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uk The politics of prison abolition in the UK and Ireland Elías Villoro

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music Black Thought's "Dear Hip Hop," an ode to global Hip Hop Elías Villoro

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ESP Is Precognition Real? Mitch Horowitz

psychology New scientific paper shows the Mandela Effect is real Thom Dunn