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10 Pro-Gun Arguments And Why They're Wrong

Every time another tragedy like this occurs, gun advocates make the same arguments about why we can't possibly do anything to restrict the weaponization of our culture. Here's a guide to what they'll...

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Millenials Don't Know Much About Roe v. Wade

According to the most recent survey from the Pew Forum, 68 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29 oppose overturning Roe v. Wade, as opposed to 27 percent who want to see it overturned. But that doesn't...

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Why Old Men Love Being Naked In The Locker Room

Why is it they love to stand around naked in front of each other, while younger men just put on their clothes like normal people?

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Meet The Stalkers

Behind the mysterious world of data brokers, who have access to a lot more of your life than you think.

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Life In Tornado Alley

What it’s like growing up in the shadow of nature’s fury.

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Russian LGBT Activists On What Will Actually Work

The "hearts and minds" approach to winning gay rights is not going to work in the former Soviet Union.

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What's Killing Poor White Women?

For most Americans, life expectancy continues to rise—but not for uneducated white women. They have lost five years, and no one knows why.

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When Robots Take Over, What Happens To Us?

What happens when we're no longer the most intelligent inhabitants of Earth.

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The 40-Year Slump

From 1947 through 1974, American workers brought home most of the wealth that they produced. Since 1974, they've steadily lost power–and they're getting just a fraction of the wealth that they produce...

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The Passion Of Dan Choi

He was the poster boy for the movement to repeal "don't ask, don't tell." Now what?

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The Menagerie Of Lesser-Known Experts

A compendium of the more esoteric specialists cited by reporters past and present.

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Why Don't We Have Viagra For Women Yet?

The FDA is kind of sexist.

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Is There Hope For The Survivors Of The Drug Wars?

Criminalized and discarded, falling at the bottom of every statistic, they want something better.

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The Pope And Counter-Cultural Christianity

Why the new pope’s tenure may be less liberal but more countercultural than it seems.

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George Takei, Living Long And Prospering From Social Media

How the former "Star Trek" star has become Internet’s funny, corny uncle and its moral compass.

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The Unbearable Whiteness Of Liberal Media

If left-leaning publications value diversity, why don't they have any?

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Modern-Day Slavery In America's Prison Workforce

Why can't we embrace the idea that prisoners have labor rights?

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Recalled But Not Repaired

The U.S. has 37 million recalled but unfixed cars driving around. That's one in every six cars.

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When Guns Trample Speech, Do We Have A Democracy?

A speech by feminist Anita Sarkeesian was canceled by Utah State University because, even under the threat of a massacre, the state demands that guns cannot be prohibited in public spaces.

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The Biggest Political Spenders Of The Year

Congratulations to the winners, some of whom were losers.

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