GMP Contributor Aaron Gilbreath Is Crowdfunding to Study the Effects of Crowding

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“The Future belongs to crowds,” said Don DeLillo. Aaron Gilbreath is embarking on a project to document that future in a new book, “Crowded.”

A Father-Daughter Dance — In Jail

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Rebuilding relationships between inmates and their daughters.

A Dad. Two Young Sons. And the Story of the Book They Wrote and Published Together

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The creative journey of Henry Herz and his sons.

Michael Caesar > Uncle Ruckus: The Boondoggle About The Boondocks

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Once upon a time, a snarky little comic strip rose from relative obscurity to become fodder for Sunday morning political pundits and shaking heads along Washington DC’s beltway.

Three Days To See: A Documentary Kickstarter Worth Backing

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Help fund Garrett Zevgetis’s new documentary about seeing beyond blindness.

Alternate Endings to 2012

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If the world had ended this year, it might have gone something like this.

Guarding Charlie

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Sergeant Major Franklin Dennis Jones spent 77 days at an army base that was continuously bombarded by the North Vietnamese. And Julie Richardson is shooting a film about it.

The NPR Commentator and the 47 Percent

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You may have heard Dave Dickerson on NPR and thought he was doing pretty well, but in fact he was homeless most of last year.

The New Charity

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A comparison between the humorous and stunningly ambitious campaign from The Oatmeal and the grassroots children’s music project from the Australian artist Clarity.

Kickstarter For an Inspiring Documentary

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Consider helping fund the documentary about Jimmy Santiago Baca, one-time jailhouse poet who’s still changing lives today.

Why Can’t Jay Smooth Support Both Men’s Rights and Anita Sarkeesian?

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Danny agrees with Ill Doctrine’s Jay Smooth about standing up against the attacks on Anita Sarkeesian. He just wishes the message hadn’t been delivered in a way that dismissed men’s issues as “blah blah blah”.

Video Game Critic Draws Hateful Misogynistic Abuse

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What was it about the woman who wants to change gender stereotypes in video games that brought out so much hate?

Sleepy At Storytime? We Have An App For That… Or Soon We Will.

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Stay-at-home dad raising funds to invent a cool new app for exhausted parents.

“Mocked and Misunderstood”: We Must Be Onto Something Big

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Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson sees a high correlation between companies that are ‘mocked and misunderstood’ and those that go on to become breakout successes.

Culture: Awkward Girl Raises Over $50,000 For Web Series [@awkwardblkgrl]

Black America’s favorite web series, “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” almost didn’t make it to the end of its season due to financial strain.

Comics: Blackjack is Back!

The 1930s exploits of a Black hero? Yeah, that’s right, Alex Simmons brings the high adventure once again!