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Control

Client: Engineering Inc. Magazine
Art Director: Jeff Kibler

Project Description:
Full page artwork for the story New Protection Against Cyber Attacks. The illustration illuminates the never ending battle for control of data that engineering firms must fight against hackers.

Fake King

Client: Brennan Center for Justice
Art Director: Alden Wallace

Project Description:
Artwork for an article on the Brennan Center for Justice’s website about the Supreme Court’s decision to essentially give the president the powers of a king.

The Winners / Los Ganadores

Client: Harper Collins
Art Director: Stephen Brayda

Project Description:
Book cover artwork for the Spanish edition of Fredrik Backman's "The Winners / Los Ganadores". "The Winners" is the third book in Backman's bestselling "Beartown" trilogy.

Deepfaked

Client: Nextgov/FCW
Art Director: Victoria Lambino

Project Description:
Cover artwork for an article that reveals a new generation of deepfakes made with easily accessible software and AI are coming for politicians and our elections. Detecting them is now a perpetual arms race.

Rethinking Justice

Client: Brooklyn Law Notes
Art Director: Gabby Gordon

Project Description:
Full page artwork for the story Rethinking Justice. The illustration accompanied a story about a new legal course at the Brooklyn Law School that does not focus on textbooks and law cases, but rather focuses on the voices of those who are incarcerated, charged with crimes or who have been impacted by the justice system.

E-Bike Batteries

Client: City & State NY
Art Director: Andrew Horton

Project Description:
Cover artwork for a cover story about the deadly serious issue of charging E-bike batteries & bikes indoors. In 2023 alone, E-bike batteries caused 268 fires that killed 18 people in NYC.

The flammable symbol was a natural solution to show the dangers of charging e-bike batteries indoors.

A High Bar

Client: Brennan Center for Justice
Art Director: Alden Wallace

Project Description:
Artwork for the Brennan Center for Justice’s website that highlight’s their ongoing fight for fair elections.

Mindful Sex

Client: O’ The Oprah Magazine
Art Director: Gillian Macleod

Project Description:
Artwork for an article about how using your brain for a more mindful approach to sex can lead to transcendence.

Squirrel Away

Client: The New York Times
Art Director: Minh Uong

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about The End of Fabulous Money Market Rates. The illustration shows how people have been able to park their savings inside of high interest rates.

The Blob

Client: The Progressive Magazine
Art Director: Susan Webb

Crossing Borders

Client: The Pennsylvania Gazette
Art Director: Catherine Gontarek

Description:
Full page artwork that accompanied a powerful story about UPENN alumnus, attorney and author Efrén C. Olivares. His new book, "My Boy Will Die of Sorrow: A Memoir of Immigration from the Front Lines," shares stories of his legal work battling the Trump administration's inhumane family separation program, and how he assisted families trying to reunite with the children that had been taken from them.

Hunker Down

Client: Denison Magazine
Art Director: Kate Collins

Project Description:
Artwork for a story that questioned the U.S.’s intentional use of war rhetoric during the pandemic. This language was aimed at galvanizing ordinary civilians but we all saw that civilians don’t always make the best soldiers.

The Nutcracker

Client: O’ The Oprah Magazine
Art Director: Gillian Macleod

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about the different types of headaches that women may experience at different stages throughout life.

Ranked-Choice Voting

Client: The Washington Post Magazine
Art Director: Marissa Vonesh

Description: Cover artwork for the cover story “How to Save America From Extremism and Authoritarianism by Changing the Way We Vote”. The illustration looks at tweaks in how we vote like ranked-choice voting, multi-member house districts and other small tinkers that could fix our democracy.

Soft Landing

Client: Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine
Art Director: Dan Kohan

Description: Two page spread artwork for a story on how the Fed is trying to bring financial markets to a soft landing while trying to balance inflation and avoid a recession.

Bad News

Client: Harper’s Magazine
Art Director: Kathryn Humphries

Project Description:
Artwork for a Harper’s Magazine cover story on the big business behind the disinformation industry.

Can China Keep Rising?

Client: Foreign Affairs Magazine
Art Director: J Armus

Project Description:
Series of illustrations on the various issues China is dealing with as it rises for the Can China Keep Rising? cover story.

Can China Keep Rising?

Client: Foreign Affairs Magazine
Art Director: J Armus

Algorithm Bombshell

Client: Harper’s Magazine
Art Director: Kathryn Humphries

Project Description:
Artwork for a story on the big business of the disinformation industry and how to fix the algorithms which have been revealed are created to prioritize content and user engagement.

Staying Afloat

Client: The New Republic
Art Director: Andy Omel

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about an experimental universal basic income program called the Magnolia Mother’s Trust which gives $1000 a month for one year-and acts like a child allowance to selected Black mothers experiencing financial hardship.

Bernie Sanders

Client: Harper’s Magazine
Art Director: Kathryn Humphries

Project Description:
Cover artwork for Harper’s Magazine May 2020 cover story How The Anti-populists Stopped Bernie Sanders by Thomas Frank.

Fertile Territory

Client: O’ The Oprah Magazine
Art Director: Gillian Macleod

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about a woman’s infertility journey which she described as being lost in a desert among unreachable oases.

The American Experiment

Client: Kenyon Alumni Magazine
Art Director: Erin Mayes

Project Description:
Full page opener artwork for Kenyon Alumni Magazine’s Fall/Winter 2020 cover story “Is The American Experiment Still Viable?”.

Hold The Line

Client: Brennan Center for Justice
Art Director: Alden Wallace

Project Description: Cover artwork for the Brennan Center for Justice’s 2021 Annual Report.

Punctuation After Trump

Client: Harper’s Magazine
Art Director: Kathryn Humphries & Lydia Chodosh

Project Description:
”Punctuation After Trump” is one in a series of artworks illustrating various aspects of life after Trump. For the February 2021 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

Emergency Powers

Client: Brennan Center for Justice
Art Director: Alden Wallace

Project Description:
Artwork for a piece about the vast emergency powers that American presidents have and Congress’s ability to contain that power.

No Turning Back

Client: Kenyon Alumni Magazine
Art Director: Erin Mayes

Project Description:
Spread cover artwork for Kenyon Alumni Magazine’s Fall/Winter 2020 cover story “Is The American Experiment Still Viable?”.

Sundown

Client: O’ The Oprah Magazine
Art Director: Gillian Macleod

Project Description:
Illustrations for an article about the higher rates of Alzheimer’s in Black Americans and the difficult story of a woman caring for her mother and grandmother, both of whom were diagnosed with and suffering from Alzheimer's.
Known as “Sundown Syndrome” Alzheimer’s symptoms like confusion and restlessness often increase when the sun is setting.

Teachable Moments

Client: Harvard Business School Magazine
Art Director: Erin Mayes

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about a Harvard professor and his 40 year career dedicated to teaching, managing and leadership from the classroom to the boardroom.

Text Therapy

Client: Dell Technologies
Art Director: Alison Wilkes

Project Description:
Full page artwork for an article about how the future of mental health will include data-driven therapies and virtual therapists.

Soulpepper Theater Company

Client: Soulpepper Theater Company
Art Director: Jacob Whibley

Project Description:
A campaign of illustrations for Soulpepper Theater Company’s Summer/ Fall 2019 season. The illustrations were for Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, Daniel David Moses’ Almighty Voice And His Wife, Yasmina Reza’s Art, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, and Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love.
The campaign utilized the illustrations in print, web, social media, and merchandise.

Golf After Trump

Client: Harper’s Magazine
Art Director: Kathryn Humphries & Lydia Chodosh

Project Description:
”Golf After Trump” is one in a series of artworks illustrating various aspects of life after Trump. For the February 2021 issue of Harper’s Magazine.

A More Perfect Union

Client: Harvard Business School Magazine
Art Director: Erin Mayes

Project Description:
Cover artwork and two-page spread illustration for the June 19’ issue of Harvard Business School magazine. The cover feature, A More Perfect Union focused on how HBS alumni Daniella Ballou-Aares is bringing together a group of alumni to restore faith in democracy with the Leadership Now Project.

New Future For Mental Health

Client: Utah Med Magazine
Art Director: Kate Collins

Project Description:
Full-page artwork for a feature-story on a new mental health initiative at the Utah School of Medicine that will lead to new futures in mental health research, help and resources.

Eat Like a Mermaid

Client: O’ The Oprah Magazine
Art Director: Gillian Macleod

Project Description:
Illustration for an article about the numerous health benefits of eating seaweed and its ability to feed the world’s skyrocketing population because it doesn’t require land to grow.

Good Guys With Guns

Client: Harper’s Magazine
Art Director: Kathryn Humphries

Project Description:
Series of illustrations for the essay Good Guys With Guns: Why The Left Should Arm Itself by James Pouge. The illustrations explored the 2nd amendment and left-wing gun groups like the SRA (Socialist Rifle Association) who are providing pro-gun people with leftist views an alternative to the mainstream, toxic, right-wing, and non-inclusive gun culture of the NRA.

On The Fence

Client: Harper’s Magazine
Art Director: Kathryn Humphries

Project Description:
Cover artwork for Harper’s Magazine May 2019 issue . The illustration was for the cover story Where Our New World Begins: Power, Politics and The Green New Deal by Kevin Baker.

Power To The People

Client: Harper’s Magazine
Art Director: Kathryn Humphries

Project Description:
Opening artwork for Harper’s Magazine May 2019 cover story Where Our New World Begins: Power, Politics and The Green New Deal by Kevin Baker.

Slave Rebellion Reenactment

Client: Antenna
Art Director: Bob Snead

Project Description:
Series of illustrations for a guidebook for the artist Dread Scott’s project Slave Rebellion Reenactment which took place in New Orleans, LA in 2019. The illustrations for the guidebook cover various components of the project, including the recruitment of reenactors, the history of the 1811 German Coast Uprising, the sewing circles to make costumes, and the book clubs to educate the public on the history of the 1811 slave revolt.

Unlocking Arts Capital

Client: Los Angeles Times
Art Director: Allison Hong & Kelli Sullivan

Project Description:
Cover artwork for the business section of the Los Angeles Times for a story about how über wealthy art collectors utilize their contemporary art collections as collateral to access mega loans from art-secured lenders.

Followers

Client: Playboy Magazine
Art Director: Erica Loewy

Project Description:
Artwork for a two-page spread When Spirituality Goes Viral. The illustration was for a story about a magnetic young man who’s using social media to build his spritual following. His Insta-pulpit threatened to collapse after the death of a follower.

Weaken From Within

Client: The New Republic
Art Director: Siung Tjia

Project Description:
Illustrations for a cover story on Russia's history of information warfare and it's meddling in the United States 2016 presidential elections.

Sleep Like A Baby

Client: O, The Oprah Magazine
Art Director: Gillian Macloed

Project Description:
Series of artworks for the feature-story Sleep Like a Baby. The artworks illustrate the modern distractions that keep us lying awake at night, the dream state, and the challenges of catching some z’s.

Microloan

Client: Concord Academy Magazine
Art Director: Lilly Pereira

Project Description:
Cover art for a story on new approaches to small-scale lending for social impact. The artwork focused on the story of a walking salesman in Kenya who aquired a bike through a microloan.

Vitamin D

Client: O, The Oprah Magazine
Art Director: Gillian Macloed

Project Description:
Artworks for the story How Much Vitamin D do You Really Need?. Overcast casts some doubt about the sunshine vitamin’s powers after new research reveals it’s not as miraculous as previously believed. Sunny Side Up was a spot about eggs being a great source of vitamin D.

Eat Less, Live Longer

Client: Temple Health Magazine
Art Director: John Goryl

Project Description:
Artwork for an article about new science that suggests the secret to a long and healthy life is to eat less food.

Theory & Practice

Client: Planning Magazine
Art Director: Cynthia Currie

Project Description:
Cover art for a story on urban planning programs in universities that focused on theory, but also provided hands on work in the field with practicing professionals.

Code of Law

Client: NYU Law Magazine
Art Director: David Niedenthal

Project Description:
Artwork in a series created for the Digital Paths cover story in NYU Law Magazine. This piece illustrated how NYU Law students study the foundations of law as a way to navigate the law in our digital world.

Shot of Justice

Client: Moravian College
Art Director: Sandra DiPasqua

Project Description:
Full page artwork for a story about prescribing legal solutions for medical patients dealing with civil justice issues.

Spam Calls

Client: AARP Magzine
Art Director: Scott A. Davis

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about how to detect and stop the increasing surge of spam calls that we receive. The article also reports that by 2019 nearly half of all of the phone calls we receive will be spam, phone number spoofs, and robo calls.

The Essential Trump

Client: The New Republic
Art Director: Siung Tjia

Project Description:
Artwork for The Essential Trump, an article about how book publishers are rushing out new books that explore the Trump era, but the only one on the best seller list is Trump himself.

Doorways

Client: Johns Hopkins Magazine
Art Director: Pam Li

Project Description:
One of two illustrations for a story on the unknowns of participating in clinical trials and medical studies.

Propped Up

Client: Harvard Business School Alumni Magazine
Art Director: Erin Mayes

Project Description:
Spread illustration for a story that looked back on the 2008 financial crisis and the specific weekend when the U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson changed course and decided to bail out the big banks and Wall Street rather than Main Street.

Blockchain Health Records

Client: Dell Technologies
Art Director: Alison Wilkes

Project Description:
Full page artwork for an article about how blockchain technology will revolutionize how patients can safely, and remotely share their health records with their doctors.

By a Thread

Client: Alcalde Magazine
Art Director: Kate Collins

Project Description:
Artwork created for a story about DACA and University of Texas Dreamers whos lives are now in limbo and try to hang on to the lives they have built in the United States.

Connecting Communities

Client: Io Triumphe! Magazine
Art Director: Katherine Hibbs

Your Conscious Unconscious 

Client: New Scientist Magazine
Art Director: Kathryn Brazier

Project Description:
Artwork for a cover story Your Conscious Unconscious which explored the many hidden powers of the conscious mind.

The Big Short

Client: The New Republic
Art Director: Siung Tjia

Project Description:
Artwork for a review of Sarah Manguso's book 300 Arguments. The review looked at aphorisms as memes and the power of the small work.

Chemical Reactions

Client: McKinsey Magazine
Art Director: Delilah Zak

Project Description:
Illustration for an article on how specialty chemical companies must react when commodity chemical companies start to compete.

GOP Voting Rights

Client: The New Republic
Art Director: Siung Tjia

Out of Order?

Client: Foreign Affairs Magazine
Art Director: Nick Ditmore

Falling for Fake News

Client: The New Republic
Art Director: Siung Tjia

Project Description:
Illustration for a cover story on Russia's history of information warfare and it's meddling in the United States 2016 presidential elections.

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Client: AARP Magazine
Art Director: Scott A. Davis

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about the increased risk of identity theft scams that take advantage of holiday shoppers.

The Welcome Mat

Client: Los Angeles Times
Art Director: Martina Ibáñez-Baldor

Sinister Screens 

Client: UCLA Magazine
Art Director: Suzannah Mathur

Project Description:
Half-page illustration for a UCLA magazine story Sinister Screens. Children spend most of their days staring at electronic screens for entertainment, and this story illuminates what this addiction is doing to children's brains and their development.

Reflections of an A-hole CEO

Client: McKinsey Magazine
Art Director: Delilah Zak

Bad Paper

Client: Northeastern Law Magazine
Art Director: Mark Gabrenya

Project Description:
Artwork created for a Northeastern Law cover story which brings to light veterans who receive Bad Paper discharges when they commit a misdemeanor. These veterans are denied VA assistance and are not considered veterans in the eyes of the VA.

Futures

Client: The Bridge Magazine
Art Director: Nancy Soulliard

Placebos

Client: Johns Hopkins Magazine
Art Director: Pam Li

Project Description:
One of two illustrations for a story on the unknowns of participating in clinical trials and medical studies.

Healthcare Transformers

Client: Alcalde Magazine
Art Director: Kate Collins

Project Description:
Full page illustration on how medical students at the DELL Medical School are transforming healthcare.

Future Vision

Client: The Bridge Magazine
Art Director: Nancy Soulliard

The Global Novel

Client: The New Republic
Art Director: Siung Tjia

Project Description:
Artwork for a review of Adam Kirsch's new book, Writing in the 21st Century. The book examines authors who move between cultures and time zones to reveal hidden stories to the world.

Connected

Client: Io Triumphe! Magazine
Art Director: Katherine Hibbs

Welcome to America

Client: Northwestern Magazine
Art Director: Christina Senese

The Fight for Equality

Client: Stanford Magazine
Art Director: Dennis McLeod

Project Description:
Artwork created for a story about Stanford Law's student organization called OUTLAW holding their first ever conference. 

OUTLAW is concerned with the situation of LGBT communities in society, the legal community and serve as a social, support, and political group, and actively combat homophobia, heterosexism, and any discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity at the Law School.

Stepping Stones

Client: Redbook Magazine
Art Director: Jarrod Ford

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about women entering politics and the path to the presidency.


The Night Shift

Client: The New Republic
Art Director: Siung Tjia

Project Description:
Artwork for a review of Benjamin Reiss's new book Wild Nights: How Taming Sleep Created Our Restless World. The illustration reveals capitalism's assimilation of sleep.

Investors Group

Client: Investors Group
Art Director: Becky May

Project Description:
A series of illustrations focusing on various client services for a print, web, and social media advertising campaign for Investors Group. 

Risky Junk Bonds 

Client: AARP Magazine
Art Director: Scott A. Davis

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about the inherent dangers of betting on junk bonds with the enticingly low interest rates.

Hidden Secrets of Clinical Trials

Client: TED
Art Director: Sacha Vega

Integrate

Client: China Reform Magazine
Art Director: Matthew Sum

Seeing Race

Client: Alcalde Magazine
Art Director: Kate Collins

Project Description:
Artwork made to accompany an essay entitled Seeing Race, written by university professor Leonard Moore (who teaches the history of the Black Power movement), which talks about the ability that black history can have to transform lives – as long as it's taught right. According to Moore, his own way of teaching involves looking at "the black experience through a black lens".

After the Dalai Lama

Client: TIME
Art Director: Victor Williams

Death of the Second Date 

Client: Star Tribune
Art Director: Mike Rice

Project Description:
One of three illustrations examining contemporary dating culture. This illustration was for a story on the trials & tribulations of getting a second date in a world with dating apps like Tinder, OkCupid or Match.com.

Attack on Democracy


Client: Northeastern Law Magazine
Art Director: Mark Gabrenya

Project Description:
Artwork created for a story about the increasing attacks on voting rights, and the increased influence of big money in elections.

SP@M

Client: AARP Magazine
Art Director: Scott A. Davis

 Project Description:
Artwork for a story about new artisanal spam methods hackers are utilizing in targeting their victims.

Enter

Client: George Washington University Magazine
Art Director: Simone Larson

Project Description:
For a cover illustration about the schools Cyber Corps program which teaches students ways to combat the growing threat of cyber warfare.

Finding Your CEO Cinderella

Client: Billboard Magazine
Art Director: Andrew Ryan

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about the trials and tribulations of finding the perfect CEO for your corporation.

Academic Brain Drain

Client: Americas Quarterly
Art Director: Paula Daneze

Project Description:
Artwork created for a story about Mexico losing it's top academic minds to better wages, academic support, and rights in the United States.

Heal Thy Self

Client: O, The Oprah Magazine
Art Director: Jose Fernandez

Project Description:
Full page illustration for an article about the trials and tribulations of a woman's search for self-medication treatments to battle her autoimmune intestinal disease.

Encyclopedic Memory

Client: New Scientist Magazine
Art Director: Ryan Willis

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about people who have the uncanny ability to remember everything single that happens in their lives.

Backstab

Client: Reader’s Digest
Art Director: Victoria Nightingale

Project Description:
Artwork created for a Reader’s Digest story about the goverment’s mistreatment of its veterans returning from the Iraq & Afghanistan wars.

The Fix

Client: ESPN The Magazine
Art Director: Jason Lancaster

Project Description:
Artwork for a story which exposes the dark side of the beautiful game through all of the bribery, fake games, crooked refs, and corruption within FIFA.

Inner Reflection

Client: McKinsey Magazine
Art Director: Jake Godziejewicz

Project Description:
Spread illustration for an article about leaders who have the ability to look inward for a direction forward.

Crash

Client: ESPN The Magazine
Art Director: Lou Vega

Project Description:
Artwork for a story about the decline of the Winter Olympics TV ratings.

Black Newspapers Matter

Client: Cincinnati Magazine
Art Director: Brittany Dexter

Project Description:
Artwork created for a story about The Cincinnati Herald's 60th anniversary of being a positive news source for the black community from the black community.
Referencing the newspapers original logo of a harbinger blowing a trumpet with a banner reading "Know the Truth", this contemporary reimagining illustrates the importance of knowing the truth in today's ongoing struggle.

The Sound-wave of a Misophoniac

Client: New York Times
Art Director: Peter Morance

Project Description:
Illustration for an article about a medical condition called Misophonia where people who suffer from it can't stand the sound of people chewing or eating.

Control

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Fake King

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The Winners / Los Ganadores

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Deepfaked

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Rethinking Justice

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E-Bike Batteries

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A High Bar

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Mindful Sex

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Squirrel Away

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The Blob

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Crossing Borders

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 "Crossing Borders," for The Pennsylvania Gazette accompanied a powerful story about UPENN alumnus, attorney and author Efrén C. Olivares. His new book, "My Boy Will Die of Sorrow: A Memoir of Immigration from the Front Lines," shares stories of his

Hunker Down

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The Nutcracker

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Ranked-Choice Voting

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Soft Landing

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Bad News

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Can China Keep Rising?

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Can China Keep Rising?

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Algorithm Bombshell

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Staying Afloat

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Bernie Sanders

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Fertile Territory

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The American Experiment

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Hold The Line

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Punctuation After Trump

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Emergency Powers

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No Turning Back

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Sundown

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Teachable Moments

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Text Therapy

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Soulpepper Theater Company

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Golf After Trump

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A More Perfect Union

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New Future For Mental Health

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Eat Like a Mermaid

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Good Guys With Guns

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On The Fence

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Power To The People

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Slave Rebellion Reenactment

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Unlocking Arts Capital

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Followers

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Weaken From Within

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Sleep Like A Baby

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Microloan

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Vitamin D

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Eat Less, Live Longer

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Theory & Practice

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Code of Law

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Shot of Justice

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Spam Calls

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The Essential Trump

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Doorways

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Propped Up

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Blockchain Health Records

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By a Thread

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Connecting Communities

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Your Conscious Unconscious 

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The Big Short

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The Big Short

Chemical Reactions

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GOP Voting Rights

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Out of Order?

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Falling for Fake News

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The Gift That Keeps on Giving

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The Welcome Mat

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Sinister Screens 

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Reflections of an A-hole CEO

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Bad Paper

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Futures

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Placebos

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Healthcare Transformers

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Future Vision

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The Global Novel

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Connected

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Welcome to America

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The Fight for Equality

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Stepping Stones

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The Night Shift

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Investors Group

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Risky Junk Bonds 

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Hidden Secrets of Clinical Trials

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TED

Integrate

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Seeing Race

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After the Dalai Lama

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Death of the Second Date 

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Attack on Democracy

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SP@M

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Enter

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Finding Your CEO Cinderella

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Academic Brain Drain

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Heal Thy Self

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Encyclopedic Memory

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Backstab

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The Fix

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Inner Reflection

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Crash

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Black Newspapers Matter

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The Sound-wave of a Misophoniac

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