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The “Twilight” Manifesto: What Pop Culture Gets Wrong—and Right—About Masculinity
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Blockbuster series like Twilight have left their mark on a generation of girls, but what message are they sending boys? Here are a few to look out for.
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Happiness
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Immigrant Detainees' Hunger Strike Targets Legal "Grey Area"
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A hunger strike in a Washington state detention facility draws attention to a facility where most U.S. laws don't apply.
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Peace & Justice
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How a Library with No Books Could Change the Way We Read (And Bring Us Closer Together)
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The Empathy Library is a new digital archive where people can point to the books, movies, and other media that help us learn to understand one another.
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Happiness
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How a Chicago Mom Liberated a Foreclosure and Got a Home for Her Four Kids
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Displaced by foreclosure, this family took direct action—and got a place to live.
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Issues
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How to Eat Like Our Lives Depend On It
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Veggies at the Liquor Store—and 5 Other Ways to Bring Food to Your Community
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Out-of-the-box ideas for putting healthier food on our neighborhood plates—and make friends doing it.
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Issues
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How to Eat Like Our Lives Depend On It
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There Are Still More Libraries Than McDonald’s Locations in the United States
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(and 24 other facts you should probably know).
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Issues
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How to Eat Like Our Lives Depend On It
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Vandana Shiva On Resisting GMOs: "Saving Seeds Is a Political Act"
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Why the fight for biodiversity is about protecting life itself.
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Issues
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How to Eat Like Our Lives Depend On It
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Artist's Dollar-Bill Collages Question the Meaning of Money
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"Anarchists are certain I'm an anarchist because I cut up a favorite tool of the oppressor," artist Mark Wagner says. "Capitalists think I'm a capitalist because I revel in it."
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New Economy
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Dear Michelle Obama: If We Want to Curb Childhood Obesity, Sesame Street Is Not Going to Cut It
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Can a licensing deal between Sesame Street and the Produce Marketing Association truly improve childhood health? Maybe, but grassroots solutions already exist.
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Planet
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Hey, NY Times, Want Fairness in Pacific Trade Deal? Then Advocates Must Get Seat at the Table
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A recent editorial in the The New York Times argued that the Trans Pacific Partnership should strengthen environmental and labor regulations. But that won't happen unless we change the process.
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People Power
