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August 2023 Magazine

PR for People Team
August 22, 2023

This month we explore the reality of climate change as depicted in the work of evolutionary biologist Dr. Peter A. Corning. Over the course of the next few months, PR for People will publish each chapter of Dr. Corning's latest work Superorganism: Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Species. This month we have news from Nebraska. Read about Priscilla Teley Foley, who designs couture apparel with distinctly African flair.  Also, Willa Cather’s My Antonia, the third book in her Great Plains Trilogy, is a breathtaking story about life on the Nebraska prairie in the 19th Century. 

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PR for People Team
August 11, 2023

Over the course of the next few months, PR for People will publish each chapter of Dr. Corning's latest work Superorganism: Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Species.  A Preview of The Near Future is Chapter One of Dr. Peter Corning’s groundbreaking work. To purchase Superorganism in its entirety, go to Cambridge University Press or Amazon. 

 

 

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A Preview of the Near Future

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Peter Corning
August 09, 2023

A Preview of The Near Future is Chapter One of Dr. Peter Corning’s groundbreaking work Superorganism: Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Species.  Over the course of the next few months, PR for People will publish each chapter of Dr. Corning's latest work. To purchase Superorganism in its entirety, go to Cambridge University Press or Amazon. 

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Small Business
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The Rise of African Fashion in the American Midwest

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Barbara McMichael
August 07, 2023

Operating out of a modest strip mall in West Omaha, El Roi House of Design offers a boutique specializing in African traditional styles for men and women, brilliantly patterned fabrics, and beaded and bejeweled accessories.

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Books
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My Antonia by Willa Cather: A truly good summer read

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Patricia Vaccarino
August 06, 2023

Some claim that My Antonia, the third and final book of Willa Cather’s Great Plains Trilogy, is her finest work. Bohemian immigrant Antonia Shimerda is depicted through the eyes of orphan boy Jim Burden, who comes to live with his grandparents in Nebraska after his own parents have died. My Antonia is meant to be the story of Jim Burden’s life—his remembrance of things past—of the life that he shared with Antonia, her family, and with his grandparents.

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Politics
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Republicans Diminishing the Cruelty of Black Slavery is a Loser’s Play

Nick J. Licata
August 06, 2023

Florida Governor DeSantis is downplaying Black Slavery by orchestrating a new educational instructions plan, Florida’s State Academic Standards in Social Studies, 2023, prompted by a new law he pushed.

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Health
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The Prevalence of Smoking in Low Income Communities and Solutions Available Today

PR for People Team
August 01, 2023

Despite the country’s efforts to eliminate smoking, why have low income communities been left behind? Read more to find out why, and learn more about possible solutions available to fix that problem today.

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Summer Reading: The Big Rich Beach Book

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Patricia Vaccarino
August 01, 2023

We work hard so we can take a vacation during the summer months. We might spend a week or two lolling about the beaches or hitting the trails through scenic parks and around mountains, straying far upstream from cars, crowds, and cell phones. Some of us stay home because we really can’t afford to go anywhere. Our free time rapidly fritters away like sifting sand in an hourglass. And yet, we are expected to read a book or two. 

 

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