Reality TV empress Kim Kardashian West visited the White House on May 30 to meet with Donald Trump about prison sentencing reform. The optics of a president whose second act in American life was as a reality TV host meeting with a Kardashian struck many as a cheapening of the Oval Office. While Kardashian West’s fame is mostly …
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The door is answered by Sylvia Plath, blue dress belled out around her slender hips, head stuck in a cardboard oven. This comes as no surprise; there is one every year. This particular Sylvia braces the doorframe with one arm, still holding a glass of red wine so that I may see into the apartment …
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As the old adage goes, you get what you pay for. Unless you’re an American in need of healthcare. Then you pay somewhere around double for about the same quality care. The reason? Lots of people are making big money off your sick body. So, it’s good if you’re on the business end, lousy of …
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Colombian Flag. Source: Wikimedia Commons. All Rights Reserved. This article is part of the series "Ellections in Colombia 2018: depolarization and disinformation", developed in partnership with Nueva Sociedad Magazine and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Political polarisation is a phenomenon that implies the amplification of divergent political attitudes and the consequent displacement of these attitudes towards …
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Netflix’s “Bird Box” has quickly become the streaming service’s most popular original movie yet, amassing over 45 million views since being released on December 21, 2018. The film stars Sandra Bullock as a mother struggling to save her children from a savage demonic force that targets people’s sight. Those who see the demonic force with their …
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“You were right,” Susan said. “The view’s great from the other side of the road.” Jimmy Duncan watched her approach, the sun behind her and the wind riffling her hair. She fiddled with her camera a moment, then plopped down beside him on the grassy hillside. To their left, loomed a wall of black forest; …
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Nancy Pelosi’s colleagues rose to their feet at her suggestion that “Congress must put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future.” In her first address as Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi spoke about a myriad of topics. But her comments on climate change stood in …
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Click:Wholesale chlorine tablets on sale ‘Now, every woman knows she needs to fight violence everywhere’, the Congolese human rights activist Julienne Lusenge told me on the sidelines of the Council of Europe’s World Forum for Democracy last month. In a video interview with openDemocracy 50.50, she talks about the struggle to end wartime sexual violence …
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Men often dismiss women, their thoughts, and emotions by offhandedly labeling them “crazy.” Case in point: Look no further than the current president. Trump has a long history of dismissing his female adversaries by calling them “crazy.” According to Harris O’Malley of The Washington Post, “crazy” is one of “the five deadly words guys use to …
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Palestinian protesters gather as a shower of tear gas canisters fired by Israeli troops land on the field east of Gaza City, on Aug. 10, 2018. Picture by: Wissam Nassar/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images. All rights reserved. Palestinians across Israel, the West Bank and Gaza are banding together in a general strike on October 1, in …
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