The Man Who Predicted Pandemic Inequality a Century Ago

Edgar Sydenstricker was born into a studious family. His sister Pearl S. Buck, author of the…

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The Bigoted ‘Trash Talk’ That’s Tolerated in Gaming

An anti-Semitic slur used during a Twitch livestream embodies the casual toxicity found in gaming culture. My…

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The Pandemic Has Exposed How Broken Our Housing System Is

It’s a Thursday morning in July at the Jackson County Circuit Court in Kansas City, Missouri…

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We’re Losing the War on Poverty

GEN: On a macro level, why has the international community failed to combat poverty? Philip Alston:…

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Celebrities Have Nothing Left to Offer Us

Celebrities have always had an outsized sense of self-importance. They have always flaunted their wealth, but…

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The Navajo Nation Is Being Decimated by This Virus

The problems facing Native American communities during this pandemic were decades in the making. One of…

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Once Again, the Rest of America Is Ignoring Detroit

Why do so few people seem to care that the Motor City is a Covid hotspot?…

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I’m Terrified That They’ll Have to Start Working Again

Not everyone can, or should, go back to work. The line at Trader Joe’s wrapped around the…

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