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Surviving Ex-Gay Therapy
There's a growing movement, led by survivors of ex-gay therapy, to disprove and ban these harmful practices for good.
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What Immigration Reform Could Mean for American Workers, and Why the AFL-CIO Is Embracing It
Robert Reich: Immigration reform is part of labor's long-term strategy.
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Kitchen Sink Socialism
We don't need gay marriage to ‘ruin’ one man, one woman, one mortgage relationships; austerity is doing that just fine, says Andrew Fogle.
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To Jimmy (and Jose), with Love: I Walk Freely Among Racism
When Jose Vilson posts a blog, I read carefully, and I don't multitask. Why? I am a privileged, white male who has lived his entire 52 years in the …
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The Consensus Behind Militarism
Anyone in the mainstream who goes out on a limb to loudly question this oversized creature in the middle of the room known as militarism or interventionism is likely …
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The Sinking American Electorate: African-Americans Still in Depression
Among African-American voters there is a significant segment that has complained for years that their votes are taken for granted by the Democratic party.
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You Can’t Sequester Cancer
Cancer affects all, and so does the hampering of research. It's time for Congress to end the sequestration.
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Lil Wayne’s Lyrical Fascism
Lil Wayne fashioned lyrics that sound as if they were written by the racists who killed Emmitt Till.
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Dr. King’s “Two Americas” Truer Now than Ever
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words are as prescient as ever as American society's chasm between the super-rich and poor is wider and deeper than ever.
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Sports, Politics and the Three-Card-Shuffle: Hello Baseball, Goodbye Brain
The opening day of the major league baseball season is when I start to live again until October when pro basketball and NFL football take over and the fan …