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A Promised Land
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"barack read Life of Pi to his daughters so basically i'm an obama by virtue of us all having one of the same favorite books" 12 hours, 7 min ago

 
Aesop’s Fables
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Poverty is traumatic, and since society isn’t investing in its treatment, poor people often have their own ways of coping with their pain.
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