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  • Here’s to All the Men Who Help Women Reach the Finish Line

    Here’s to All the Men Who Help Women Reach the Finish Line0

    For all the downsides of social media, an upside is its ability to draw attention to otherwise overlooked stories of personal triumph and human kindness. You may very well have already seen this video of three runners participating in the “Love Run” half marathon in Philadelphia who stopped to help an exhausted woman cross the

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  • United Had a Much Better Solution than Kicking Off a Passenger

    United Had a Much Better Solution than Kicking Off a Passenger0

    Everyone by now has likely seen the video depicting a man being dragged off a plane for refusing to give up his seat on a United flight. It’s a shocking and horrifying clip—so of course it immediately went viral. The video has been viewed more than 100 million times in China alone, CNN reports.  

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  • New Reuters Poll Proves That Many Americans Can’t Think for Themselves

    New Reuters Poll Proves That Many Americans Can’t Think for Themselves0

    It is generally believed that America is more polarized than ever. After all, one need only look at the fallout from the last election to test this theory: both liberals and conservatives are convinced that their ideas and principles are the best and should be followed. But a recent survey by Reuters casts a bit

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  • LA Times Editorial Board: Dear Colleges, Stop Squeezing Free Speech

    LA Times Editorial Board: Dear Colleges, Stop Squeezing Free Speech0

    A couple of weeks ago, my colleague Annie Holmquist wrote about Kevin Shaw, a student at California’s Pierce College, whom college officials threatened to kick off campus because he was handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution to interested students. Considering all the things happening on college campuses these days, cracking down on students offering

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  • Are Rights Anything More Than Legal Conventions?

    Are Rights Anything More Than Legal Conventions?0

    We live in an age of human rights. The language of human rights has become ubiquitous, a lingua franca used for expressing the most basic demands of justice. Some are old demands, such as the prohibition of torture and slavery. Others are newer, such as claims to internet access or same-sex marriage. But what are

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  • Mohammed Cartoon Publisher: The Definition of Tolerance has Changed

    Mohammed Cartoon Publisher: The Definition of Tolerance has Changed0

    A little more than a decade ago, Europe erupted over several cartoon drawings of the prophet Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper. For the man at the heart of the controversy, newspaper publisher Flemming Rose, the experience was an unpleasant one whose repercussions have continued to this day. In a recent interview for Reason Magazine,

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