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Livia Gershon

Livia Gershon is a freelance writer in Nashua, New Hampshire. Her writing has appeared in publications including Salon, Aeon Magazine and the Good Men Project. Contact her on Twitter @liviagershon.

Education & Society

The Story of the First High School LGBT Group

The first high school LGBT group started in the 1970s.
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Business & Economics

When Migrant Workers are ‘Family’

Migrant workers and "moral economy"
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Education & Society

A Short History of Standardized Tests

The origins of standardized tests.
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Business & Economics

Reproductive Technology, Motherhood, and Feminism

Would advanced reproductive technology advance professional opportunities for women? Early feminist thinkers debate.
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Education & Society

Should Education Be Efficient?

What do education leaders mean by "efficient" schools?
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Politics & Government

Could Day Fines Improve the U.S. Justice System?

Are day fines a possible solution for the U.S. criminal justice system?
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Business & Economics

The Biggest US Housing Subsidy is For The Rich

The National Tax Journal looked at how significant the US housing subsidy is and what the effects of repealing or altering it would be.
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Politics & Government

How to Create False Witnesses

How "secondary confessions" lead to false witnesses in testimonies.
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Business

Why Retail Workers Depend on Merciful Supervisors

What's the best benefit retail workers could ask for? An understanding supervisor.
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Politics & Government

Civil Rights and Private Property Rights

The connection between civil rights and private property rights as they play out in the 1960s and now.
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Business

Putting CEO Pay in an International Context

Differences in CEO Pay in countries like the U.S., Japan, and Israel.
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Education & Society

Is Marriage a Solution to Poverty?

Is marriage a solution to poverty?
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Education & Society

Is TV for Toddlers Really that Bad?

BabyFirstTV, a channel aimed specifically at toddlers is headed for US TV.
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Politics & Government

Do Police Deter Crime?

Is there a connection between larger police forces and lower crime rates?
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Education & Society

Medically Assisted Suicide, Christianity, and Confucius

The debate on medically assisted suicide often pits Christian and secular liberal values against each other.
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Politics & History

The Psychological Power of the Confederate Flag

An experiment in Political Psychology points to just how powerful the confederate flag continues to be in stirring up racist attitudes among whites.
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Education

The Value of Women’s Colleges: A View from the 1930s

Sweet Briar College's decision to shut its doors has put a spotlight on the decline of women's colleges.
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Business

Why Do White-Collar Criminals Do It?

Former Tyco CEO and infamous white-collar criminal L. Dennis Kozlowski recently ended his parole
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Business & Economics

What Happens to Kids When You Give Families a Universal Basic Income?

A town in Cherokee, North Carolina is an experiment on how a universal basic income affects kids.
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Education & Society

Poor Kids, Social Mobility, and Their Contexts

A different angle on the issue of poor kids in America and abroad in an issue of Ethos
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Politics & History

Obscenity and Unintended Consequences

In the Journal of American Studies, Amanda Frisken investigated how an earlier set of standards around obscenity emerged in the 1870s.
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Business

Why Higher Pay Can Be Good for Business

Higher pay for workers can be a good move for firms even beyond PR.
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Education

Teaching Facts and Values in Public Schools

For most of the country's history, teaching "moral facts" was the main duty of the public schools.
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Politics & History

Anonymity and Public Debate—in the 1800s

But 150 years ago in Great Britain, the question of what role anonymity should play in public discourse looked completely different than today.
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Education

Fraternities, Sororities, and Racism

Complex racial dynamics affect members of non-white fraternities even when they didn't involve explicit racism.

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