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Winter Olympics: why Team USA is nearly white as snow

Why the imbalance of African-Americans in Winter and Summer Games participation?
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Goodbye, Mary Daly, and please take the transphobia with you

She once advocated that only ten percent of the men on planet Earth should be left alive.
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Why do we need Transgender Day of Remembrance? Well…

We will be lighting candles for 117 people.
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Chicago’s Olympic disappointment

We were eliminated in the first round.
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America’s anxiety about Obama is mostly skin deep

If their leader ain't white, it ain't all right.
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Feminine presentation for trans women is a life or death issue

I'm cognizant that performing my feminine gender presentation as flawlessly as possible impacts my life.
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China’s new red Star – in space

The most spectacular of the three manned Chinese space missions so far was Shenzhou 7. It launched on September 25, 2008 with three taikonauts on board.
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A note to the world: we DO play football in the States!

Team USA is currently in second place in the CONCACAF region and in a great position to qualify for next year's World Cup competition in South Africa.
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Lessons from KRXQ-FM: hate speech shouldn’t go unchallenged

Free speech isn't a monologue, it's a dialogue. A multicultural democracy cannot afford to have unchecked hate speech in its midst.
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Next year, Mr. President, give a commencement speech at an HBCU

Honorary degrees are routinely given to commencement speakers to show respect for the speaker, but not in this case.
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