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Nathaniel Frank

Nathaniel Frank is an historian, author, and strategist who spent two decades at the Palm Center researching LGBTQ military service. Currently the director of the What We Know Project at Cornell’s Center for the Study of Inequality, he is author, most recently, of Awakening: How Gays and Lesbians Brought Marriage Equality to America.

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TRUE CRIME

Boston Strangler Truth Is Even More Disturbing Than Fiction

Everything starts to unravel when you separate fact from fiction in the new Hulu film “Boston Strangler.” Warning: Spoilers ahead.

Nathaniel Frank

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opinion
OWN IT

Dems Should Campaign as the ‘Party of Democracy’

Only one party currently stands for improving the lives of Americans and maintaining small “d” democratic ideals.

Evan Wolfson

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