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The World’s Oldest Profession
For the past decade, progressive discourse around sex work has revolved around which comprehensive national legal...
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May 2, 20233 min read


French Kiss Your Privacy Goodbye
In 2024, exactly one hundred years after Paris last hosted the Summer Olympics, France will once again welcome the Games. With an economy...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


You Can’t Sit With Us
It would take Russian forces 60 hours to reach all three Baltic capitals. In less than three days, NATO members Latvia, Lithuania, and...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


When Socrates Preached Racism
Greece is undeniably beautiful: a Mediterranean haven that promises a rich, historic culture and a gorgeously blue sea. Or so argues the...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


A Critique of Consent
Before getting in bed, classmates-turned-lovers Marianne and Connell take each other’s clothing off piece by piece. The two take a moment...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


The War On Drill
Last year, 16-year-old James Bascoe-Smith was stabbed near his home in south London. From his wheelchair, Bascoe-Smith testified at the...
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Mar 14, 20234 min read


A Rose By Any Other Name
Why would a country choose to change its name? Historically, name changes have often followed regime changes, especially after...
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Feb 28, 20234 min read


Down Goes Tangier
In 2015, researchers from the US Army Corps of Engineers published findings that, to Chesapeake Bay area residents, were likely...
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Feb 27, 20234 min read


Hyding in Plain Sight
“I’m not going to be able to do anything more… this is my only option,” a single working-mother of three told a phone counselor at the...
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Feb 27, 20236 min read


Somalia Syndrome
In 1993, the United States launched a series of raids on Mogadishu, Somalia so disastrous and publicly humiliating that they would...
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Feb 22, 20234 min read


Uprooting Insecurity
In 1967, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased 40 acres of land in the Mississippi Delta. This plot was to be the headquarters...
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Feb 7, 20233 min read


Corrupt Coalition
On September 8, 2022, Mexican deputies voted to pass a constitutional amendment granting the Ministry of National Defense control over...
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Feb 5, 20233 min read


Borderline
It may be forever unknown whether a London barrister named Sir Cyril Radcliffe, sketching a map in the summer of 1947, pondered the words...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Leaving Legacies Behind
The Supreme Court is poised to rule that affirmative action is unconstitutional when it hears cases this fall. If the Court makes such a...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Waking Up From Pipe Dreams
The residents of Yazoo County, Mississippi were confronted with a danger the world had yet to witness in February 2020: a carbon dioxide...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Raiders of the Lost Art
Stories of valiant archeologists who discover and expropriate ancient and powerful artifacts out of dangerous locales have long captured...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Ego, ENLARGED
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Take ‘The Line’—a megacity under construction with two parallel skyscrapers stretching 170...
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Feb 5, 20236 min read


Everyday He’s Hustlin’
“A village boy has become the president of Kenya,” William Ruto proclaimed during his September 13 victory speech. A crowd of tens of...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


The Most Dangerous Commute
Despite being one of the biggest stars in the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB), Yasiel Puig lived off of a meager $17 per month. With his...
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Jan 17, 20236 min read


The Greatest Threat to Peace In Europe That You’ve Probably Never Heard About
As a grotesque, albeit limited, conflict in Ukraine sows fear across the West, some are wondering who could be capable of sparking...
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Jan 17, 20235 min read
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