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Welcome back. Today we look at competing values in the high court鈥檚 new session, Cory Booker鈥檚 love-forward candidacy, a big moment for separatists in Spain, black women making important inroads as U.S. mayors, and an effort to help both birds and big cities.

First, from to to the U.S., the world seems ablaze in clashing interests.聽

Quieter acts of compassion support a more hopeful view.聽

in the Qatari heat. 鈥淢y thoughts were to help him finish,鈥� said Braima Suncar Dabo of Guinea-Bissau of his Aruban competitor Jonathan Busby. 鈥淭hat is the point of the race.鈥�

A Chicago who wanted to read to her child鈥檚 class but couldn鈥檛 read English, 鈥淐ome read in your language.鈥�

Refugee women from different cultures in Sicily to grow strength from unity.聽

鈥淲e can change this world right now,鈥� wrote Sharif Abdullah in his book 聽鈥渂y shifting our consciousness and our values from a foundation of exclusivity to one of inclusivity.鈥�

How much of a shift would that require in a U.S. culture where it seems to mean a lot to 鈥渨in,鈥� and where winning seems a zero-sum game? Maybe less than we think.聽

A finds that respondents鈥� definitions of 鈥渟uccess鈥� are quite different from what they judge society鈥檚 definitions to be. Learning, human relationships, and character 鈥� all pro-social pursuits 鈥� formed the individuals鈥� top three. Together they edged out what respondents perceived to be the most important marker in society鈥檚 view: 鈥渟tatus鈥� built on acquiring advantages over others.聽