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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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A clear generation gap separates pre- and post- Stonewall homosexuals. That doesn’t mean young people face an easy road ahead, says human rights activist Tim McCarthy.
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Historian Tim McCarthy argues that new media isn’t necessarily the best method for organizing the next great social movement.
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Why hasn’t the president signed an executive order to overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?”
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There’s a reason Harvard lecturer Tim McCarthy uses hip hop to teach students about the evolution and devolution of urban youth protest.
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Human rights advocate Tim McCarthy worries that there’s been an overemphasis on fighting for a right that shouldn’t be at the forefront of the gay rights movement.
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Historian Tim McCarthy sees pros and cons to using the riots as a point of origin for the gay rights movement.
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The community is thrilled by recent progress, but frustration still lingers, says Tim McCarthy, founding member of Obama’s National LGBT Leadership Council.
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Ted Kennedy was a model American politician: he rose from a famous family, had significant personal wealth and connections, endured scandals, and was a shrewd political operator. But what set […]
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Noam Chomsky recounts how his anti-Vietnam War activities nearly jeopardized his family.
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The MIT linguistics professor on life without his wife.
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Noam Chomsky contemplates the basic, yet still unanswerable, questions of linguistics.
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While The Ford Motor Company made news this afternoon with its first quarterly profits in more than four years, Noam Chomsky explains why vague references to ‘cost-cutting’ and a dependence […]
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Noam Chomsky laments the wide gulf between public policy and public attitudes towards the cost of drugs.
In a functioning democracy, Noam Chomsky claims, people would celebrate on tax day—why then do most Americans view every April 15th as a day of mourning?
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Noam Chomsky discusses the limits of civic participation in the U.S., and the extensive efforts that political and business elites have made to keep it that way.
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Noam Chomsky explains why “that feeling of helplessness” and “impotence” is the natural response to American democracy.
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Obama hasn’t disappointed Chomsky yet–but the linguist didn’t expect much from him anyway.
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Alec Ross fell into his technology advisory position in the Office of the Secretary of State after spending years dedicated to fighting poverty.
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A conversation with the senior adviser for innovation in the Office of the Secretary of State.
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Alec Ross describes how the Obama campaign’s openness to new technology allowed fresh faces to flourish and forever changed politics.