A Look at Louisiana’s Disastrous Flood
In the wake of the record flooding ravaging Louisiana, a look at some of the facts and figures.…
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The Law of Positive Attraction
HIV exposure laws criminalize private lies in the name of public health, but as medical treatment improves are…
An Inside Look at Utah’s Land Grab Legal Scheme
In a recent article, lawyers for the Utah legislature attempt to persuade the American public that national forests,…
Teaching Abroad in Tumultuous Times
There’s been an uptick interrorist attacks throughout the West. So why is the U.S. considered safe, and Europe…
Biking Toward Freedom With the Afghan Women’s National Cycling Team
How the bicycle has become a tool for radical activism in Afghanistan. By Deni Ellis Béchard Members of…
When We Criminalize Students, It’s African-American Kids Who Suffer the Consequences
Zero-tolerance policies were intended to curb the war on drugs in the 1980s. More than 30 years later,…
Are Sex Workers’ Rights Women’s Rights?
The credit is not entirely owed to her, but the moment the white woman with blonde hair and…
Who Do You Call When Your Rapist Is a Cop?
The Department of Justice’s report on the Baltimore Police Department reveals a pattern of cops abusing their communities’ most vulnerable members.
A Look at Brazil’s Polluted Waters
In the wake of Olympian Evi Van Acker’s intestinal infection—believed to have been caused by water pollution—some facts…
The Politics of Food Reform Has Disappeared From the Democratic Agenda
It’s easier to plant organic in the White House garden, import a beehive, and leave politics out of…