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politics Casual sexism, British-style, in the Houses of Parliament Rob Beschizza

History Hurricane Maria started in 1898: how America spent more than a century brutalizing Puerto Rico Cory Doctorow

run Creepy heroin PSA Carla Sinclair

big brother Today: '1984' nationwide movie screening to protest current politics Carla Sinclair

books A week into the Trump Administration, dystopian books top charts Rob Beschizza

books George Orwell's letter from his former French teacher, Aldous Huxley, about Nineteen Eighty-Four David Pescovitz

writing Proselint is a "style checker" for your writing Rob Beschizza

security On whistleblowers and secrecy: What author Barry Eisler said to a room of ex-intelligence officers Barry Eisler

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