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From Slavery to Self-Reliance: A Story of Dalit Women in South India
The devadasi tradition - the practice of dedicating predominantly lower-caste girls to serve a particular deity or temple - has a centuries-long history in South India.
Getting Children Back to School Is the Next Priority for Nepal Earthquake Recovery
UNICEF suggests that up to a million children who were enrolled in school before the quake have no school to return to.
Will Hillary Clinton Abolish the Prison State Her Husband Created? Don’t Count on It.
Would President Hillary Clinton dismantle her husband's legacy of mass incarceration? She's given people little hope.
Bernie Sanders to Billionaires: “You Can’t Have It All!“
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is the presidential contender who is not looking to win the favor of the hedge-fund managers, bankers and CEOs who define and dominate US politics.
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The Ubiquity, the Banality of Mediated Policing and Punishment
How do you dismantle a system of excessive repression that many can no longer even see?
Desmond Tutu and His Daughter, Mpho, on How the US Can Heal From Racial Wounds
The father and daughter recent published the “Book of Forgiving,” a guide to help perpetrators and victims embrace their mutual humanity.
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War Crime: NATO Deliberately Destroyed Libya’s Water Infrastructure
The deliberate destruction of a nation's water infrastructure is not simply a war crime.
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Texas Lawmakers Are Busy Making It Harder to Vote
Texans should demand better.
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Meet the “Dark Money” Phantom
Ohio lawyer at the nexus of nonprofit network is conservatives' secret weapon.
Understanding the Supreme Court Argument on Same-Sex Marriage
Of the nine justices, four are almost certainly in favor of marriage equality, four are philosophically and intellectually opposed, and one is likely for, but not certain.