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Cyntoia Brown’s Freedom Is a Reminder That All Sex Workers Have a Right to Self-Defense
Child sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown’s case shows us who gets to stand their ground — and who does not.
Natasha Lennard
Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Bookforum, and the New York Times, among others. She is the associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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The First Step Act Is Not Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform — and the Risk Is That It Becomes the Only Step
Don't waste time celebrating the success of the Koch-backed, Trump-endorsed First Step Act. Its reforms would be very real — just not very big.
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Les Moonves Might Lose His Severance, but Don't Let the Corporate Culture That Enabled Him Off the Hook
After over a year of #MeToo stories pouring forth, it seems obvious that more than a few bad apples need removing — an entire orchard should be cleared.
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Photos of Children Being Teargassed Stoke Outrage — While Playing into Trump’s Manufactured Border Crisis
Tear gas is a tool of repression — but it also produces the kind of image that feeds Trump’s made-up notion of a border crisis.
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Even the FBI Thinks Police Have Links to White Supremacists — but Don’t Tell the New York Times
The New York Times Magazine published an in-depth story on how police deal with white supremacists — but didn't explore the links between them.
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After Last Week, There’s No Hope That the Media Will Ever Abandon False Equivalencies With the Far Right
“You guys do it, too,” NBC’s Chuck Todd told a Democratic representative, referring to anti-Semitic incitement — personifying a media false equivalence.
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The Despicable Campaign to Roll Back Transgender Protections in the Massachusetts Midterms
“Once we have formal legal protections, stripping them away at the ballot does way more harm than if the protections were never there in the first place.”
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Trump’s Plan to Deny Green Cards to People on Medicaid or Food Stamps Is a Full-Blown Attack on the Immigrant Poor
Trump is creating an impossible choice between getting help and legal residency — his administration's latest tool of ethnic cleansing.
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McDonald’s Workers Are Striking Against Sexual Harassment — Tying #MeToo to Their Labor Struggle
The McDonald's workers' strike will be the first nationwide strike specifically targeting sexual harassment in the workplace.
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The New Yorker Dropped Steve Bannon, but Misses the Point of Why the Invite Was a Mistake in the First Place
The New Yorker withdrew its invitation to Steve Bannon, but missed the point about why giving the white nationalist a platform is so dangerous.