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You Gotta Have Heart: A Response to Critics of “Why I’m Not an Organ Donor”

By Kristel Clayville

…inds of support. This kind of work is an uphill battle. I don’t anticipate changes any time soon. But isn’t it the case that not being a donor just makes the organ scarcity worse? Maybe. But almost all aspects of the economy run on scarcity, either real or imagined. Since I interpret the organ donation system as an economy, I assume that even a lack of real scarcity will lead to the creation of imagined scarcity. Does anyone really think that when…

Mitt Romney’s Honesty Problem

By Joanna Brooks

…mney candidacy. For even if we make allowances for a couple of substantial changes of mind or heart—and certainly every life deserves a few—there is enough videotape out there to make a pretty compelling case that for Romney, calculation prevails over principles in matters political, and that when confronted with questions about his own changes in position, rather than indulge in a candid (and humanizing) bit of public self-examination, the candid…

Gay, Black, and Muslim: “Naz & Maalik” Challenges Easy Assumptions About Progress

By Zannah Kimbrel

…scrimination that they face from outside of their community. As Naz notes, change is not the same thing as progress. Naz: “You think the world’s getting better?” Maalik: “Yeah.” Naz: “Mmm. I don’t think so. Change gets too much credit. They confuse it with progress. They don’t even realize the truth” Lesbians and gays in the US have made great strides toward equality, but that does not mean that progress has been achieved for all—especially if thi…

Perry Gives Huntsman Best Week of His Campaign

By Joanna Brooks

…ion as a “gap”-filled “theory that’s out there.” Perry’s attack on climate change was debunked by the Washington Post “Fact Checker” column, which gave him “four pinocchios” for claiming that the evidence on climate change was falling into scientific disrepute. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is on record expressing his belief that humans have contributed to global warming. And Utah governor Jon Huntsman joined him, taking a shot at Perry b…