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Give Prisoners the Vote
In the November 2018 midterm elections, Floridian voters passed an amendment restoring the voting rights of convicted felons. As a...
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Dec 16, 20183 min read


It Pays Off To Be Kind: The Case for B Corps
“The business of business is business.” This notorious phrase refers to Milton Friedman’s famously provocative article published in...
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Dec 13, 20185 min read


A “Green New Deal” Failed in Washington. What Should Democrats do Now?
The phrase “Green New Deal” has been thrown around a lot as Democrats prepare to take back the House of Representatives for the first...
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Dec 12, 20186 min read


Right to Repair: More Than Broken Phones
If you own a smartphone (or a tractor), you are most likely limited to just one option when it comes to repairs. In recent years,...
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Dec 12, 20184 min read


There’s Money In Ignorance: Big Tech’s Indifference To Online Hate
“We have been getting a million hits an hour all day.” Gab, a ‘free-speech’ oriented social media platform, posted this statement on...
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Dec 12, 20185 min read


Stuff The Ballot, Not The Ballot-Box
In classrooms across the United States, American children learn the basic structure of their government, a system comprised of three...
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Dec 11, 20184 min read


Playing with Fire: A Compelling Reminder that Climate Change comes with Consequences
Woolsey Fire, Southern California: 96,949 acres burned; 1,500 structures destroyed; 3 people dead. Camp Fire, Northern California:...
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Dec 11, 20186 min read


Girls Versus Boys: American Scouting Organizations Square Off in Court
This November, a century-old friendship between American youth institutions was shattered in a federal lawsuit. In a bitter break to a...
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Dec 9, 20184 min read


There’s No Place Like Home: The Importance of Community-Based Recovery Care in Fighting Rehab Fraud
A medical treatment plan that primarily consists of playing bingo and watching Tootsie and Batman sounds like something which is neither...
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Dec 6, 20184 min read


The Breastfeeding Battle: How the Infant Formula Industry’s Political Power is Putting Babies at Ris
In 2017, the U.S. birth rate sunk to the lowest percentage in 30 years, prompting concern from labor economists and other groups. This...
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Dec 5, 20185 min read


A Star-Crossed Love Affair: Wyoming’s Toxic Relationship with the Mining Industry
Go West, young man: Horace Greeley’s famous advice has, with one caveat, withstood the test of time. Last January, the US Census Bureau...
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Dec 5, 20185 min read


Saving Soil with Subsidies
Modern environmental regulation and debate tends to focus on electric and industrial production—how it pollutes and how it can be...
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Dec 5, 20186 min read


Why YouTube Needs to (Better) Regulate its Content
YouTube—home of Nyan Cats, bad celebrity lip syncs, and more—is also a breeding ground for conspiracy theorists and white supremacists....
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Dec 3, 20187 min read


It’s Expensive to be Poor in America: The High Cost of Obesity Calls for Sensible SNAP Reform
Obesity has been labeled a “silent killer,” a modern-day epidemic plaguing the nation. Diet-related disease is the leading cause of death...
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Dec 2, 20185 min read


Democrats Need a New “Contract with America”
Before the “Blue Wave” of 2018, there was the “Republican Revolution” of 1994. In the midterm election of 1994, Republicans gained 54...
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Dec 2, 20186 min read


Teachers Rule, Contracts Drool: Rising up for Teachers in Providence and Beyond
At the beginning of the 2018 school year, Providence teachers entered work-to-rule status as a bargaining tactic for a new contract....
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Nov 27, 20185 min read


Merchants of Death: The Thriving, Unregulated Body Brokerage Industry
Organ donors, both living and deceased, play a vital and lifesaving role in modern medicine. Whole-body donors play a role just as vital,...
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Nov 27, 20185 min read


Drawing Lines Between Cornfields: Iowa’s Model for Redistricting
Although the redistricting process differs across states, the power to draw districts is typically given to state legislatures. Either...
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Nov 26, 20185 min read


Democrats are Becoming the Party of States’ Rights
Republicans have long accused Democrats of being the party of big federal government, but blue states are finding themselves in new...
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Nov 26, 20187 min read


Health Policy Hits the Streets
There is a fascinating irony about the way that humans go about constructing streets: Boulevard after boulevard is paved not for people,...
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Nov 25, 20185 min read
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