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Caged Resistance: California’s Proposition 2 and Animal Welfare
January 1st, 2015 has been on every American egg farmer’s mind since 2008. On that date, California’s landmark Proposition 2, officially...
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Feb 22, 20156 min read


How The Vatican Took A Page From the GOP Playbook
This week, Slovaks voted on a referendum that would have banned same-sex marriage in the country as well as adoption by same-sex couples....
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Feb 21, 20156 min read


Narcan: Can We Do It?
On February 5, the Rhode Island House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare heard testimony from supporters of a bill that would...
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Feb 21, 20155 min read


Safe Sex, Endangered Speech
San Fernando Valley, a part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, is home to upwards of one million residents and was, at one point,...
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Feb 20, 20155 min read


Technical Foul: Obama, a Split GOP and Stadium Financing
President Barack Obama recently unveiled his nearly $4 trillion budget, and it immediately made waves. As the unabashedly liberal wish...
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Feb 20, 20154 min read


Leaving Saudi Arabia Behind
On January 23rd, a new king acceded the throne as head of the House of Saud and leader of Saudi Arabia in a smooth and uneventful...
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Feb 20, 20155 min read


The Sound of Understanding: Music and International Relations
Political conflict and international relations aren’t usually the first things that come to mind when listening to classical music. As a...
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Feb 19, 20155 min read


Asking the Right Questions: What Charlie Hebdo Really Taught Us
“Tragic Ball in Colombey – one dead”. This was to be the last headline of “Hara-Kiri”, predecessor to Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical...
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Feb 18, 20155 min read


Water Wars in São Paolo
In São Paolo, water consumption remains high, rainwater is at a record low and, not too suddenly, the city is facing its worst hydric...
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Feb 18, 20156 min read


A More Perfect Censor: Self-Censorship in Film
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of the Supreme Court, the same Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of such cases as Roe V. Wade, United States...
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Feb 18, 20154 min read


Badluck Jonathan
Valentine’s Day was another day of broken hearts, this year in Nigeria. February 14 was scheduled to be the date of the upcoming...
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Feb 17, 20154 min read


Beakers Versus Ballots: The Lack of Science Savvy Politicians
“I’m not a scientist.” Such was the key 2014 Republican talking point on climate change for both potential candidates and GOP party...
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Feb 17, 20156 min read


Guys, Geeks and Gals: What the Media Missed About the Misogyny of Nerd Culture
The day before Anita Sarkeesian, the founder of Feminist Frequency, was scheduled to talk at Utah State University, administration...
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Feb 16, 20157 min read
Argentina’s Accusations Tango
On January 18, the prominent Argentine lawyer Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires. Nisman had been...
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Feb 16, 20156 min read


Red Circle: Japanese Terror and the Middle East
In spite of distance and lack of discussion in the news media, the East Asian nation of Japan has played a very important role in the...
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Feb 16, 20155 min read


What it Means to be Jewish in American Politics
A Pew Research graphic illustrating the religious makeup of the 114th Congress, via the Pew Research Center. Do American politicians see...
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Feb 15, 20154 min read


Organized Labor’s Fight for Survival
On January 26, the Supreme Court received a petition to hear Friedrichs vs. California Teacher’s Association. Although the case is yet to...
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Feb 14, 20156 min read


Radicalization Behind Bars: Reexamining Extremism in Post-Attack France
Have you stopped playing sports? Do the TV shows you used to love no longer interest you? Are you spending more time alone or thinking of...
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Feb 14, 20156 min read
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[Liveblog]: France’s 9/11? A Teach-In
In the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris a number of debates have re-emerged in Europe around the status of immigrant...
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Jan 28, 20151 min read


A House Divided: The Decline of Civil Order in Hong Kong
The government exists to plan for the future, but what do you do if your future no longer wants you? This is the existential crisis...
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Jan 26, 20154 min read
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