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Andreas Wittel (Nottingham Trent): Counter-commodification: The Economy of Contribution in the Digital Commons. From The Nation, a special issue on marijuana. The eyes are increasingly dirty windows into the soul. “Today I was refused entrance to the U.S.”: Josh Alvizu and Jason Groves on Ilija Trojanow and U.S. securitarianism. How much will it cost to make these racist old men go away? Getting Richard Cohen and Ray Kelly out of public life might cost some money, but it's worth it. Comicbook superheroes live in a world where individuals can change with ease into objects, think out loud, or kill with a stare, yet they fight only to maintain the status quo — how would it be different if superheroes were the people who are oppressed? Charles Ornstein on why healthcare.gov broke: Two competing story lines. Just how badly are we overfishing the oceans? Brad Plumer investigates. The pain of torture lasts forever: A study of Israeli veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War finds that torture permanently alters a person's perception of pain. Jesse Bering on five sex research pioneers you’ve probably never heard of. Mary McCarthy on the top eight things wacky conservative blogs have in common. David Catanese on the next big fight between Hillary Clinton and liberals. Andrew Beaujon on how Betsy Rothstein, Washington's strangest gossip, does not explain Washington. Dave Shilling signs up for the Ayn Rand fan club dating site, Atlasphere.