Autobiography of Malcolm X (via cultureofresistance)

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human galaxy

December 2011

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