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  • What the Reaction to MPR Raccoon Tells Us About Millennials

    What the Reaction to MPR Raccoon Tells Us About Millennials0

    Perhaps you heard, but the raccoon that scaled the UBS building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was just using its superpower instincts. As Suzanne MacDonald, a psychologist from York University studying urban raccoons, notes in an article for The Washington Post, the newly dubbed #mprraccoon was just hungry and curious— and also happens to have Spiderman

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  • Twitter Loses Round One of Anti-Censorship Suit Brought By Supremacist

    Twitter Loses Round One of Anti-Censorship Suit Brought By Supremacist0

    Anyone who has been on some form of social media has probably heard about censorship at some time. “They squelched my Facebook post!” or “I finally got out of Twitter prison,” are common accusations lodged against prominent platforms. Despite the complaining, most people throw their hands up in the air and walk off, convinced that

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  • The Op-Ed on Diversity that Got a Best-Selling American Author Sacked by Penguin

    The Op-Ed on Diversity that Got a Best-Selling American Author Sacked by Penguin0

    Lionel Shriver, an American author best known for her 2003 novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, was troubled by an email a colleague forwarded to her regarding Penguin Random House’s new literary and hiring policies. The letter stated that the publishing giant would remove “the need for a university degree from nearly all our

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  • Supreme Court Rules Against Minnesota Law Banning ‘Political’ Apparel at Polling Places

    Supreme Court Rules Against Minnesota Law Banning ‘Political’ Apparel at Polling Places0

    Via Cato: This morning, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that a Minnesota law banning “political” apparel at polling places violates the First Amendment. This was ultimately an easy case, as it should have been all along, and this decision was predictable after oral argument. Obviously voters shouldn’t be allowed to harass, intimidate, misdirect, or otherwise

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  • I Went to DC’s Gay Pride Parade. Here Are 9 Things I Saw.

    I Went to DC’s Gay Pride Parade. Here Are 9 Things I Saw.0

    Editor’s note: This article accurately describes a “gay pride” event and contains language and images that may offend some readers. Thousands of gay rights activists and their supporters celebrated Saturday in Washington, D.C., by participating in and watching the city’s gay pride parade. The “Pride Month” parade consisted of over 200 floats in addition to

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  • An Atheist Explains the True Reason Religion Terrifies Him

    An Atheist Explains the True Reason Religion Terrifies Him1

    Millennials are notorious for many things: student debt, perpetual childhood, high self-esteem, and even low work ethic. But in the last few years, millennials have also become characterized by another feature, namely, a lack of religion. As Pew Research explains, millennials make up a major part in the growth of the “nones,” individuals who “describe

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