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You want a Confederate monument? My body is a Confederate monument (sexual assault trigger warning) Article 423 words 20 votes
Confessions of a former bastard cop - An essay by a former police officer on why police are like this Article 5462 words 29 votes
Philip Manshaus's trial raises important questions about the role of freedom of speech in enabling far-right extremism Article 1247 words 5 votes
Why I’m learning more with distance learning than I do in school education Article 155 words, published May 5 2020 8 votes
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For my series The Cold Swedish Winter I've spent the last four series cracking jokes about the Swedes – but what kind of thing makes the Swedes themselves laugh? Article 187 words 6 votes
'You don't have to settle': the joy of living (and dying) alone relationships Article 1256 words 10 votes
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I lost my job for keeping Charlottesville police accountable. I'd do it again Article 808 words 12 votes
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In Iceland I found I couldn't write – but then I started to notice small things Article 782 words 6 votes
Dog funerals may sound self-indulgent, but there should be no shame in pet grief Article 860 words 11 votes
When I went on Newstart I knew it would be hard but I wasn’t prepared for the mental load Article 1088 words 16 votes
Hasina Shirzad – After leaving Afghanistan I was unprepared for life in a country where tasks are not strictly divided between the sexes Article 640 words 10 votes
I was sexually assaulted. And I believe incarcerating rapists doesn’t help victims like me Article 901 words, published Jul 18 2019 7 votes