The GOP is becoming more unhinged about LGBTQ people — which will only make them more unpopular

By: Amanda Marcotte — March 24^th 2023 at 09:45

New research shows most Americans side with RuPaul and Kevin Bacon against Christian nationalists

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Ctrl-Alt-Defeat: White Castle facing "annihilation" over worker surveillance; Congress gets hacked

By: Rae Hodge — March 12^th 2023 at 10:00

This week's tech-politics roundup: Tiny burgers in big trouble; Bollywood credit-card scam; Twitter canary silenced

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US is racing toward a looming "hunger cliff," food insecurity experts warn

By: Ashlie D. Stevens — March 4^th 2023 at 22:35

As pandemic-era emergency SNAP benefits expire, millions of Americans face food insecurity

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California Comm. College Audit Caught Officials Misspending State Funds to Employ Too Many Adjuncts

By: AdjunctNation Editorial Team — March 1^st 2023 at 19:29

State auditor faults state chancellor’s office for not providing proper oversight by Michael Burke California’s community colleges do not employ enough full-time faculty and in some cases districts are misspending state funds allocated for those faculty instead on too many part-time adjuncts, according to a newly released report from California’s state auditor. The audit, ordered last year by state lawmakers, probed hiring practices for full-time faculty at four community college districts: Foothill-De Anza, Kern, Los Rios and San Diego. Auditors also reviewed how those districts have spent state dollars, including $100 million provided by the Legislature in 2021 to help districts hire more full-time […]

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Jimmy Carter's lasting Cold War legacy: His human rights focus helped dismantle Soviet Union

By: Robert C. Donnelly — February 19^th 2023 at 17:25

Carter is often criticized for foreign policy weakness, but his approach to the Soviet Union was highly effective

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Know Your Enemy: Triumph of the Therapeutic, with Hannah Zeavin and Alex Colston

By: Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell — February 13^th 2023 at 21:44

A discussion on Philip Rieff, a conservative sociologist concerned that society was being driven by therapeutic ideas and psychological institutions rather than by religious or political ones.

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The decline of the Netflix rom-com

By: Melanie McFarland — February 11^th 2023 at 16:00

Netflix was once hailed for resurrecting the romantic comedy. "Your Place or Mine" warns that it may be in a rut

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University rankings and their critics – a symbiotic relationship?

By: Taster — February 6^th 2023 at 11:00

Despite being the focus of sustained critique university rankings have proven a resilient feature of academic life. Considering the recent moves by U.S. institutions to remove themselves from rankings, Julian Hamann and Leopold Ringel explore this relationship and suggest rankers and their critics in fact play a role in sustaining each other. Shock waves rippled … Continued

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