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  • Ladies, You Need to Stop Husband-Shaming

    Ladies, You Need to Stop Husband-Shaming0

    Over the years, in posts on Facebook groups for mothers, I’ve seen my share of women talking smack about their husbands. Writing to hundreds (sometimes thousands) of other women, many of whom they don’t know, wives will unburden themselves about the latest insensitive things their husbands have done. The complaints run the gamut from real

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  • Ladies, Let’s Start Speaking Well of Men

    Ladies, Let’s Start Speaking Well of Men12

    There’s ample conversation about toxic masculinity in our culture today. In some circles, the consensus seems to be that all men want nothing but to wield power and subjugate women. Of course, many of us know that this isn’t true of all, or even most, men—we need the gifts of both genders to build a

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  • Lack of Police Accountability Shows the “Social Contract” Isn’t Working

    Lack of Police Accountability Shows the “Social Contract” Isn’t Working0

    • March 2, 2018

    In the wake of the Florida school shooting earlier this month, Broward County police deputies are being accused of hiding outside the school while students were being murdered inside. Moreover, both the Sheriff’s department and the FBI are being accused of failing to follow up on clear and repeated threats made by the school shooter

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  • Lack of Assimilation Is Economically Harming Latino Immigrants and Society

    Lack of Assimilation Is Economically Harming Latino Immigrants and Society0

    Early in 2019, a firestorm of criticism descended upon veteran journalist Tom Brokaw because he said on NBC’s Meet the Press that Hispanics “should work harder at assimilation” and shouldn’t isolate themselves “in their communities.” NBC condemned his comments as “inaccurate and inappropriate,” media outlets ran articles and editorials calling them racist and factually wrong, and Brokaw apologized. Contrary to the blowback against Brokaw, scholarly sources

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  • Labor Unions are Now Filing Grievances against Goats

    Labor Unions are Now Filing Grievances against Goats0

    A major union is rallying its supporters to battle the latest job-stealing enemy: goats. The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and the University of Michigan have had a well-established working relationship with each other for years. But this is largely because the labor union holds a contract with the school, barring

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  • Labor Employee Wins $21K Settlement Over ‘Insensitive’ Email From Boss

    Labor Employee Wins $21K Settlement Over ‘Insensitive’ Email From Boss0

    Are you unreasonable if you do not become traumatized by a single insensitive workplace email or remark? No, according to the courts. But yes, according to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: It ruled that a single, non-threatening email was “religious harassment” that would poison the work environment for a “reasonable person.” As a result, it

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