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5 Life Lessons From Bhagat Singh That Will Sharpen Your Mindset, Discipline, And Purpose

He Read Like His Life Depended On It, Because It DidBhagat Singh was arrested at 23 and hanged at 23. In the months between, he read everything he could get his hands on inside Lahore Central Jail: Marx, Lenin, Upton Sinclair, Bertrand Russell, Victor Hugo. Jail records show he requested…

Times Life · Jul 3

Katie Kitamura: ‘Almost every writer changes my mind – that’s the point of reading’

The American author on the magic of Yasunari Kawabata, the hidden layers of Henry James and coming late to the genius of Muriel Spark

The Guardian - UK · May 1

‘The Jungle’ at 120: How a 1906 novel continues to surface in discussions about unjust labour

In an age of inequality and exploitation, a 1906 novel that exposed hazardous working conditions and unsanitary practices in Chicago’s meat-packing plants at the turn of the 20th century still pops up in discussions about unjust labour.

The Conversation · Feb 10

Early days of ‘fake news’ fuel the politics of ‘Campaigns, Inc.’ at TimeLine Theatre

What “Campaigns, Inc.” could use is a tighter focus on its central characters’ mercenary motivations.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 12, 2022

America's Meat Shortage Is Self-Inflicted and Fixable

How can it be that with so much cattle in America, we sometimes can't buy meat?

Reason · Jul 20, 2022

Nearly a century after Upton Sinclair’s campaign, is California really ready to end poverty?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly 90 years after activist writer Upton Sinclair launched the End Poverty in California campaign, an advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom has released a similarly ambitious plan by the same name.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 12, 2022