Why White Kids Need Hamilton More Than Ever
The retelling of one of America’s Founding Fathers showcases how some people need to hustle to get ahead—highlighting the problems …
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This Century Will See Massive Shifts in the Global Population, Economy, and Power Structure
A lot of the predictions we hear about the future involve a hot, crowded planet, one where we need some …
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Less-Lethal Weapons Blind, Maim and Kill. Victims Say Enough Is Enough.
There’s a gap in Scott Olsen’s memory for the night of Oct. 25, 2011. The Iraq War vet remembers leaving …
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Stop Making Women Apologize
Women are socialized from a young age to say “sorry” for simply occupying space. This Women’s History Month, I say …
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Capital One and Other Debt Collectors Are Still Coming for Millions of Americans
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Americans got protection from evictions, foreclosures and student debt. But debt collectors have continued to …
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Vigilantism, again in the news, is an American tradition
It’s a contentious time in the U.S., with a pandemic, racial equality, police violence, and a presidential election all occupying …
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Reimagining Public Safety and Defunding the Police
Lawmakers across the country are proposing policy measures to cut or loosen ties to traditional policing.By now, the refrain is a …
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Suicide of Egyptian activist Sarah Hegazi exposes the ‘freedom and violence’ of LGBTQ Muslims in exile
LGBTQ communities worldwide are mourning the death of 30-year-old Sarah Hegazi, a queer Egyptian activist who ended her life on …
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Swiss Women Share a Mass Scream to Protest Domestic Violence and the Gender Pay Gap
In 2020 women are still in need to go to the streets and stage ‘mass scream’ over domestic violence and …
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Militarization creates a police culture that paints the people as ‘the enemy’
The unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd after being pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis …
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7 Ways Protestors Showed Support for the Black American Community
Amid the outpouring of outrage over George Floyd’s killing, are glimpses of solidarity and hope around the world.In the past week, …
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Celebrities: Hurting or Helping the interests of Amazonian Peoples?
As stars around the world petition Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to protect Indigenous peoples from the COVID-19 pandemic, anthropologists debate …
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The Tricky Task of Tallying Carbon
To slow or stop global warming, the world agrees it must cut carbon dioxide emissions. But monitoring each nation’s output …
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Coronavirus Drifts Through the Air in Microscopic Droplets – Here’s the Science of Infectious Aerosols
During the 1970s when I was growing up in Southern California, the air was so polluted that I was regularly …
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The Amazon Lockdown: How an Unforgiving Algorithm Drives Suppliers to Favor the E-Commerce Giant Over Other Retailers
At a time when much of the retail sector is collapsing, Amazon is strengthening its competitive position in ways that …