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CU Boulder Enrolled Alleged White Supremacist with Knowledge of His Past

by Seyward Darby January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

“University officials were notified of Durham’s connection to Patriot Front and his violent social media posts before he stepped on campus as a student in August of 2022.”

Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Media, Story, Unapologetic Women

No, I Will Not Debate You

by Laurie Penny September 18, 2018October 19, 2022

Civility will never defeat fascism, no matter what The Economist thinks.

Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Media, Unapologetic Women

No, I Will Not Debate You

by Laurie Penny September 18, 2018October 19, 2022

Civility will never defeat fascism, no matter what The Economist thinks.

Posted inHighlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes

A Mystery Shrouded in an Enigma Wrapped in a Snazzy Tie and Smothered in Inherited Wealth

by michelleweber September 12, 2018October 19, 2022

Who is Tucker Carlson?

Statues of men wearing headphones
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Media, Nonfiction, Quotes

Distraction is the New Censorship

by Catherine Cusick January 31, 2018October 19, 2022

Ideas don’t need to be deleted or redacted to be silenced. They can just be drowned out.

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