Social Justice

Doing Social Justice: 10 Reasons to Give Up Ableist Language

Disability metaphors abound in our culture, and they exist almost entirely as pejoratives. You see something wrong? Compare it to a disabled body or mind. These words seem so "natural" to people that they go uncorrected a great deal of the time.
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Joe Biden: Undocumented Immigrants Are 'Already Americans'

Vice President Joe Biden gave an impassioned defense of comprehensive immigration reform -- and the undocumented immigrants it would help -- during a speech on Thursday, saying it would boost the economy and improve foreign relations.
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An Interview With Sam Dalton, Now In His Seventh Decade Of Criminal Defense Law

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If You Want the American Dream, Go to Finland

The American dream --- the notion of equal opportunity for all, the chance to pull yourself up by your boot straps and make something of yourself --- is gone.
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Marco Rubio Opposes Own Immigration Bill Becoming Law

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Channeling Sexual Energy Into Productive Energy

Sex. One of the greatest motivational forces in life. Our sexual impulses control so much of what we do, how we act, and the choices we make. But if not properly harnessed, they can lead to great destruction.
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Wisconsin Immigrant Faces Deportation For Smoking Weed As A Teenager

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Tea Partiers Boo Marco Rubio On Immigration

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Jason Richwine Dissertation On Low Hispanic IQ Puts Heritage On Defensive

A conservative researcher's 2009 dissertation, which argued that Hispanic immigrants to the U.S. have substantially lower IQs than whites, put one of the biggest opponents to an immigration reform bill in Congress on the defensive on Wednesday.
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Latina TV Star: 'My Name Is America'

"Ugly Betty" star America Ferrera pushes for an immigration reform bill, saying "My Name Is America."
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