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Enfranchising All
On election day in 2020, the Cook County Jail was busy. Individuals in the jail who retained their ability to vote were able to cast...
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Feb 17, 20225 min read


Beyond Paper Genocide: Taíno Recognition in Puerto Rico
The name of the influential ’90s Latin American metal band ANIMAL stands for Acosados Nuestros Indios Murieron Al Luchar, which roughly...
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Feb 17, 20227 min read


Deserted No More
Aiding Sahrawi refugees requires building improved infrastructure. Outside the city of Tindouf, in the desolate borderlands of Algeria,...
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Feb 10, 20225 min read


NOM NOM NOM-051: A look into the motivations and limitations of Mexico’s new food label law
Gone are the days of Tony the Tiger and Cap’n Crunch. In October 2020, the Mexican government implemented the New Mexico Food Law...
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Feb 10, 20223 min read
Off-target Alleviation: How poverty alleviation mandates harm the rituals of ethnic minorities in Ch
Located in southwest China, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture was recently named one of the most poverty-stricken regions in the country...
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Jan 30, 20225 min read
Untapped Potential: How geothermal energy from abandoned mines offers a sustainable energy alternati
British coal mines were central to the Industrial Revolution, fueling factories and heavy machinery at a previously unimaginable pace....
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Jan 22, 20225 min read


Relic or Relevant?
Is National Service in Singapore outdated or still necessary? After spending two years conscripted into Singapore’s army, I concluded my...
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Jan 22, 20223 min read


Despotic Development
How Ethiopia’s allegiance to the authoritarian development model has spurred economic progress at the expense of its population Few...
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Jan 22, 20226 min read


The Forgotten Ones
Surging anti-Semitism across the globe must be addressed and combatted, not ignored. History is prescient. A mere 80 years ago, World War...
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Jan 22, 20224 min read


Reserving Water for Reserves
How Canada can end long-term water advisories for First Nations communities This morning, I woke up feeling quite thirsty. “Well,” I...
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Jan 22, 20225 min read


Trees Are People Too
The environment deserves legal rights. On April 26, 2021, a wetland, two marshes, and two creeks sued a property developer in Orange...
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Jan 20, 20225 min read
International Whalefare: The case for legalized whaling
In 1982, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) passed a landmark moratorium that made all commercial whale hunts illicit. Despite...
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Jan 20, 20225 min read


Critical Cyber: Why the US government must incentivize private corporations to better protect consum
In June 2021, the information of 700 million LinkedIn users—more than 90 percent of the platform’s accounts—was leaked on the dark web,...
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Jan 20, 20224 min read
Condomnation
In the midst of an HIV epidemic, the Philippine government must break with the official Church stance and encourage the use of barrier...
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Jan 20, 20224 min read


DisArmorMent: How the US Marine Corps’s changing armor capabilities reflects the military’s shift to
During World War II, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) engaged in an island-hopping campaign against the Japanese Empire. 80 years...
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Jan 20, 20224 min read


Government-Mandated Poverty: How US policies are structured to keep people with disabilities in perp
“If we were able to keep our income, we’d have been married a long time ago.” Sherri Daniel, who has spinal stenosis and achondroplasia,...
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Jan 18, 20225 min read


Half In Half Out: Why an effective reentry model must sever its ties with the carceral state
In August 2020, Daniel Martin exited through the front doors of the Cordova Center, a residential reentry center (RRC) in Anchorage,...
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Jan 18, 20225 min read


War of All Against All: How Covid-19 has eroded our social contract
Social contract theory generally refers to the tacit agreement between citizens and their government to achieve collective security:...
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Jan 18, 20223 min read


A Marxist Cheer for the Last Frontier
The Last Frontier has given us gas, gold, and glory. It’s time for us to borrow some economic policy, too. Alaska, a state most Americans...
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Jan 18, 20225 min read


Highway Robbery: How reimagined New England highways perpetuate the displacement of marginalized com
Walking along the Providence River is a favorite pastime of many Brown University students. Gazing out from the Pedestrian Bridge, they...
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Jan 18, 20224 min read
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