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Kids Doing Life – Transcript

by Brenda Salinas

  • August 23, 2016

HOST INTRODUCTION: When you’re sixteen or seventeen do you really think about what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with? Sometimes, sure. But not all the time. There’s science to show that teens don’t…

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Kids Doing Life

by Brenda Salinas

  • August 23, 2016

When you’re sixteen or seventeen do you really think about what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with? Sometimes, sure. But not all the time. There’s science to show that teens don’t think like…

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Massive Excitement and Farcical Rationale – SCOTUS 2015

by Hadar Aviram

  • June 29, 2015

It has certainly been a momentous week of Supreme Court decisions, and in the massive excitement about upholding the Affordable Care Act and legalizing same-sex marriage, the mixed news in the criminal justice field may…

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No Way for Anyone to Live: Pathology, Materialism and Hoarders

by Hadar Aviram

  • January 20, 2015

The reality show Hoarders, now in its sixth season, reflects back to us who we are—our social classes, our assumptions about pathology, and our willingness to fight back.

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The Sad Plausibility of Conspiracy Theories

by Hadar Aviram

  • December 10, 2014

Conspiracy theories abound and did before the release of the torture report. Hadar Aviram reflects on what they mean, and why they matter.

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Who Owns the Soccer Field? A Parable of Gentrification, Law and Economics

by Hadar Aviram

  • October 17, 2014

This past week, the following fascinating video made the rounds on social networks: Here’s what happens. The Mission soccer field in San Francisco is run by a long tradition of pick-up soccer, by which teams of…

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Smart Stuff: What Nonmonogamous Relationship Activists Can Learn from Same-Sex Marriage Success

by Hadar Aviram

  • October 15, 2014

On October 6, the Supreme Court denied review, without comment, of all seven petitions addressing state court decisions to overturn same-sex marriage bans. The practical implication of these decisions is that same-sex marriage will become…

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Marital Infidelity and the Public/Private Divide

by Hadar Aviram

  • August 26, 2014

I’ve just read this U.S. News editorial suggesting that the American public has come full circle in its approach toward infidelity of public figures. It echoes some thoughts I had after watching a few episodes of Scandal, House of…

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CA Death Row Ruling of Enormous Importance

by Hadar Aviram, Professor of Law, UC Hastings

  • July 18, 2014

“If the state does not appeal the decision, it has huge consequences not only in California, but nation wide.”

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