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Lying to Survive at the Air Force Academy: An Open Letter to Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson
“We, of Spartacus, live a total lie every single day and night to survive here.”
Federal Prosecutions Fail To Bring Justice in New Orleans
After years bringing New Orleans police violence to light, community members find continued activism may result in positive change.
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The PTSD Crisis That’s Being Ignored: Americans Wounded in Their Own Neighborhoods
A growing body of research shows that Americans with traumatic injuries develop PTSD at rates comparable to veterans of war.
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Florida Does it Again
Studies have generally found that a number of initiatives can make a campus safer, but arming its populace is typically not among them.
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Solidarity Is for White Gays: The Need to Speak Better About Russia
The strangeness of Russian politics is attributable to it being very, well, Russian.
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Protecting What’s White: A New Look at Stand Your Ground Laws
In Temescal, new residents have hired private security firms, whose patrolmen often engage in tactics of racial profiling, to patrol the area.
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Bully Nation
“The individual bully is the creation of the bully nation,” according to sociologists Yale Magrass and Charles Derber, who note that bullying Chris Christie-style is a product of a …
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Should Syria’s Future Be Decided by Men With Guns?
The estimated 100,000 killed so far includes not just men, but thousands of women and children.
Beyond Reform: It’s Time to Shut Down the World Bank
Recent conflicts surrounding World Bank-supported projects in Honduras demonstrate that the World Bank is beyond reform, and needs to be shut down.
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Why Did Police Beat an Elderly Man for Jaywalking?
84-year-old Kang Wong is recovering today from a brutal attack on the streets of New York City.