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I don't want to grow up

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Charles Koch; David Koch (CBS/AP/Photo montage by Salon)

Koch brothers vs. God

Kenya Downs - Grist
White nationalist Matthew Heimbach fights with demonstrators at Michigan State University as he and other alt-right advocates try to attend a speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer, March 5, 2018. (Getty/Scott Olson)

A hate group's self-destruction

Erin Keane
The Primary 1 class at Dunblane Primary School, pictured with teacher Gwenne Mayor, who was killed with sixteen of the children as gunman Thomas Hamilton burst into the class, shooting indiscriminately 13 March 1996. (Getty)

A shooting that changed things

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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"A Conversation with White People on Race" (Michèle Stephenson and Blair Foster)

White liberals need to talk about race

Tom Roston
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (AP/Stephan Savoia)

Does Ruth Bader Ginsburg plan to retire?

Rachel Leah
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Is prison really solving anything?

Liz Posner - Alternet
Ryan ZInke (Getty/Mark Wilson)

Ryan Zinke puts animals in danger

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
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"Papa Machete" (Jonathan David Kane)

"Papa Machete" dances with the blade

Tom Roston
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Confessions of a bystander

Sarah Henstra
The Andean "Princess of Ampato" mummy rests in an exhibit at the National Geographic Society (Getty/Joyce Naltchayan)

NatGeo admits: We were racist

Rachel Leah
(Reuters//Lucy Nicholson)

Kids can find a community on the site

Sierra Filucci - Common Sense Media
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Healthier Happy Meals?

Jennifer Harris - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Cape Town: A city without water

Robin Scher - Alternet
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The media lies to you about weight loss

Matthew Rozsa
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The abstract of mathematics is important

Harry Zandberg Wiggins - The Conversation
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Anti-apartheid demonstrators march on the University of California Berkeley campus, April 17, 1985. (AP/Ron Tussy)

Anatomy of a resistance

Mary Frances Berry
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The hidden threat of teacher stress

Brandis M. Ansley, Joel Meyers, Kate McPhee, Kris Varjas - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)

The Steven Pinker problem

Simon McCarthy-Jones - The Conversation
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Reading between the periods

Lauren Collister - The Conversation
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Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther in "Black Panther" (Marvel Studios)

Why diverse TV is important

Julie Dobrow, Calvin Gidney, Jennifer Burton - The Conversation
Gen. Norton Schwartz (Getty/Brendan Smialowski)

How to be a successful Chief of Staff

General Norty Schwartz, Suzie Schwartz, Ron Levinson
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7 occupations that are drug test–free

Phillip Smith - Alternet
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The only woman on board

Laura Hartema
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