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Claire Gordon

Staff Writer

Claire Gordon has contributed to Slate's DoubleX, the Huffington Post, and the book Prisons: Current Controversies. While an undergraduate at Yale University and a research fellow at Yale graduate school, she spoke on panels at Yale and Cornell, and reported from Cairo, Tokyo, and Berlin.

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Amy's Baking Company Has Epic Facebook Fail

A Scottsdale, Ariz., pizzeria made TV history Friday, when Gordon Ramsay walked off an episode of "Kitchen Nightmares" for the first time. But that was just the start of the bad press for Amy's Baking Company, after the restaurant's social media accounts blew up with salty language that would make even Ramsay...

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The Worst Year To Graduate From College

The Worst Year To Graduate From College

Congratulations Class of 2013! And condolences. You are joining the elite brigade of recession-era graduates, with wages that researchers say will be depressed for years to come! For this luckless group, AOL Jobs thought it would offer a silver lining. At least you maybe weren't the worst of the worst. Check...

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Nevada Brothels Hit Hard By Recession

Nevada Brothels Hit Hard By Recession

Luxury industries took a major hit during the recession, particularly the business of sin. Gambling revenues on the Las Vegas Strip plummeted 14 percent, and casino construction ground to a halt. And although the recession has technically ended, sex is still not selling so well. The legal brothel industry in...

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Ariz. Cop Gives Bike To Teen Who Walks 9 Miles To Work

Ariz. Cop Gives Bike To Teen Who Walks 9 Miles To Work

You might think that kids today are entitled and self-absorbed, too busy watering their virtual tomatoes and tweeting their breakfast to know the meaning of hard work. But every now and again a story comes out that seems to bust this myth. The latest comes from Arizona, where a police officer pulled over a...

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Wet Seal Pays Out $7.5 Million In Horrendous Race-Bias Suit

Wet Seal Pays Out $7.5 Million In Horrendous Race-Bias Suit

Teen clothing brand Wet Seal has reached a $7.5 million settlement over allegations that it horrendously discriminated against employees of color, because they didn't have the "white," "blue eye," "thin and blond" look the brand wanted, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Three former...

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High School Student Scolds Teacher For Apathy -- On Viral Video

High School Student Scolds Teacher For Apathy -- On Viral Video

In our ever-toxic education debate, we have politicians yelling at politicians, teachers yelling at administrators, unions yelling at pundits, and pundits yelling at everyone. But rarely do we hear a student yell at a teacher. In a video that's gone viral, a high school student in the Dallas suburb of...

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What Do Successful People Know About Achieving 'Balance'?

What Do Successful People Know About Achieving 'Balance'?

Everybody seems to have an opinion on the best ways to combine work and family without being consumed by stress and misery and doubt. But AOL Jobs contributor Laura Vanderkam has made it her business to figure out exactly how people manage their lives successfully, by the minute. She's investigated the...

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ABC News Producer Comes Out As Transgender

ABC News Producer Comes Out As Transgender

For six days, many of Don Ennis' 1,236 Facebook friends were a little confused. The ABC News producer started a countdown on his profile, hinting at a big change to come, posting videos of Sam Cooke singing "A Change Is Gonna Come," and Aretha Franklin and Luther Vandross covering Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna...

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S.C. Teacher Who Stomped On Flag Gets $85,000 Settlement

S.C. Teacher Who Stomped On Flag Gets $85,000 Settlement

In America, we have the freedom to desecrate the American flag. And if someone tries to...

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