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							Aug 31 2020

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## [Op-Ed: Centrism, the politics of insufferability](/op-ed-centrism-the-politics-of-insufferability/)





It’s a dark and grotesque metaphor that antagonizes me. I wonder if it’s me screaming into a void, because I am heartbroken at the thought of compromising my morals in an election that provides no avenue of safe haven for […]




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							Jan 3 2020

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## [Opinion: Immigration Detention Equals Profit](/immigration-detention-equals-profit/)





Originally published in print on Dec. 19, 2019.     “If the majority of Americans had not spent decades turning away from the horrors of the prison-industrial complex, they would be far less tolerant of the terror that is currently




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							Oct 18 2019

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## [Opinion: Inherent Racism Continues in Present Day Politics](/inherent-racism-continues-in-present-day-politics/)





The story of Brooks County and the Quitman 10+2 Content warning: This article contains descriptions of racial violence. There\’s an underlying illness in Georgia resting in small, rural counties outside of Atlanta’s perimeter. While these smaller counties on their own




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							Aug 17 2019

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## [I don’t negotiate with monsters](/i-dont-negotiate-with-monsters/)





Originally published in Issue One: The Stand or Fall Issue on July 13, 2019. Six months ago, I was lying on my bedroom floor next to a handle of vodka trying to consume enough to make my withdrawals go away.




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