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Mad Cow: How bride-price inflation is stoking ethnic violence in South Sudan
Inter-tribal clashes are a major contributing factor to instability in South Sudan, so it is no surprise that an increase in violent...
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Apr 16, 20216 min read


Law of the Land: Kyrgyzstan’s Bus of Solidarity and Women’s Land Rights
In the remote reaches of Kyrgyzstan, where legal services are hitherto nearly non-existent, a group of lawyers is bridging the...
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Jun 11, 20195 min read


Marriage Promotion is Not a Real Poverty Solution
Over the past couple of years, Republicans have felt increasing pressure to put forth free market proposals to combat poverty....
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Oct 26, 20155 min read


LGBTQ Rights After Marriage?
The New York Marriage Equality Act of 2011 promised that same-sex marriages and opposite-sex marriages would be treated the same in all...
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Dec 3, 20146 min read


Why Did SCOTUS Pass on Same-Sex Marriage?
“I’m not ready to surrender to a few folks in black robes,” said Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) during a gubernatorial debate. “I’m not...
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Nov 15, 201410 min read


Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: India’s U-Turn on LGBTQ Rights
Photo by Ramesh Lalwani. Many ideas and images appear in our collective consciousness when we consider the relics of British colonialism:...
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Oct 6, 20145 min read


Why Marrying Someone Like Yourself Is Bad For America
The Economist recently ran a story with the provocative subtitle “How sexual equality increases the gap between rich and poor...
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Feb 26, 20144 min read


Fitting Into the Right Box: Multiracial America on the Rise
As swimmer Michael Phelps knows, one of the highest priorities of food corporations is maintaining their squeaky clean mainstream appeal....
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Oct 18, 20134 min read
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