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The Key to Happiness Might Be as Simple as a Library or a Park

By Lucy

This New York Times article reminds us that Palaces for the People help us form social connections that can help fight inequality, polarization, and the decline of civic life.


The Friends are all about helping build palaces for the people, book by book. 

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