Some of these articles are a little old. I'm bad at putting them up timely; and also bad at reading them as soon as they come along.
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general
Ethics Should Not Be a Luxury
On first glance, living as an ethical consumer looks to be getting easier.
The Difference Between Protest And Resistance
The Path Forward
Jesse Galganov disappeared while backpacking in Peru nearly five years ago. When a friend goes missing, writes Ben Libman, there’s both everything and nothing to do about it.
Distant Relatives
Montrealers came home shattered from state-sponsored brainwashing experiments. Decades later, their families are finally finding each other.
A History of Olympic Gender Testing
It's not pretty.
The Cost Of Living and the Rise Of The Second Hand Economy
I admit to finding this a little dated, if only because I've been in the second-hand economy for some seven or eight years now.
race and the problem of white supremacy
Abolishing Critical Race Theory preserves White Supremacy
Throughout history, white people have preserved their power by hoarding knowledge or banning the access of knowledge to Black people and allies. For example, the government created legislation in the 1700s that prohibited enslaved people from learning to read and write. Additionally, school districts banned abolitionist readings in schools, claiming the people who were enslaved would start a rebellion.
How The Empire Degraded Britain
When he was not trying to sweep slavery and colonialism under the rug – lest a whisper of reparations arises – the former UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden wanted you to believe that it was in the gift of the British to bestow liberty on the world.
White Churches, It’s Time to Go Pro-Life on Guns
The Christian majority in America needs to shake off its malaise and work with Black pastors to end shooting violence
general politics
Tyrants Gutting Democracy with Post-Truth Populism Polarisation
The fragility of democracy, which I don't need to tell you guys about
It's hard to fathom what a hateful place Australia has become
From back in May; things have shifted, although not fully changed. Still, there is movement at the station and while it's not as much as we need, it's better than nothing at all.
Technocrats can't think beyond six years
This is why the climate is screwed. We're not heading for a crisis, we're heading for a collapse.
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general
Ethics Should Not Be a Luxury
On first glance, living as an ethical consumer looks to be getting easier.
The Difference Between Protest And Resistance
The Path Forward
Jesse Galganov disappeared while backpacking in Peru nearly five years ago. When a friend goes missing, writes Ben Libman, there’s both everything and nothing to do about it.
Distant Relatives
Montrealers came home shattered from state-sponsored brainwashing experiments. Decades later, their families are finally finding each other.
A History of Olympic Gender Testing
It's not pretty.
The Cost Of Living and the Rise Of The Second Hand Economy
I admit to finding this a little dated, if only because I've been in the second-hand economy for some seven or eight years now.
race and the problem of white supremacy
Abolishing Critical Race Theory preserves White Supremacy
Throughout history, white people have preserved their power by hoarding knowledge or banning the access of knowledge to Black people and allies. For example, the government created legislation in the 1700s that prohibited enslaved people from learning to read and write. Additionally, school districts banned abolitionist readings in schools, claiming the people who were enslaved would start a rebellion.
How The Empire Degraded Britain
When he was not trying to sweep slavery and colonialism under the rug – lest a whisper of reparations arises – the former UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden wanted you to believe that it was in the gift of the British to bestow liberty on the world.
White Churches, It’s Time to Go Pro-Life on Guns
The Christian majority in America needs to shake off its malaise and work with Black pastors to end shooting violence
general politics
Tyrants Gutting Democracy with Post-Truth Populism Polarisation
The fragility of democracy, which I don't need to tell you guys about
It's hard to fathom what a hateful place Australia has become
From back in May; things have shifted, although not fully changed. Still, there is movement at the station and while it's not as much as we need, it's better than nothing at all.
Technocrats can't think beyond six years
This is why the climate is screwed. We're not heading for a crisis, we're heading for a collapse.
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