Top 3 picks of the week
Headlines and stories you definitely shouldn’t miss.
Hey. We get it.
As much as we work to fine tune our weekly WELLread to deliver a tightly-curated package of news, action, and wellbeing, we live in a world of information overload.
So before we all call it a week, we’ve pulled three links from our most recent edition — one for the info, one for the action, and one for the self-care — that we think stand out from the rest.
NEED TO KNOW
- Democracy is Not a Supermarket: Why Real Change Escapes Many Change-makers — and Why It Doesn’t Have To
By Anand Giridharadas
“This moment makes it plain that we need a new age of reform, not just a flurry of initiatives. That the best defense against hatred is offense — an evangelism of love.”
ACTION: GET YOUR ASS TO THE POLLS
- Vote411.org — Enter your address to find your polling place, build your ballot with our online voters’ guide and much more!
Next week marks the one-year anniversary of the 2016 election — a wake up call for all of us on the devastating impact of NOT VOTING. So we’re not going to make that mistake ever again, right?
PRACTICE
“My life feels so different when I liberate my attention that it almost feels like the universe is gifting me attention reparations…Let us put our attention on a revolution for our species, and grow it until we earn the miracle.”
