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Why We Fight About Pride Parades

Pride marks a time when tens of thousands of people hit the streets in fabulous attire to dance, celebrate, and memorialize the spirit of love…

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War and Moral Injury

“As a sniper I was not usually the victim of a traumatic event, but the perpetrator of violence and death,” recalled Garrett Reppenhegen of Iraq Veterans…

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Bring Back May Day

Most of the world recognizes May 1 — May Day — as International Workers’ Day. Here in one of the few countries that doesn’t, it’s…

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CLR James: Writing from Ellis Island

This May marked the 25th anniversary of the passing of author and political activist C.L.R. James. Well known for his novels as well as his…

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The False Debate Over ‘Broken Borders’

Since 2005, much of the mainstream media has been rife with coverage of what has been called “immigration reform”—a policy debate over what kind of…

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Agency Should Halt U.S. Abuse of Immigrants

In the week before today’s deadline, thousands of people from five Muslim countries presented themselves for the fourth round of special registration at the Department…