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Remembering To Never Forget: Dominican Republic's 'Parsley Massacre'

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Address to the United Nations Youth Assembly

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Speech by Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl who was shot in the face by extremists for standing up for the right of girls to be educated. This link includes a video, as well as text of the speech.

Flowers for Algernon

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This is the touching story of a gentle, mentally-handicapped man who faces the chance of a lifetime and the hard changes that come with it. After undergoing experimental brain surgery to increase his intelligence, Charlie (Matthew Modine, Have Dreams, Will Travel; TV's Weeds) is emboldened with his newfound genius, but finds himself questioning the value of his intellect and struggling to accept his former self.

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Jeff Bleckner
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Middle
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01:31
Flowers for Algernon

A Court Allows Payment for Bone Marrow. Should People be Able to Sell Their Parts?

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Article by Alice Park from July 2012 describing a U.S. court decision allowing people to sell their bone marrow to people in need.

Do We Own Our Bodily Tissues?

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An opinion piece from Voices of San Diego, a member-based news organization, written by Margaret Ng Thow Hing and published in April 2012.

Paying Patients for Their Tissue: The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

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Article originally published in Science on July 6, 2012.

Tissue Banks Trigger Worry About Ownership Issues

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Article from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) published in September 2006.

Human Tissue For Sale: What are the Costs?

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Article from the Western Journal of Medicine published in November of 2000.

My Body, My Property

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Article from the Chicago Tribune published in June 2013.

Body of Research—Ownership and Use of Human Tissue

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Article from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published in October 2006.

Death of a Pig

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Article by E.B. White, the author of Charlotte's Web published in The Atlantic in January 1948.

My Last Duchess

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Poem by Robert Browning

The Souls of Black Folk

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HTML version of the book released by Project Gutenberg to be read online.

Atlanta Compromise Speech

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Speech given by Booker T. Washington at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta in September 1895.

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