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Maya K. Francis

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Some People Think We Have No Obligations to the Homeless

Francis: Here’s why those people are wrong.

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The Millennial Revolution: Diversity Isn’t Just a Nice Idea

It’s an expectation

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Will We Ever Stop Buying What Disney’s Peddling?

Francis: Screwed up teens suspended in forced adolescence.

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Wait, Is Hook-Up Culture Ruining Boys?

For all the hand-wringing about what it’s doing to girls, it appears they may be better equipped for it emotionally.

George Zimmerman, acquitted in the high-profile killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, listens in court Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, in Sanford, Fla., during his hearing on charges including aggravated assault stemming from a fight with his girlfriend. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)
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Anyone Still Buying Zimmerman’s Passivity?

Francis: He’s facing new allegations of domestic abuse. Will justice be done?

Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his family as they exit a polling station, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 in the Park Slope neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. De Blasio is running against Republican candidate Joseph Lhota. From left, daughter, Chiara, de Blasio, wife Chirlane McCray and son, Dante. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Richard Cohen, Gag on This

Francis: What’s really behind the columnist’s comments about Bill de Blasio’s bi-racial family.

Don Lemon on CNN
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Don Lemon a Hypocrite on Stop-and-Frisk

“Would you rather be politically correct or safe and alive?”

Baby with ipad
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Would You Let Apple Babysit Your Child?

Technology and kids: How much is too much? How soon is too soon?

Lena Dunham
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Lena Dunham on the Cover of Vogue?

How women are shifting the balance of power in image-obsessed Hollywood.

Philadelphia School District Building
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Tutor Learning Realities of School Budget Cuts

A first-hand account of how the education crisis is failing Philly kids.

Capitol Building
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Miriam Carey Was Unarmed When She Was Killed

Are journalists bored because she wasn’t a terrorist?

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Showtime’s New Masters of Sex Pushes Buttons

But can a show that’s all about libido work out its own kinks?

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Why I’m Quitting Comcast (Again)

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Nina Davuluri: Our Most American Miss America Yet?

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In Syria, Will Obama Get U.S. Into “Dumb,” “Rash” War?