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The Girl’s Guide to Staying Safe Online
It's still dangerous out there for feminist bloggers. Here's how to deal with sexist trolls.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Culture
In Search of ‘A Good Man’
Veteran filmmaker Gordon Quinn discusses his latest documentary, Bill T. Jones: A Good Man
David Moberg
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A Predictable Script: Cain, Thomas and Sexual Harassment
Calm and teacherly, the GOP candidate lets his associates do the dirty work.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Remembering in an Age of Forgetting
The struggle to preserve the work of dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei presses on.
Lisa Yun Lee
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Why Are Youngsters Afraid of the Word ‘Feminist’?
Answer: Young women (and men) are too busy fighting sexism.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Documenting Social Justice
Kartemquin Films marks a milestone--and remains as relevant as ever.
Patricia Aufderheide
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In Defense of Nostalgia
It's gotten a bum rap, but it's worth revisiting our collective history—and resisting the market's obsession with novelty.
Michael Atkinson
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In Search of ‘Reproductive Justice’
Outraged and energized by aggressive anti-abortion legislation in 2011, feminist activists look to re-frame the debate.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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School Choice For The ‘Feral Underclass’
Following the lead of U.S. charter schools, English "Free Schools" are now open for business.
Jane Miller
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Beats, Rhymes and Riots
Don't blame the music of Britain's streets for this year's riots.
Emily Manuel
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Tea Party Death Trip
Why are some Americans so comfortable letting fellow citizens die?
Chris Lehmann
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New Confederacy Rising
Testing, once again, whether this nation can long endure.
Theo Anderson
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When a Paradigm Falls and Nobody Hears It
The neoliberal status quo is indefensible—yet the public silently accepts its supposed legitimacy.
Chris Lehmann
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The English Language Ain’t That Bad
Jane Miller
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MLK Memorial Misses the Message
In search of Dr. King's dream on the National Mall.
Jordan Michael Smith
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Once Upon a Time in Mississippi
The Help proves, yet again, that Hollywood can't resist placing white people at the center of racial struggles.
Michael Atkinson
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By Hook & By Crook
A rogue sportsman catches corporate fish, respectfully.
Eric Johnson
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Giving Gay Rights a Sporting Chance
The day when America’s athletes can play gay is drawing closer.
Pete Redington
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Godard’s Oblique Socialism
The French director has never been dogmatic—he'd rather ask questions.
Michael Atkinson
Culture
Hate in the Last Best Place
Nazis, 'patriots' and the Moral Majority take refuge in Montana.
Larry Keller
Culture
Murdoch’s Minor Setback
Don’t believe the humility: The mogul’s empire is not crumbling.
Chris Lehmann
Culture
Let Them Eat Megabytes
Our media and pop culture offers virtually no indictment of the signal malady of our age: rampant inequality.
Chris Lehmann
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Virtual Survival
Lower U.S military casualty rates are obscuring the horrors of war.
Eve Ottenberg
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ELF’s Appetite for Destruction
The new documentary If a Tree Falls details the doomed saga of the Earth Liberation Front.
Michael Atkinson
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