Politics
100 Seconds to Midnight: Understanding the Likelihood of a Trumpian Coup
If we as a country stand back and wait for the Constitution to enforce itself, enforcement is unlikely to ever materialize.
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Vile Villainization: Why Did Conservatives Attack Chrissy Teigen for Miscarrying?
Teigen’s experience is heartbreaking, but it isn’t uncommon in a country that politicizes and distorts miscarriages.
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Cancel Check: “Cancel Culture,” Abolition, and the Meaning of Accountability
Why can’t we recognize “canceling” as a reckoning with power and justice?
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Faithful Bigot: Amy Coney Barrett Is the Catholic Church’s Secret Weapon
Like other American institutions, the Catholic Church has been shaped by white supremacy.
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Flies and Lies: 5 Feminist Takeaways from the Vice Presidential Debate
Men will talk over women every single time.
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Teen Girls Shouldn’t Have to Fix Our Country
We shouldn’t be making demands of Claudia Conway, especially if they aren’t demands we’ve even made of ourselves.
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Biden, Byrde, and the Limits of “Toxic Masculinity” Discourse
For men like Joe Biden, the solution is never to contend with their own role in upholding an oppressive system—or to step aside to make room for others.
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Progressive Lenses: Women Candidates and the New Double Standard
Merely stating that sexism exists in politics can imperil any woman’s political campaign.
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White Icons: What Does RBG Mean to Black Legal Scholars?
It’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s ability to dip in and out of the issues that so directly affect people who don’t look like her that raises larger questions about how whiteness is performed in this country.
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World on Fire: Colonial Suppression of Indigenous Knowledge Set America on Fire
In the face of horrible climate trauma, those in power must be radical and imaginative.
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