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2018-03-09T17:15:34-04:00

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Making Ourselves Less of Ourselves

Last updated on: March 9, 2018 at 5:15 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

we’re still being constrained by the voices in our head to make ourselves smaller, take up less space, keep quiet, don’t bruise male ego by daring to disagree or hold our own Read more

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2018-03-06T11:40:11-04:00

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We’re Letting the Bullies Call the Shots

Last updated on: March 6, 2018 at 11:40 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

Last summer, I was informed that my contract to teach English Literature at Franciscan University would not be renewed. This was not the decision of my department head, and had no connection at all with the popularity of my classes, nor with my student evaluations, which were consistently high. In my eleven years of teaching, I had developed many enduring friendships with my students, mentoring them during and after their time at the college. In spite of the low pay,... Read more

2018-02-28T16:02:51-04:00

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Trump Is Just A Symptom, Not A Cause

Last updated on: February 28, 2018 at 4:02 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

The problem in short, for Epstein and his like, is that Trump takes what they view as a good thing and wrap it up in an unseemly packaging Read more

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2018-02-24T18:04:38-04:00

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Arming Teachers is a Bad Idea

Last updated on: February 24, 2018 at 6:04 pm By Guest Contributor

Teachers did not sign on to be armed resisters. They signed on to be teachers. Read more

2018-05-19T22:16:12-04:00

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The Tide Is Turning

Last updated on: May 19, 2018 at 10:16 pm By Guest Contributor

Young people have had enough. From Tallahassee to Washington, while politicians mumbled the usual platitudes about “thoughts and prayers” and counted their donations from the National Rifle Association, the Florida survivors organized. Read more

2018-02-21T01:09:04-04:00

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Opposing Gun Violence is Not an “Agenda”

Last updated on: February 21, 2018 at 1:09 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

If people who grew up shooting and owning guns can see the clear need for real solutions to our gun violence problem, without being handed secret Soros bucks, then young people who saw their friends mowed down by gunfire have even more reason to stand up and demand a solution. Read more

2018-02-15T17:06:03-04:00

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Yes, We Have a Gun Problem

Last updated on: February 15, 2018 at 5:06 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

It’s not just the criminals having access to guns that I worry about: it’s the idiots, also Read more

2018-02-12T14:57:49-04:00

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White Supremacy is Not Mere “Difference of Opinion”

Last updated on: February 12, 2018 at 2:57 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

If the one thing you’re willing to tolerate is white supremacy, I'm going to take an educated guess that you might just be a white supremacist. Read more

2018-02-10T20:55:26-04:00

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In Defending Life, Draw the Circle Wide

Last updated on: February 10, 2018 at 8:55 pm By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

A true ethic of life means drawing the circle of "what lives are owed protection" as widely as possible Read more

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2018-02-09T11:33:34-04:00

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How Safe Can Our Art Be?

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 11:33 am By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

There's sacrifice demanded by art, but this doesn't mean you sacrifice the lives of others on the altar of your ego, or to sate your desires. Read more

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