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America

Posted on December 18, 2018 January 11, 2019

How To Throw Our Bodies Into The Fire If We Need To

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Written by
July Westhale
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members-only, Society+Politics
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Activism, America, class-privilege, mass-shootings, white-privilege

Is allyship privileged? Read more

Posted on September 7, 2018 September 9, 2018

How To Read The Anonymous ‘New York Times’ Op-Ed On Trump

Katherine Cross
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Katherine Cross
Posted in
Society+Politics
Tagged
America, conservatism, fascism, kavanaugh, media, politics, republicans, trump

This op-ed is a not-so-subtle plea to do the very thing we must never do: blame Trump’s proto-fascism entirely on the personal failings and quirks of one man. Read more

Posted on March 18, 2017 September 3, 2018

When The U.S. Pretends It’s The Center Of The Universe

Tamara Pearson
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Tamara Pearson
Posted in
Society+Politics
Tagged
America, Jingoism

U.S.-centric discourse, content, and attitudes make the U.S. the default or standard, and everyone else the Other — secondary, inferior. Read more

Posted on November 9, 2015 July 25, 2018

Black Kids Will Save America

Ijeoma Oluo
Written by
Ijeoma Oluo
Posted in
Society+Politics
Tagged
America, racism

Our kids aren’t just fighting against the oppression that threatens their lives, they’re also fighting for the quality of living that they deserve. Read more

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