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  • I Used to Loathe Guns and the NRA -Then I Got Mugged0

    I’d hated guns since I was a teenager. It was a gun that killed John Lennon, after all. Guns killed President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King. Get rid of the guns, problem solved, or so I thought. In December of 2012, I even tweeted President Barack Obama, urging him to

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  • I Talked with New Jersey’s “Wanted” Ivan the Troll to Find Out if 3D Printed Guns Are a True Threat

    I Talked with New Jersey’s “Wanted” Ivan the Troll to Find Out if 3D Printed Guns Are a True Threat0

    What if everything you thought about 3D-printed guns was wrong? I know what you’re thinking. How is this article different from the 50+ articles written beforehand? Well, how many of those journalists do you think consulted with someone who spends a decent amount of their time 3D-printing guns? How many inaccuracies do you think they

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  • I Spent a Year as a Trans Man. Doctors Failed Me at Every Turn.

    I Spent a Year as a Trans Man. Doctors Failed Me at Every Turn.0

    I can’t wrap my head around all that I’ve done to myself in the last two years, much less the “help” that some health care professionals have done to me. Two years ago, I was a healthy, beautiful girl heading toward high school graduation. Before long, I turned into an overweight, pre-diabetic nightmare of a

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  • I Spent a Week Teaching High School Kids How Government Works. Here’s What I Discovered.

    I Spent a Week Teaching High School Kids How Government Works. Here’s What I Discovered.0

    I spent the past week at a camp teaching teens about the legislative process. Among other things, the teens learned about American history, government, and worldview, while also role-playing as senators, representatives, and media. The week ended with a final debate on the house floor of the Minnesota Capitol. Here are five interesting things I

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  • I Remember

    I Remember0

    I was in the air when the first tower was hit; I watched the two towers fall, stupefied and enraged, alone in my hotel room in Norfolk. After my business was done, I went to the eerily quiet Norfolk airport to begin the drive home. I remember watching contrails in the sky driving across Virginia,

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  • I Question the Protests on College Campuses Like Mine. Here’s Why.

    I Question the Protests on College Campuses Like Mine. Here’s Why.6

    Tensions about the Israel-Palestine conflict came to a head on many college campuses last spring. Tents arrived as students camped out for days, sometimes weeks. Some protests were disbanded through peaceful negotiation with administrators, while others were broken up by riot police, including at my own school. The result has been anything but peaceful. Students

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