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The Corrupt Arrogance of William Barr

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Elie Honig on the Former Attorney General’s “Feigned Ignorance”

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Inside the Decades-Long Conservative Strategy to Weaken <em>Roe v. Wade</em>

Inside the Decades-Long Conservative Strategy to Weaken Roe v. Wade

Kathryn Kolbert and Julie F. Kay on the Anti-Abortion Movement

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Looking to the Past to Change the Future: On Japan's #MeToo Movement

Looking to the Past to Change the Future: On Japan's #MeToo Movement

Shiori Ito on Her Widely Publicized Assault Case, and Ensuing Activism

By Shiori Ito, translated by Allison Markin Powell | July 16, 2021

How Digital Activism and Organizing Inspired Brazil’s #MeToo Movement

How Digital Activism and Organizing Inspired Brazil’s #MeToo Movement

Rachel B. Vogelstein and Meighan Stone on an Overdue Reckoning

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Leidy Klotz on Subtracting Racism from Academia, Not Just Adding Diversity

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

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Looking for Love in a Prison Cell

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