The Wisconsin Idea

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Memo to ‘Game of Thrones’: Abusers Aren’t Heroes

In its season finale, the show once again asks us to sympathize with a male perpetrator of violence rather than his female victim.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Comics

Iraq: Mission Accomplished-er!

Matt Bors

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Making Sense of Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Is the EPA's proposal to reduce carbon emissions really a game-changer?

Cole Stangler

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How We Can Save American Democracy

Amending the Constitution may sound audacious, but it's not impossible.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

‘No Trauma, No-Bama,’ Activists Tell University of Chicago

Carlos Ballesteros

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Eugenics Behind Bars

Nearly four decades after the practice was outlawed, people in California women's prisons have still been sterilized without their consent.

Loretta Ross

President Obama Takes Huge Step for LGBT Rights

Ethan Corey

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Nigerian Philosopher Calls for Culture Shift

The debate among sub-Saharan intellectuals about modernity and traditionalism.

G. Pascal Zachary

The Price of Prison Time: States Pay-Out for Post-Conviction Exonerations

George Lavender