Middle-Class Entitlements Dominate the Welfare State

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White House Fight Night

Disclosing One's HIV+ Status Isn't Criminal Harassment of Ex

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Louisiana Cops Threatened To Arrest a Man for Handing Out Religious Leaflets. They Got Qualified Immunity.

Global Health Reform Must Bolster Innovation

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Colorado Becomes Second State To Create Right to an Attorney When Police Seize Your Property

Dismantling Gerontocracy—Or Entrenching It?

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Two Potential Upcoming Canadian Secession Referenda and the Broader Issues they Raise

AI may be sycophantic, but that is just one expression of its structural bias toward familiarity and averageness 

Trump's Ceasefire Definition Sounds Wrong. History Sadly Suggests Otherwise.

The Renaissance was a golden age invented by people who believed they were living through a dark one

Is a new academic report with a dry title a “diabolically evil” plot to undermine the humanities? Or will it save them?