Author Archive
Susan J. Douglas
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Want To Fix the Debates? Shut Down the Trump-Style Theatrics.
The sensationalist, ratings-first format needs to change—and candidates should boycott debates until it does. MORE
Views · September 9, 2019
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Why the Weinstein Story Has Been So Huge
Until we confront rape culture as a whole, the #MeToo testimonies will continue. MORE
Features · October 30, 2017
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Why Toxic Masculinity Hurts Men as Well as Women
Feminists and progressives need to highlight toxic masculinity's poisonous effects on not just the marginalized, but men as well. MORE
Views · July 18, 2017
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Even by Trump’s Own Standards, His Budget Is Terrible
Trickle-down tax cuts and slashes to social spending aren't the path to a competitive economy. MORE
Views · June 12, 2017
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Another War, Another Blitzerkrieg
It's time to question CNN's decades of enthusiastic war coverage. MORE
Views · May 16, 2017
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How Trump’s Arts and Research Cuts Hurt His Supporters
Trump's budget poses a particular threat to those who voted for him. MORE
Views · April 14, 2017
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Trump vs. the Media: Who Will Win?
The media and Trump are in an all-out battle. Here’s what the mainstream press is doing well and what it needs to do better. MORE
Views · March 17, 2017
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If Nixon Could Tweet
The similarities between our current president and Tricky Dick don't bode well for the country—or for Trump. MORE
Views · March 2, 2017
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The GOP’s Healthcare Plans Have Awakened the Wrath of a Powerful Constituency: Older Americans
Baby boomers won't take cuts to Medicare and Social Security without a fight. MORE
Views · January 19, 2017
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Donald Trump’s Plans Are Incredibly Unpopular
The president-elect is missing a mandate in more ways than one. MORE
Views · December 30, 2016
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The Woman Who Might Have Been President
It's time to talk about sexism. MORE
Features · November 28, 2016
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Should Silicon Valley Really Be Allowed To Decide What Is and Isn’t Hate Speech?
The internet is a bastion of free speech—but that's not always a good thing. MORE
Views · September 23, 2016
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Hillary: Here’s a Stake, Find Neoliberalism’s Heart
We need Clinton to take up Bernie Sanders' progressive charge and end the long reign of market fundamentalism. MORE
Views · August 24, 2016
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‘Marketplace Feminism’ and the Commodification of Empowerment
Andi Zeisler's new book We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement takes on corporate exploitation of the feminist movement. MORE
Views · July 12, 2016
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You Don’t Have to Like Hillary Clinton—But Sexist Attacks On Her Supporters Are Shameful
The gendered attacks against Clinton and her supporters must come to an end. MORE
Views · June 20, 2016
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Ted Cruz’s ‘Lucifer’ Problem
If no Senators, Republican or Democrat, like Ted Cruz, why should American voters? MORE
Views · May 2, 2016
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From Broad City to the Era of the Single, Independent Woman: Female Solidarity Has Gone Mainstream
Amy Schumer, Samantha Bee and Rebecca Traister herald a new epoch of female independence MORE
Views · April 11, 2016
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How Bernie Sanders Bridged a Generational Divide
The 74-year old Sanders has proved to be the anti-greedy geezer. MORE
Views · March 17, 2016
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Without Black Lives Matter, Would Flint’s Water Crisis Have Made Headlines?
The mainstream media learns what 'environmental racism' means. MORE
Views · February 10, 2016
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How Donald Trump Hopes to John Wayne His Way Into the White House
Why the American Hero trope is so dangerous MORE
Views · January 20, 2016
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The Right’s Response to the Paris Attacks Is Shameful and Opportunistic
Trump et al. should take a lesson from a 4-year-old boy in Paris. MORE
Views · December 9, 2015
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The United States’ Deplorable Parental Leave Policies Are Hurting Our Kids’ Futures
While wealthy parents pour more resources into their children's futures, middle- and lower-income families are being squeezed, resulting in an education gap MORE
Views · November 5, 2015
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How To Make a Baby, Hyperintentionally
Modern Families explores the beauty of unconventional families—and the difficult and sometimes-repellant process of creating them MORE
Features · October 13, 2015
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These Jimmy Carter Speeches Show Why He Was a Radical President
Carter's forgotten legacy: his radical speeches while in office. We've shifted so far to the right that it's astounding to recall that a sitting president talked like this. MORE
Views · September 16, 2015
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The NRA’s Bully Pulpit
America's most dangerous nonprofit has a stranglehold on public policy. MORE
Views · July 8, 2015
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Is Our Politicians Learning?
The most formidable challenger for Jeb Bush is his own brother’s legacy. MORE
Views · June 11, 2015
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Presidential Hopeful Scott Walker’s Higher Education Deficit
What do you do after gutting public-sector unions? Gut public universities, it seems. MORE
Views · May 11, 2015
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Ready for a Woman, But Not Hillary Clinton
She may be a feminist, but Hillary Clinton's policies and demeanor fit nicely with the old boys' club on Capitol Hill. MORE
Views · April 13, 2015
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A New Magazine for the 1%
The redesigned New York Times Magazine aims for a global outlook, but comes off as elitist. MORE
Views · February 27, 2015
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We Can’t All Just Get Along
In our era of polarization, one party is guiltier than the other. MORE
Views · December 15, 2014
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Football: Nothing Left to Cheer For
How can fans respond to the rash of brutality on and off the field? MORE
Views · November 21, 2014
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#BlackTwitter and the Revolutionary Power of Horizontal Networks
The online reaction to Ferguson shows the importance of 'mass self-communication' that isn't controlled by government or corporations. MORE
Views · August 26, 2014
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Rape Culture Reality Check
How can we tell if we have a 'rape culture'? MORE
Views · June 30, 2014
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Information Highway Robbery
Minimizing our digital footprints isn't easy. MORE
Views · May 28, 2014
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I Know Weather Porn When I See It
This winter, the sensationalized coverage of the cold distracted from the realities of climate change. MORE
Views · April 16, 2014
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Why Stuart Hall Mattered
The Marxist intellectual revolutionized how we think about pop culture. But the U.S. media barely noted his death. MORE
Views · March 14, 2014
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Grand Old Race-Baiting
Ian Haney López's new book argues that conservatives have subtly exploited racism to disenfranchise us all. MORE
Views · February 14, 2014
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We Shot John Lennon
50 years ago, the Beatles ran afoul of America's pathologies. MORE
Views · February 6, 2014
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Dumbing America Down
The Right wants us to think higher education has no value. MORE
Views · January 3, 2014
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What Our Country Has Done for Us
The high hopes of JFK's day have mostly been dashed. MORE
Views · October 31, 2013
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The War on the Gullible
75 years after the 'War of the Worlds' broadcast, Americans are still panicked by fake news. MORE
Views · October 30, 2013
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Mining Your Life for Their Profit
A behind-the-screens look at how Internet giants sell your personal information. MORE
Views · September 29, 2013
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Girls Don’t Just Want to Have Fun
As state legislatures attack women's reproductive rights, the media focus elsewhere. MORE
Views · August 20, 2013
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GOP: Masters of Media
As the GOP slashes the social safety net, the party seizes on 'scandals' to distract the public. MORE
Views · June 12, 2013
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How Breaking News Broke in Boston
The media continues to come up short, precisely when it matters most. MORE
Features · May 7, 2013
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The Digital Education Divide
Massive Open Online Courses threaten to aggravate the problems they were designed to solve. MORE
Views · April 24, 2013
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Bingeing on Food Porn
How foodie magazines aid and abet Big Food. MORE
Features · March 13, 2013
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NRA: No Research Allowed
Two reasons the NRA is like Big Tobacco. MORE
Views · February 21, 2013
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A Farewell to Arms
The framers' intent for "a well-regulated militia" may have meant...well, regulation. MORE
Views · January 22, 2013
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Hangovers, Electoral and Otherwise
So what are we to make of this election? MORE
Views · November 17, 2012
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