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The History of the Martian Revolution
Mike Duncan, the mind behind the podcasts The History of Rome (previously) and Revolutions (previously) has...
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The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won.
The sociologist Matthew Desmond believes that being poor is different in the U.S. than in other...
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Like oases of humanity amid streaming’s algorithmic desert
These playlists preserve a slight human touch, representing user "folksonomies," or organic, user-generated systems of classifying...
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Women will keep dying & the GOP is working hard to destroy the evidence
Republicans don't care if women die from abortion bans — but they don't want you to...
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A brazen, targeted attack
A health insurance executive assassinated This morning in New York an unknown person shot dead Brian...
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Infinity Nikki starts today!
I first heard about Love Nikki, the mobile dress up game here on metafilter, so thought...
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Space Sweepers
Global Push for Cooperation as Space Traffic Crowds Earth Orbit - "More than 14,000 satellites including...
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'At its heart, this case is about human dignity.'
Trans rights case lands at Supreme Court (AP, NYT, WaPo, CNN, SCOTUSBlog, ACLU, HRC)Human Rights Campaign...
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Magical Feminism
10 Magical Feminist Books to Inspire Creative Resistance. 11 Short Story Collections that Practice Magical Feminism....
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The border as we know it is a modern invention
And yet in certain respects the area is deadly. Starting with the Clinton administration, the federal...
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The evils of Big Headlight
"I'm not a very rageful person," Gatto said, "but for some reason, these lights brought it...
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Sex workers in Belgium receive fundamental labour rights in world-first
Sex workers in Belgium receive fundamental labour rights in world-first. New legislation gives Belgian sex workers...