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At Art Institute of Chicago. 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Batten, for "English Fairy Tales," 18982017-06-18T22:50:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/06/03/no-is-not-enough/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/naomiklein.jpgnaomikleinNaomi Kleinhttps://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/no-is-not-enough.jpgNo is not enoughKlein's new book, "No is Not Enough," will be released on June 13. http://www.naomiklein.org/main2017-06-03T18:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/04/23/signs-of-difficult-times/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fullsizerender-3.pngFullSizeRender-3March for Science, Sacramento, CA, Apeil 22, 20172017-04-24T18:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/03/28/notes-on-truth/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/is-truth-dead.jpgIs Truth Dead2017-03-31T17:50:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/03/01/notes-from-2017-a-funeral-in-india/2017-03-01T19:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/02/23/notes-from-2017-time-to-save-big-bird-again/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/campbell-head-7.jpgcampbell-head-7Joseph Campbell on "The Power of Myth" serieshttps://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/46-bb-nest.jpg46-bb-nest2017-02-24T10:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/02/13/notes-from-2017-infrastructure/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/oroville-dam.jpgoroville-damhttps://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/kg_oro_spillway_damage_10164.jpgkg_oro_spillway_damage_10164Broken concrete, which makes the main spillway unusable.2017-02-14T07:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/02/12/notes-from-2017-the-day-of-the-dove/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dayofdove_430.jpgdayofdove_430The Day of the Dove, Star Trek, season 3, episode 72017-02-13T18:30:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/02/02/notes-from-2017-the-dreams-of-ancestors/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ellis-island-1902-2.jpgellis-island-1902-2Ellis Island, 1902https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/382px-jean-franc3a7ois_millet_-_le_semeur.jpg382px-jean-francois_millet_-_le_semeur"The Sower" by Jean-Francois Millet, 1866-67, Public Domain2017-02-02T15:59:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/01/28/notes-from-2017-theresistance-one-week-in/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screen-shot-2017-01-28-at-3-15-13-pm-copy.pngscreen-shot-2017-01-28-at-3-15-13-pm-copyhttps://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/resistance-rises.jpgresistance-riseshttps://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/resist.jpgresist2017-03-07T06:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/01/23/notes-from-2017-what-is-your-innermost-truth/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/voltaire.jpgvoltairehttps://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/truth-2.jpgtruth-22017-01-23T06:23:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2011/12/13/what-is-your-innermost-request/2017-01-22T19:24:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/01/20/notes-from-2017-our-democracy/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/640px-the_14th_dalai_lama_fep.jpg640px-the_14th_dalai_lama_fephttps://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/trump-mocks.jpgtrump-mocks2017-01-20T07:38:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thefirstgates.com/2017/01/17/notes-from-2017-who-doesnt-love-a-hero/https://thefirstgates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/477px-woody_guthrie_nywts.jpg477px-woody_guthrie_nywtsWoody Guthrie, 1943. 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