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Reimagining the Political Future of Sex Work: An Interview with Bella Robinson
Bella Robinson is the Executive Director of COYOTE-RI (“Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics”), the first sex workers’ rights organization in...
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Mar 18, 20235 min read


A House Warming for Women
The first round of elections for the Majlis, Iran’s national parliament, changed the dynamic for political reformists throughout the...
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Apr 27, 20166 min read


Reconstituting Nepal
Political tremors are nothing new to Nepal. As the country has lurched from crisis to crisis over the past few decades, altercations...
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Dec 9, 20156 min read


Stripped of Rights
Red had had enough. Casa Diablo, the vegan Portland strip club where she danced, had crossed one too many lines. The daily, unchecked...
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Dec 8, 20156 min read
Liberation Through War: The Paradox Facing Middle Eastern Women
In her radio address to the nation on November 17, 2001, First Lady Laura Bush declared, “The fight against terrorism is also a fight for...
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Dec 9, 20146 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


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


The Dangers of Civil Asset Forfeiture
On March 20, 2012, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department pulled over Nelly Moreira’s car. Moreira was not present; her son...
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Oct 2, 20145 min read
The Machismo Paradox: Latin America’s Struggles with Feminism and Patriarchy
President Michelle Bachelet marked her second inauguration last month wearing the country’s traditional red, white and blue presidential...
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Apr 30, 201412 min read


Strip Down
By Ian Tarr On March 3, 2005, Albert Florence’s wife was driving her husband and their child down a New Jersey road. Unexpectedly, the...
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Mar 11, 20149 min read


Where Black History Month, MLK, and Barack Obama intersect
As Black History Month comes to a close, we are all reminded of its significance. Originally Black History Week—marking the birthdays of...
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Mar 1, 20137 min read
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