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Violence
Can We Leave the Atrocity Exhibition? Media Coverage of the London Attack
The politics of baseless fear was on full display following yesterday's attack in London.
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A Call to Recognize the US’s Women Human Rights Defenders
While the US has branded itself as a model of human rights, it has been criticized for dropping the ball on advancing women's rights at home and overseas.
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Beyond Romanticization: Reflections on Obama in the Age of Trump
Fear of Trump has inured many of us to the injury Obama inflicted upon individuals and communities across the world.
How Washington Created a Honduran Nightmare on Its Doorstep
Honduras faces incendiary violence due to US interference; journalist Antony Loewenstein investigates on the ground.
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Are Universities Preventing Violence Against Women?
Are universities reflecting cultural norms of violence against women instead of shaping new norms?
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“Stop the Violence”: Can Community Groups Replace Police Without Supporting the Police?
Anti-violence initiatives face hard decisions about how to align themselves in relation to the state and the police.
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William Rivers Pitt | The Fascist in November
We walk the long hall of history together now, the fascist, you and I.
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Henry A. Giroux | Unthinkable Politics and the Dead Bodies of Children
The civic function of politics is collapsing, and violence has become the US's habitual response to social problems.
Freedom to Oppress: Two Journalists Face the Power of Trump’s Influence at a Green Bay Rally
This was their playground.
The Worst Place on Earth: Death and Life in the Lost Town of Leer
Leer is no longer a town. It's a killing field, a place where human remains lie unburied and whose residents have long since fled.