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Category: Activism
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A new book looks at the links between the American civil rights movement and other freedom movements around the world.
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June 13 marks the 40th anniversary of the day the New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, and the federal government has finally decided to declassify them.
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Shelina Zahra Janmohamed wants to know why steps haven’t been taken to make the roads safer in a certain Middle Eastern Country.
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Baseball’s All-Star Game is in Arizona this year. What to do if you’re a baseball fan who wants to voice opposition to SB 1070, Arizona’s anti-immigrant law? How about voting for the many fine Latino players, who make up one-third of the league?
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David Chura knows what it’s like to teach under less-than-ideal conditions, and he knows why teachers continue to do so.
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On the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, which is also the seventh anniversary of marriage equality in Massachusetts, Michael Bronski discusses the struggle for personal freedom for LGBT people.
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It’s been seven years since the first marriage licenses were handed out to same-sex couples in Massachusetts. Amie Klempnauer Miller, Nancy Polikoff, and Karen Kahn talk about what has changed and what challenges lie ahead.
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This week, the Supreme Court declined to hear Doe v. Silsbee Independent School District, a case in which a cheerleader was kicked off her squad when she refused to cheer for the boy she said raped her.
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Beacon Press author Carl Elliott has been under attack in a scenario best described by one of his many defenders as “Orwellian.” In order to defend academic freedom, his university argues, they must prevent him from speaking.
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Amy Alexander looks at the danger journalists face when they cover “hot spots” of uprisings and protests.
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