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How TERFs Became Such Terrible, Hateful, Evil, Bigots
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The Quiet Death Of Antiracism
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How BLM-Era Antiracism Ate Itself
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Why I’m Not Surprised Women Voted For Trump
Nov 18, 2024
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The Unsettling Discovery That Some Trump Supporters Aren't Dumb
Throughout my life, no matter the slings and arrows I’ve had to suffer, there’s only one set of people I’ve hated as a group:
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The Unsettling Discovery That Some Trump Supporters Aren't Dumb
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The Slow Death of American Seriousness
On April 18th, 2020, venture capitalist, Katherine Boyle, published an article called The Case for American Seriousness.
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There's Always Been Something Vaguely Racist About "Western Values"
On March 14th, 2011, Canada’s Minister of Immigration released the “Discover Canada” citizenship study guide for new immigrants, a 68-page document that…
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There's Always Been Something Vaguely Racist About "Western Values"
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What Do You Call A Joke That Isn't A Joke?
On September 29th, 2001, eighteen days after 9/11, Gilbert Godfrey, decided to be the first comedian to tell a “really-poor-taste joke” about it:
Jun 2
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What Do You Call A Joke That Isn't A Joke?
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How To Admit You Were Wrong About A Genocide
July 27th, 2024. Richard Forer, a former member of AIPAC, describes what happened when he committed himself to “studying the [the Israel/Palestine…
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How To Admit You Were Wrong About A Genocide
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The Long Overdue Question Of What A Trans Woman Is
On January 11th, 1923, following a series of refusals and rejections, an Indian man named Bhagat Singh Thind finally got his application for naturalised…
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The Israel/Palestine Integrity Test
On March 23rd, 1775, as the might of King George III’s army threatened to crush the American colonies, Patrick Henry persuaded the Second Virginia…
Apr 26
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“What Is Israel Supposed To Do?” And Other Stupid Questions
A few years ago, out of nowhere, a friend of mine confessed to a murder.
Apr 18
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The Tariffying Tale of Trump's Incompetence
Mar, 2016. As Donald Trump’s election campaign begins to pick up steam, Trump asks his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to do some economic policy research on…
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The Exasperating Rise Of The Woke Right
On June 12th, 2020, at the height of the racial reckoning, Mariame Kaba published an article in the New York Times titled, Yes, We Literally Mean…
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The Democrats Are Losing A Game They Don't Seem To Know They're Playing
On Jan 7th, 2021, after a “day of love” at the Capitol, Facebook and Instagram banned Donald Trump from posting on their platforms.
Mar 20
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The Democrats Are Losing A Game They Don't Seem To Know They're Playing
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The Familiar Naivety of "America First"
On September 4th, 1940, almost a year to the day after Hitler invaded Poland, a coalition of Democrats and Republicans, communists and anti-communists…
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