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A new analysis of over 400 actors shows that gender discrimination plays a major role in Hollywood salaries.
Most religions depict the afterlife as Club Med for young people.
Leaders like Ford Foundation President Darren Walker are the exception.
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Some have started to frame Thunberg's activism in messianistic terms – and this can serve as fodder for climate deniers.
The persistence of this trope might say something about the barriers women in media continue to face.
Reading books from people with diverse backgrounds is good for kids.
From the beginning, National Public Radio vowed that it would speak with 'many voices.'
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Hoffa's ghost continues to haunt the labor movement.
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A new study highlights the importance of the 'intergroup sensitivity effect' in comedy, which gives people license…
Americans truly value local news. But 71% think that their local news outlets are doing just fine financially – which…
Stories like 'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and 'Jane Eyre' are still…