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The Importance Of Cheering For Caster Semenya

The Importance Of Cheering For Caster Semenya

Gender testing is more about policing women’s bodies than protecting women’s sports.

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Texas Is About To Execute A Man For Reasons That Are Embarrassing Even By Texas Standards

Texas Is About To Execute A Man For Reasons That Are Embarrassing Even By Texas Standards

It’s hard to find a more comprehensive failure of the justice system than the case of Jeffrey Lee Wood.

11 hrs ago

Twitter Finally Responds To Harassment With More Than A Shrug

Twitter Finally Responds To Harassment With More Than A Shrug

Twitter users can now use quality filters to keep abusive content out of their mentions.

Lauren C. Williams

6 hrs ago

Police Union: We’ll Only Accept Accountability If You Pay Us More

Police Union: We’ll Only Accept Accountability If You Pay Us More

One of the least accountable police forces has its city over a barrel.

8 hrs ago

The Problem With The DOJ’s Decision To Stop Using Private Prisons

The Problem With The DOJ’s Decision To Stop Using Private Prisons

The private prison industry will still have access to its biggest cash cow: immigrants.

8 hrs ago

North Dakota Native Americans Are Barred From Disrupting Oil Pipeline Construction

North Dakota Native Americans Are Barred From Disrupting Oil Pipeline Construction

The pipeline is fully approved but efforts to stop it continue.

Alejandro Dávila Fragoso

14 hrs ago

America Cannot Kick Its Meat Addiction

America Cannot Kick Its Meat Addiction

It’s doing just the opposite.

Natasha Geiling

yesterday

UK Approves World’s Largest Wind Farm

UK Approves World’s Largest Wind Farm

The offshore wind farm will be twice the size of London

yesterday

80,000 Evacuated As Wildfire Burns Through Southern California

80,000 Evacuated As Wildfire Burns Through Southern California

The Blue Cut Fire needed less than a day to cause massive damage.

Alejandro Dávila Fragoso

yesterday

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