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Behind the potter’s wheel, veterans work on healing
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April 3, 2024 - For these veterans and their families, working with clay offers comfort, focus, and community. [CSM Story]
A sidewalk telescope in Madrid offers a glimpse into the night sky’s unknown
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April 1, 2024 - On Madrid’s sidewalks, one man is helping locals experience the stars today with a glimpse through his telescope. [CSM Story]
A solar eclipse is coming April 8. Here’s what you need to know.
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April 2, 2024 - The total solar eclipse over North America next week offers a viewing opportunity that won’t be repeated until 2044. [CSM Story]
Welcome to Luna Luna, the carnival that time forgot
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March 13, 2024 - Amusement parks offer an escape from the doldrums of everyday life. But rather than thrills, this art carnival peddles whimsy and joy. [CSM Story]
Can electric vehicles keep Africa moving?
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March 11, 2024 - When it comes to cars, the world is going electric. Innovators in Africa want to make sure the continent is not left behind. [CSM Story]
MY HERO'S EVA HALLER DOCUMENTARY TO SCREEN AT ILLUMINATE FILM FEST IN SANTA BARBARA
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CALL FOR ENTRIES – WOJ YOUTH REPORTER AWARD
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CALL FOR ENTRIES – SYLVIA EARLE OCEAN CONSERVATION AWARD
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Calling All Educators: The MY HERO Project Youth Reporter Contest!
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Writing workshops offer a refuge in Oregon’s prisons
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March 11, 2024 - Prison can be a land of “cliques.” Writing workshops and a literary journal offer a refuge behind bars. [CSM Story]
Seven Oscars for ‘Oppenheimer,’ a fittingly foreboding film for the times
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March 11, 2024 - Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” swept the Academy Awards show with seven wins, including the Oscar for best picture. [CSM Story]
Driven by Caitlin Clark mania, women’s basketball soars on sellout crowds
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March 8, 2024 - College women's basketball is making history. Behind it all is Caitlin Clark, a University of Iowa senior who embodies the future of the game. [CSM Story]
‘The Lily Gladstone effect’: Will Native actors get boost at Oscars?
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March 8, 2024 - On March 10, Lily Gladstone could win an Academy Award for her performance in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” She would be the first Native woman to receive an Oscar. [CSM Story]
Preserving culture, one textile at a time
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February 29, 2024 - Focus is often put on preserving disappearing languages, but what of other traditions? For some, vitality rests with maintaining a culture’s visual representations, too. [CSM Story]
US back on moon, with difficult landing for first private-sector craft
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February 23, 2024 - The first lunar spacecraft landing by a private company is a milestone, even if technical challenges highlight the difficulty of space exploration. [CSM Story]
Race fees can be costly. This group makes running more accessible.
Picture of Race fees can be costly. This group makes running more accessible. Courtesy of Alex Roldan/Stride for Stride
February 21, 2024 - Racing is expensive. That’s where team Stride for Stride comes in. [CSM Story]
In Pictures: Indigenous women guard against illegal mining in Ecuador
Picture of In Pictures: Indigenous women guard against illegal mining in Ecuador Adri Salido
February 15, 2024 - A group of Indigenous women in Serena formed Yuturi Warmi to guard against illegal mining operations. [CSM Story]
Women win big at Grammy Awards: Swift, Cyrus, Eilish
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February 5, 2024 - The Grammy Awards showcased wins for women, including Taylor Swift’s fourth album of the year, Miley Cyrus’s record of the year, and Victoria Monét as best new artist. [CSM Story]
Father and son cooking duo stirs up Chinese cuisine
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February 8, 2024 - Cooking dishes from their Chinese heritage, a father and son discover a shared language, and pass on that enthusiasm – with recipes! – to home cooks. [CSM Story]
Conductor Seiji Ozawa remembered as a kind and thoughtful humanitarian
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February 9, 2024 - Seiji Ozawa, who died Feb. 6 in his native Japan, was a world-renowned conductor with a 29-year career with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. [CSM Story]
A little schoolhouse fights to keep Mohawk language alive
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February 6, 2024 - Preserving a treasured language can help sustain a way of life. One school has made that its mission. [CSM Story]
Walking in the path of the Harlem Renaissance
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February 5 2024 - The Harlem Renaissance is the subject of a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [CSM Story]
How Philly’s orchestra became a rare link between China and the US
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January 24 2024 - For 50 years, the Philadelphia Orchestra has played a singular role in connecting America and China through the universal love of music. [CSM Story]
How a tiny town in Namibia saved its beloved rhinos
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January 25 2024 - As poaching soars across Namibia, one community hasn’t lost a rhino to poachers in three years. How’d they do it? By working with the community. [CSM Story]
Nothing but net: Tara VanDerveer is NCAA basketball’s winningest coach
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January 22 2024 - Tara VanDerveer scored her 1,023rd victory as head coach of Stanford women’s basketball, surpassing Duke’s legendary men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski. [CSM Story]
Growing rice in Louisiana: A path to justice, for Black farmers
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January 18 2024 - Impelled by love, Konda Mason has built community among musicians, social entrepreneurs, and farmers – all in an effort to make the world more just. [CSM Story]
Space, love, and poetry: ‘The Nikki Giovanni Project’
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January 12 2024 - A new documentary offers a nonlinear, lyrical look at the activism and life of a celebrated Black poet. [CSM Story]
Children were thirsting for stories. This couple built them a library.
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January 3 2024 - In Ecuador, one couple has found that a love of literature can help bring people together. [CSM Story]
The MY HERO Project Wins at the Third Anthem Awards
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MY HERO is proud to announce that we have been honored with a Bronze placement at the third Anthem Awards for our Film Festival