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How ‘letters to the future’ are putting the spotlight on climate action now

January 6, 2017Arts

The DearTomorrow project invites people to share messages with their loved ones about how they’re working against climate disruption — to be read decades in the future.

The Pop Up Archive interface lets users jump around in an audio recording by clicking on the accompanying text.

A California startup tries to capture the elusive spoken word — and make it searchable

February 10, 2015Technology

Boston Moves to Preserve Items Collected at Memorial to Marathon Attack

August 15, 2013Conflict & Justice

First U.S. Census Digitized

August 15, 2013

CSPAN puts 23 years of archives online

August 14, 2013Global Politics

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