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Blank Slate: Spiritual Emptiness Is Clearing Our Closets
While minimalism may masquerade as a reaction to capitalism, current practices and values have turned it into the rebellious offspring of capitalism.
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Sustainable Influencers and the Problem with Trendy Environmentalism
Not everyone can afford to go vegan or spend hundreds of dollars on ethically made clothes—and they shouldn’t have to.
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Brokest System: Progressive Candidates Keep Their Distance from Welfare Reform
Every person, regardless of their income level or employment status, is worthy and valuable and deserves to be treated with respect and dignity.
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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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Food Fight: SNAP Restrictions Are Penalties for Poverty
For the poor in this country, food is often linked to shame and dehumanization.
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PG&E’s Planned Power Outages Prioritize Profit over Disabled Lives
PG&E’s decision to stage intentional blackouts across much of California is a window into the harm that privatization will wreak not only on our environment but the most vulnerable among us.
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Do We Need to Calm Down?: A Roundtable about Taylor Swift and Classism in Music Videos
“Did [Taylor Swift] create something groundbreaking that liberated queer and trans people of color? Did she create an era-defining gay anthem that’s universally likable? No, but why should we expect her to?”
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Home Remedies: Megan K. Stack Confronts the Global Impact of Class, Privilege, and “Women’s Work”
Domestic labor isn’t just a “mom” issue—it affects the entire world.
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PleaseSaveMe: When Crowdfunding Is the Difference between Living and Dying
A petitioner’s viral video, robust social-media presence, or heartbreaking selfie is worth its weight in doctors’ visits.
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“Maid” and the Resurgence of Hardship Memoirs
Stephanie Land doesn’t frame her story as an inspiring tale of bootstrapping, a blueprint for others, or evidence that grit and determination are all it takes to escape poverty.
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