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How Everyday Language Centers Some People and Excludes Others

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Our society presumes straight white men to be the default human. The rest of us are notable foremost for not being men, white, or straight, and so on.

Make Higher Education Affordable for Students Like Me

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Getting yourself out of poverty requires a post-secondary education, but the huge debt burden scares many — like my sisters — off college altogether.

No, the Census Shouldn’t Ask About Citizenship

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If immigrant families are undercounted, it could threaten programs all Americans rely on.

Bring Back May Day

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The U.S. is one of the only countries in the world that doesn’t mark International Worker’s Day. So how are our workers doing?

We the [Redacted]

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The law according to Attorney General William Barr.

A Revolutionary Idea to Close the Racial Wealth Divide

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“Baby bond” accounts for all American kids would bridge the racial wealth gap while providing security to Americans of every color.

Why Is Going Green So Hard? Because Our System Isn’t

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If environmental solutions aren’t systemic, living green will always mean going against the grain — and usually failing.

The Planetary Cost of Amazon’s Convenience

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That Prime membership enriches a company that’s aggressively marketing itself to help major polluters.

How the White House Is Spending Earth Day

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The Trump administration is seeking to block communities from weighing in on federal projects that threaten their health, environment, and livelihoods.

Enemies of the People

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Will Assange get the Khashoggi treatment?

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