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Confronting the ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’ Attitude Surrounding Migrant Deaths
The regulation and policy framework surrounding the movement of migrants across borders has grown increasingly complex, dominating...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


In the Race to Build 5G Technology, the U.S. is Losing
Within the next year, major telecom companies plan to roll out technology capable of connecting the world’s billions of devices with...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Preempting the Dangers of Deepfakes
Although they may seem like novelties at first glance, “deepfakes” threaten to usher in a new era where our eyes and ears can no longer...
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Apr 20, 20193 min read


Desperate Measures: Lower-for-Longer Policies and the Zero Lower Bound
During the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve feared the onset of excessive inflation and thus decided to respond by constricting the...
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Apr 20, 20194 min read


Turning Tenants Away: How Source of Income Discrimination Legalizes Prejudice
“No part of said property shall be occupied by any person not of the Caucasian race.” Although it was common for property deeds since the...
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Apr 20, 20194 min read


A Straightforward Decision
If you find yourself voting in Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina or Utah, you might be...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


The Case for Universal Pre-K as a Policy Priority
Tuition free college has been a staple of progressive campaigns, since Bernie Sanders’ Presidential run in 2016. While this policy has...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


To Be Pacific: COFA 2.0 and the Power of US Denial
The sun never sets on American interests. From Cuba to the Philippines, the US has military bases and businesses around the globe. It is...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Camera Shy: The Supreme Court’s Unconvincing Case Against Transparency
On March 10th, Congress began celebrating Sunshine Week, an informal celebration of government transparency led by the American Society...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Sentenced to Homelessness: The Case for Housing Sex Offenders
In 2009, a homeless encampment under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami attained international infamy when it was discovered that all the...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Sex Isn’t Illegal: Criminalizing Human Trafficking and Protecting Sex Workers
Hours before the AFC championship game this February, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft solicited sex workers at the Orchids of...
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Apr 20, 20194 min read


Time for a Check-Up: Reconsidering Physician Reimbursement Rates
The financial state of the U.S. healthcare system is decidedly unhealthy. For a country that prides itself on market-based efficiency,...
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Apr 20, 20194 min read


Deal or no Deal? — Green New Deal splits the Democratic Party
Ambitious has certainly been a word used to describe the “Green New Deal,” a 14-page resolution to tackle climate change authored by Sen....
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Apr 20, 20194 min read
Just Above Water: The Unsustainable Republican Denial of Climate Change
An island in the Chesapeake Bay is sinking. It’s projected to be underwater within the next 30 years, and its inhabitants are going to be...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


The Hidden Price of Being a Woman
2018 was the “Year of the Woman”; across the U.S., citizens are rightfully excited by the significant rise in both female...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Hospital Chargemasters Are Not Transparent Enough
The rising cost of healthcare in the United States is old news, with spending projected to increase over five percent annually until...
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Apr 20, 20193 min read


A Corporate Obsession: Why the FCC is Failing to Bridge the Digital Divide
On average, Americans spend ten hours staring at a screen every day. The incorporation of internet use into everyday life has become so...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Time is (Literally) Money: Using Timebanking to Rebuild Communities
In the crowded Democratic field for the 2020 Presidential primary, candidate Andrew Yang is certainly a long shot. He has no name...
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Apr 20, 20195 min read


Changing the Game: At-Home Voting
The American vote is broken. The solution may not be to bring the people to the polls, but rather to bring the polls to the people by...
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Apr 19, 20195 min read


Nation-Building at Gunpoint: How American Hubris Failed Afghanistan
Heavily guarded by steel-anchored concrete walls, the American embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, symbolizes a striking ground...
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Apr 17, 20194 min read
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