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Bodies

Female Futures on a Chip

Could a USB-sized vagina model unlock women’s healthcare?

by Katie Dancey-Downs

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Work

The Fingerprint Brief

by Cara Marsh Sheffler

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LGBTQ+

100 Meters of Freedom

by Cecilia Nowell

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Books

The Monster Mash of Imperialism

by Cara Marsh Sheffler

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Community

The Grief Keepers

by Jungwon Kim

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Old Friends

Can Siblings Eventually Become Friends?

by Niya Doyle

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Old Friends

Everyone Needs an Intergenerational Friendship

by Erin Zimmer Strenio

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Old Friends

Friends from Far Afield

by Francisco Attié

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Old Friends

Befriending My Reflection

by Allison Baker

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Book of the Month: “Carrying” by Samantha Josephs

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“You all owe somebody with a womb. The very least you could do is make sure that when they hit menopause, their life doesn’t suck.”

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Down-Ballot

Bail On the Ballot

by Elisabeth Gawthrop

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Down-Ballot

“There Will Never Be a Separation of Church and State”

by Cody D. Short

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Down-Ballot

When the Future of Bodily Autonomy Is in Question

by Hojung Lee

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Down-Ballot

When a Kid Just Wants To Play Sports

by Tiffany Nieslanik

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Down-Ballot

Why Ask Voters to Provide ID If It’s Already Required?

by Zuri White-Gibson

The Archive

Culture

A Somali Archive of Our Own

by Jamila Osman

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Soapbox

A Letter to the Chads from a Doll

by Allison Baker

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War

The Things Children Carry

by Hassan Herzallah

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Essay

In Defense of Difficulty

by Marianne Eloise

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History

Warnings from the Museum

by Katie Dancey-Downs

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