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And you should too --because she will be confirmed, Trump is trolling us with this nomination, and we have an election to win
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The allegations that anthropologist John Comaroff is a serial sexual harasser, and that two universities have covered it up, should push you to a zero…
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Advice-giving in a tense and volatile moment is often unwelcome -- but I am going to try anyway
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When right-wing contrarians distract you with issues of minor concern intended to promote extreme responses, ask yourself: why?
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The promise that we will all see each other again after the pandemic cannot always be fulfilled
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Claims that children are being harmed are a thin cover for returning to a world where white people don't have to feel bad about racism
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For decades, Republicans have been blaming poor women for taking more than their fair share. But in one state, it's the politicians who are making out…
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Perhaps she is, perhaps she isn't. But the core issue may not be free speech, or even education, but more enduring American fears about the dangers of…
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When young people are ostracized, they are easy prey for the conservative populist groups that gave us Donald Trump--and who want to bring him back
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But are the flaws in the Sanders campaign significant enough that backing Joe Biden's "establishment" bid is the best political choice for them?
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The hacker collective has emerged as a new player in the resistance to Vladimir Putin's illegal attack on a neighboring democracy
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She could not be bullied out of her radical views about sexual violence--and her critics found that infuriating
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