politics
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Activism
Why I want my kids to #WalkOut, then #WalkUp
Today students around the country are taking time out of their school day to protest the utter failure of our…
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Education
DeVos: Expanding Disaster for Public Education
There are so many terrifying things happening in our federal government right now that it’s easy to miss a cabinet post confirmation vote…
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Activism
What Can We Do?
I’ve struggled a lot with the fallout of last November. That evening, my oldest stepdaughter texted me a simple, “dad,…
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Activism
Pizzagate Is Why We Need Skepticism
If you don’t live in DC, you probably associate Washington with national politics and all its current associated nastiness. But, believe…
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Activism
No, I’m Not Scaring My Kids By Discussing President Trump
Like many other parents, I woke up on November 9th afraid for the future and struggling to find the right…
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Feminism
Can we just focus on the issues? A theory about Hillary Clinton’s focus on work
I was listening to NPR this morning and got to thinking about how people talk about Hillary Clinton and what…
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Identity
Potty Politics: Four things bathroom bill proponents get wrong
CN: Transphobia At the risk of making this the Grounded Bathrooms page for a little while here, I would like…
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Education
Internet Meme Demolition Derby: Free tuition for some?
I’ve seen several friends posting memes such as this on Facebook recently. The idea seems to be that university students…
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Activism
Would You Rather…? On Being Called Shill, Whore or Sanctimommy
A couple of weeks ago, Salon published a piece I wrote entitled “Stop telling me I’m poisoning my kids”: Food crusaders,…
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Education
Trigger Warnings Will Destroy Us ALL! (or not)
Trigger Warning: infant death, graphic description of fetal tissue There is this man who stands a block from the entrance…
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