Politics
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Alyssa Milano: Fight back for reproductive autonomy by finally enacting Equal Rights Amendment
Context—especially the historical context of centuries of a male-dominated medical establishment asserting control over the bodies of people who can become…
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Study offers clearer picture of how extremism has seeped into halls of power, and it’s not good
“The ideas of the far right have moved pretty substantially into the mainstream,” Devin Burghart, IREHR’s executive director, told Dana…
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How the pandemic affected incarcerated people and their loved ones
by Aiyuba Thomas and Tommaso Bardelli This is a narrative in the Unheard Voices of the Pandemic series from Voice…
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Doug Mastriano did not need Trump to lead him to conspiracy theories. He’s been there for 20 years
To illustrate this danger, Mastriano’s thesis takes the form of an extended flight of fancy using the fictional voice of a…
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The push toward a four-day workweek is gaining momentum
And for families and BIPOC, the benefits are increasingly impactful. Not only does the money saved on commuting costs make…
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Black Music Sunday: Let’s talk about jazz, the blues, and Langston Hughes
Poets.com offers this short definition of jazz poetry: Jazz poetry is a literary genre defined as poetry necessarily informed by jazz music—that…
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: A rant about fairy tales
Margaret Sullivan of The Washington Post writes that while the Buffalo media has done a superlative job with respect to the mass-shooting,…
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President of Uruguay left for the UK on his first visit to Europe: will meet with Prince Charles, Boris Johnson
President of Uruguay left for the UK on his first visit to Europe: will meet with Prince Charles, Boris Johnson…
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Ukraine Update: Russia’s advance stalls again, and a new Ukrainian tank brigade enters the fight
Ukrainian reservists training on donated Polish tanks on May 9. That unit is now fully operational, with 100 Polish tanks…
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I can’t rant about religion because that’s a generalization
Rev. William Barber II. We drive by churches and religious leaders and hear them put forward viewpoints we don’t agree with,…
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