Across the country, the number of bills to liberalize marijuana use—and the odds of their success—is, well, growing.
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The Fundamentals of Immigration Reform
To begin fixing America’s broken system, we must be guided by both our highest values and our economic needs.
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Politicians Awkwardly Dropping Pop Culture References
When Marco Rubio keeps reminding everyone he likes hip-hop, who is he really speaking to?
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Will Video Games Save Seniors from Despair?
By the time I get sent to the old-folks home, it had better have a holodeck.
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Social Climate Change
Emily Bazelon’s look at how bullying—once known as “kids will be kids”—came to be seen as a crisis.
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Freedom to Choose, Freedom to Marry
Many in the LGBT community may not realize it, but we have Roe v. Wade to thank for same-sex marriage.
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Austin Loses Its Hometown Hero
For Lance Armstrong’s Texas hometown, his downfall has been about a whole lot more than cycling.
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Building a Respect Culture
With some effort we can shift away from a rape culture. And it can help not just women, not just the most socially vulnerable, but the entire social climate.
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The Million Kids March: The Beginning of an Anti-Gun Movement?
Like many other parents of school-age children, news of the Newtown, Connecticut, shootings hit close to home for David Bennahum, a New York tech entrepreneur and founder of the progressive American Independent News Network. The day after the attack, Bennahum took to Facebook: “I posted something along the lines of ‘What would really shift the […]
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How Sandy Saved Occupy
The protest movement’s disaster-relief efforts have helped it connect with the “99 percent” it had trouble reaching in its Zuccotti Park days.