Politics
What Just Happened?: The Impeachment of 45
Impeachment proceedings are rare and complicated. What do they actually mean?
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Missing Cells: The Growing Economic Value of Immigrant and Refugee Biological Data
Arresting and deporting undocumented people has become lucrative because their biological, biometric data can be mined, harvested, and used to generate profit.
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Bound Together: One Year Later, FOSTA-SESTA Throws Sex Workers Back into the Fire
The practical impact of the law is incredibly detrimental.
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Popaganda: Burning down the House
What will it take to continue empowering women in politics to shake up the system?
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Very Online: “Kamala Is a Cop” Is More Than a Meme for Many Black Voters
What does it mean that “Kamala is a cop” is being called a meme as a means to dismiss it, especially considering that Black people drive much of meme culture?
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Poison Control: Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Regulating Pesticide
Women in Latinx-majority agricultural communities are most vulnerable to pesticide exposure because of prolonged exposure in their workplace environment.
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Degrees of Harm: Jasmine Banks Wants to Get Dark Money Out of Higher Education
The insidious influence of the Koch brothers is flourishing on college campuses—and under the radar.
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Backtalk: Trumpeachment Update
This week, Dahlia and Amy talk about the latest in the impeachment inquiry and whether it means we’ll finally kick Trump out of office.
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Rebecca Alexander Wants to Make It Easier to Be Fat in Public
It’s profound to live in a body that’s so normal, and yet no one designs for.
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Aria Sa’id Is Fighting for Trans Women of Color in San Francisco
People don’t realize that words and narratives affect transgender women in many ways.
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