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Manufacturing global crises won’t give U.S. foreign policy legitimacy
Manufacturing global crises won’t give U.S. foreign policy legitimacy by Jared O. Bell 1008 words For anyone paying even modest attention to the current administration’s foreign policy posture, a Christmas Day bombing justified as “protecting Christians from ISIS” in Nigeria was neither shocking nor clarifying. It fits a familiar rhetorical script. What it did not
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Trans – the new anti-gay crusade
Trans – the new anti-gay crusade by Bob Topper 920 words Religious conservatives waged a 50-year battle to deny the rights of gay and lesbian people, especially the right to marry. As the dominate force in the GOP, they coerced traditional Republicans to formally oppose same sex marriage, and make it a national political issue
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When dehumanization becomes policy: Ableist language and the quiet violence of power
When dehumanization becomes policy: Ableist language and the quiet violence of power by George Cassidy Payne 757 words When the most powerful person in the world uses dehumanizing language, it is never just rhetoric. It is instruction. In late November, Donald Trump publicly referred to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as “seriously retarded” while attacking Walz’s