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Reading Time: 2 minutes Happy 248th birthday, America. Today, we honor a dream born of revolution, whispered in defiance, and etched in the ink of liberty. But as we light the candles on this cake of freedom, I cannot help but wonder: Is this your last birthday, dear Republic?
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Few topics in the turbulent world of American politics elicit a more passionate response than abortion. The abortion topic is a prominent point of contention for the Republican Party as the country prepares for the 2024 presidential election. The country is still in shock at the Supreme Court’s historic decision to reverse Roe v. Wade, which has had a significant and lasting impact on the electoral environment.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes For years on end, Black and brown folks have risked their lives for freedoms that others sip casually with their morning lattes. Now it’s high time the white folks, who can protest without the fear of catching a bullet, roll up their sleeves and get busy.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Maybe, just maybe, we should redefine healing as nothing more than learning to deeply love our broken parts until those parts that are broken become art that we are proud of.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes There are a number of reasons why the Supreme Court may be issuing more liberal rulings in recent months. One possibility is that the court is simply responding to public opinion. A recent poll found that a majority of Americans support abortion rights and gun control, two issues on which the court has issued conservative rulings in recent years. The court may be feeling pressure to issue rulings that are more in line with public opinion in order to maintain its legitimacy.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Some have hailed Prigozhin as a hero for challenging Putin, but this is a dangerous miscalculation. Prigozhin is a fascist who has no respect for human rights. The Wagner Group has been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria, Libya, and the Central African Republic. Prigozhin himself has been accused of funding far-right political groups in Europe.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Navajo Water Rights Ruling is a setback for the Navajo Nation and for environmental policy. However, the tribe is not giving up. The Navajo Nation will continue to fight for its water rights, and it will continue to work with other tribes and environmental groups to protect water resources for all.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Risk tolerance is almost everything.
Devotion to failure is the rest.
Failure as art is brilliantly beautiful.
Blessed are those who love themselves as they fuck it up passionately without regret AND love the wreckage they leave behind, perpetually ready to start over and fail again.
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Reading Time: 7 minutes The shifting attitudes towards marriage or long-term romantic relationships with men among single women reflect a deeper societal reckoning with the unequal power dynamics and potential loss of agency that can be associated with traditional relationships. Women don’t want old white men regulating their bodies.
The larger question is do they want anything to do with men at all? The jury is out on that question. That is not great news for men who want sex, companionship, marriage, or anything else from women.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite years of anticipation and widespread fascination with aliens, the general public seems to be paying little attention. Why is this the case?
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