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Westboro Baptist Church’s massive setback — that no one’s talking about

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College admissions are a joke: Why the process has nothing to do with education

Matthew Bruenig
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Conservatives are losing their minds over economic reforms that already exist

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“Free speech” hypocrites: Dixie Chicks, “Duck Dynasty” and America’s pointless shell arguments

Matthew Bruenig
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Guess what, elites: Not all young people are rich

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Blake Anderson, Anders Holm, Adam Devine in "Workaholics" (Comedy Central/Prashant Gupta)

Dudebros and millennials shouldn’t determine who gets healthcare!

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The 1 percent’s Ivy League loophole

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig, Matthew Bruenig