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Here’s What It Could Look Like to Defund the Police

As protests have swept the nation in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the call to defund and abolish the police has also swept social media and marched its way into the national dialogue.

Posted on June 16, 2020 - 11:39am

Should “Harmful Speech” Be Punished in the U.S.?

UC Berkeley played host to myriad free speech controversies this year—including violent Antifa protests of conservative pundit Milo Yiannopoulos and a proposed faculty boycott of classes during Free Speech Week—much of it predicated on the assumption that speech is harmful.

Posted on November 6, 2017 - 2:20pm

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In Artist, Activist, and Astrophysicist Nia Imara Keeps Her Eyes on the Sky: I happened to turn on the ‘Ancient Sky’ in the middle, on our PBS station here in the St. Louis area. I was joyfully surprised to see...

— Walter W. Fox Jr. :: 7/26/2021 12:08pm

In Student View: “Sunsets and Little Things”: As a teenager, with my family transferred to Beckenham, Kent, England, I grew to love the sunsets I saw out of my bedroom window that overlooked a golf course pond. Whatever the day brought...

— Laureen Chang :: 7/22/2021 9:28am

In Death, Life, and The Right to Draw Your Own Line: Thank you for this article. It covers concepts I’ve been thinking about for a long time (and I’m not depressed—I’m actually a joyful person). I am 79 years of age...

— Mary Huber :: 6/8/2021 10:39am

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