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How Cities Benefit From Citizens United
In liberal circles, unregulated campaign finance is often portrayed as the “Big Bad Wolf” blowing down the house of American democracy....
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Nov 13, 20143 min read


Re-inflating the Housing Bubble
This year, the Mortgage Bankers Association chose an unintentionally revealing location for their annual conference — a Las Vegas casino....
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Nov 12, 20146 min read


Simulating the Apocalypse: What Are War Games Really For?
There were no newly constructed battle arenas, nor were there hordes of soldiers with unloaded guns. The war game that took place on...
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Nov 11, 20145 min read


The Next ISIS Moment: Afghanistan’s Impending Catastrophe
The Kashmir musk deer is a curious creature. Unlike its American brethren, it’s endangered, elusive and adorned with fangs. Scientists...
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Nov 10, 20145 min read


The Struggle Over Bulgaria
Russian incursions into Ukraine have many people saying that the realpolitik of the Cold War has returned to the global stage. After a...
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Nov 9, 20144 min read


Laverne Cox: Bridging the Gap Between Fame and Reality
On October 17, Laverne Cox premiered her new documentary, Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, on MTV and LOGO. In the hour-long film, seven...
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Nov 9, 20145 min read


A Different Kind of Consumption: Black Friday and Thanksgiving
As Thanksgiving rolls around, eager shoppers jump at the abundance of Black Friday sales. Last year, Black Friday was taken to a whole...
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Nov 9, 20143 min read


Moving at a Different Pace: The Church Misunderstood
From October 5 to 19, the third ever Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops was held in Vatican City. The reason for this...
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Nov 8, 20145 min read


How the Common Core Became a Talking Point
Since the Common Core’s creation in 2009, forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core as a set of...
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Nov 7, 20145 min read


Supply, Demand and Textbooks: Curricula in the Market of Ideas
Earlier this month, students and teachers from the suburban Jefferson County, Colorado received national media coverage after skipping...
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Nov 4, 20144 min read


Reframing Radicalism: Le Pen’s Chance to Change France
In the 2012 presidential election in France, furor and excitement surrounded the National Front (FN, after the French name for Front...
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Nov 3, 20145 min read


Stateless but Imperative: Haitian Workers in the Dominican Economy
Chiero Ferristal, born in Haiti, has been working as a subway construction worker in the neighboring Dominican Republic since crossing...
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Nov 3, 20145 min read


Tackling Sexual and Domestic Violence: Whose Responsibility Is It?
Sexual assault and domestic violence have long dominated national attention. However, in response to the increasingly disparate nature of...
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Nov 2, 20144 min read


The Effect of “Beauty” Standards in Professional America
This April, the US military authorized new hair regulations that prohibited several natural black hairstyles, including dreadlocks,...
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Nov 2, 20145 min read


Japan’s Complicated Relationship with North Korea
In a time of highly tense relations with its powerhouse neighbors, Japanese relations with its notoriously malevolent neighbor, North...
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Nov 1, 20144 min read


A Wildcard Race in Staten Island
The New York Times branded him the “main contender for New York’s most-embarrassing-candidate-of-the-year award,” and The Daily Show made...
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Nov 1, 20144 min read


Why Don’t Democrats Care About Ohio?
It is becoming clear that Ohio’s status as a swing state is coming into question; the Republican Party has made active and deliberate...
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Oct 31, 20145 min read


Is your Sri Lankan a Filipino? The Case of Sri Lankan Domestic Workers
“Srilankitak filipiniyeh?” asked a young schoolboy to one of his classmates. This question literally means, “Is your Sri Lankan a...
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Oct 31, 20145 min read


Yemen: The Importance of Success in a Failed State
On Christmas Day, 2009, the United States almost suffered another 9/11. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian, attempted to...
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Oct 30, 20144 min read


Ambassadorship for Sale
In February 2014, Noah Bryson Mamet told the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee that he had never been to Argentina. He was speaking at...
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Oct 30, 20146 min read
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