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All Around Cowboy: Inside the World of Queer Rodeo
Rodeo is a part of life for many Americans. But if you're an LGBTQ rodeo fan participating in the sport you love can mean hiding part of who you …
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The Loneliness of Anti-Imperialist Fighters
Nights are the worst. Because that is when it all hits you and, no matter whose fault it is, you feel concerned, guilty and often extremely frustrated.
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The Importance of Admitting Error
You will be wrong sometimes, and need to do your best to figure out why. What you should never ever do, of course, is make excuses, or pretend that …
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White Blindness and Smiley Faces
Society has been trained to believe the surface is the entirety of life.
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How the Media Stokes Racism in Iowa City – and Everywhere
Media have a decisive role to play in the formation of attitudes about race, class, gender and sexuality.
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The White Family: A Case for National Action
Because white youth and families of all class backgrounds benefit from racist disparities in sentencing and incarceration, these burdens are disproportionately shouldered by families of color.
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The James Risen Case Cuts to the Heart of “Freedom of the Press“
If the Senate doesn't screw things up, we might finally get the kind of media shield law that our democracy requires.
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“The World Turns Around a Spinning Ball”: Choreographed War and Other Aspects of the World’s Greatest Game
Soccer, metaphor for war, at times turns into real war.
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Fox News Has Finally Yelled Fire in a Crowded Theater
It's time for the media to start calling attacks like those in Las Vegas, Cumming, Georgia, and Kansas City what they are: right-wing-extremist-fueled terrorist attacks.
The Social Death Penalty: Why Being Ostracized Hurts Even More Than Bullying
In the wake of Elliot Rodger, questions about social rejection take on new urgency.