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This organization, Teach Twice,  creates culturally relevant books with local artists and authors in developing countries.

Brazilian prisoners given novel way to reduce their sentence, a reduction of four days for every book they read.

Robert Rodriguez‘ “Machete Kills” sequel has already begun filming in Texas, starring Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Sofia Vergara and Zoe Saldana. Charlie Sheen is in negotiations to play the U.S. president in the film.

Race is the source of substantial divides within the creative class. More than eight in ten (80.9 percent) of creative class jobs are held by whites, who make up just 74 percent of the nation’s population. The rest are more or less evenly split among the three remaining racial groups—African Americans (6.8 percent), Hispanics (6.2 percent), and Asians (6.1 percent).

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Orlando is now the second-largest hub of Puerto Ricans in the U.S behind New York.

Your eReader is Keeping Track of Your Behavior.

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