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Paying Patients for Their Tissue: The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

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Article originally published in Science on July 6, 2012.

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.

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.

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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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.

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

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Freedom

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Poem by Rabindranath Tagore.

In This Blind Alley

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Poem by Ahmad Shamlu, written in 1979 after the Revolution in Iran.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Letter written by Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1963 and published in the Atlantic.

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