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s.e. smith is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in Bitch, Feministe, Global Comment, the Sun Herald, the Guardian, and other publications. Follow smith on Twitter: @sesmithwrites.

In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, photo, Donna Dye, who is unemployed and whose husband is disabled, plays with her two granddaughters, Lilly, left, and Chloe, at her home where she cares for them, in Minnie, Ky. Dye and her husband have been fighting the federal government to keep his Social Security disability checks after a local lawyer who helped them became the subject of a federal fraud investigation. (AP Photo/David Stephenson) (AP)

Following South Dakota’s example: How states are trying to end the disability unemployment crisis

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(Reuters/David McNew)

Privatizing the public sector is actually costing taxpayers money

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Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Catholic Health Association conference in Washington, June 9, 2015. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

“Modern racism lurks in the shadows of equality”: Why colorblind school policies have failed black people

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(Associated Press)

America’s telecom nightmare is just beginning: What the failed Time Warner merger means for us all

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It’s worse than Wal-Mart: 7 ways retail jobs exploit (and steal) from their employees

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Dakota Johnson in "Fifty Shades of Grey" (Universal Pictures)

7 things “50 Shades of Grey” won’t teach you about BDSM

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Jennifer Lawrence in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (Murray Close)

What movie audiences get wrong about Jennifer Lawrence

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(AP/Ben Margot)

The quiet riot against Facebook Messenger

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James Corden (AP/Arthur Mola)

CBS’ James Corden debacle: Why the newest face in late night is yet another white man’s

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The real problem with sexy profile pics

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Sexting’s perverse double standard: Why girls are set up to fail

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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-74538p1.html'>Alexander Raths</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Disabled — and handcuffed at school

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(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-557311p1.html'>Oliver Sved</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

The disposable professor crisis

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