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Posted on October 8, 2018 October 24, 2018

Yes, Kavanaugh, We’re Living In ‘The Twilight Zone’

Imran Siddiquee
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Imran Siddiquee
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members-only, Society+Politics
Tagged
Brett Kavanaugh, government, sexual assault, supreme-court, Toxic Masculinity
still from opening sequence of the Twilight Zone

Like those on Maple Street, the men in power in Hollywood and D.C. choose to ignore the systemic issue at hand, and instead focus on preserving their own position—regardless of how it might harm their neighbors. Read more

Posted on July 25, 2018 July 20, 2018

The Government Is Attacking Native Families Through Their Children

Rebecca Nagle
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Rebecca Nagle
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Society+Politics
Tagged
adoption, child welfare, government, native american

ICWA was created to protect Native American families. Now it’s under attack. Read more

Posted on May 31, 2018 October 9, 2018

Why More Young Americans Are Exploring Communism

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Written by
Lindsey Weedston
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Society+Politics
Tagged
communism, donald trump, government, socialism, society-politics

A Pew Research study found that young people favor socialism, but that’s not the only alternative. There has been an uptick of interest in a 170-year old political system — that dirtiest of C-words. Read more

Posted on February 29, 2016 October 12, 2018

The Case Against “Saving” Marriage

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The Establishment
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Feature, government, lower-trio, lust-liaisons, political-power

Marriage as the neoliberal answer to systemic, structural problems like poverty displays a willful ignorance about what marriage is and isn’t and what the state can and cannot do. Read more

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