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Mon 5.03.10| Short Sales, Welfare Travails

Many distressed homeowners, spurred on by certain real estate agents and without clear disclosures from their lenders, are looking to do short sales. Bill Purdy discusses short sale perils and, more...

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Wed 6.08.11| The Punitive Turn

What are the real reasons for this nation's unprecedented (in world history) boom in incarceration? Is the prison a tool to fight crime, or does it serve an entirely different function? And what about...

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Wed 3.21.12 | The Punitive Turn

What are the real reasons for this nation's unprecedented (in world history) boom in incarceration? Is the prison a tool to fight crime, or does it serve an entirely different purpose? And what about...

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Wed 9.18.13 | Race, Gender, Intersectionality

According to Priya Kandaswamy, race is socially constructed, and that process takes place within a heavily gendered context. In fact, she asserts, race is fundamentally inseparable from gender,...

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Tues 4.29.14 | Race, Gender, Intersectionality

According to Priya Kandaswamy, race is socially constructed, and that process takes place within a heavily gendered context. In fact, she asserts, race is fundamentally inseparable from gender,...

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Tues 6.23.15 | When Soviet Welfare Ended

Welfare supports were a fundamental feature of the Soviet Union. But then the USSR collapsed, leaving millions of Russians without either good-paying jobs or state assistance. Marianna Pavlovskaya...

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