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Favela Chic
“Be careful, someone was killed here last month,” the cab driver said as he dropped us off at the entrance to Vidigal, one of Rio de...
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Oct 22, 20147 min read


Chasing Democracy
In 2013, 400 million Indian citizens lived on less than $1.15 per day, while half did not have access to adequate sanitation. Despite...
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Oct 22, 20144 min read


The Silent Inequality: American Birth Certificate Prejudices
Anyone who has ever lost, destroyed, or never received his or her birth certificate knows that the only way to obtain a replacement copy...
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Sep 18, 20144 min read


The Undefeatable Enemy
For President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 was a warring year. In August, Congress signed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which authorized the...
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Mar 11, 20146 min read


One Thousand and One Nightmares
As the US Government debates missile strikes and how best to enforce international law, it’s sometimes hard to remember that there is a...
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Sep 23, 20135 min read


The Politics of Macklemore
I walked up into the store like I got a big—well, a big thrift shop party to prepare for. And it was when milling through the Salvation...
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Mar 16, 20134 min read
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