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Getting America’s Passenger Trains Back on Track
America’s passenger rail is struggling. American rail is far slower, more expensive and less reliable than its global counterparts....
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Dec 8, 20175 min read
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Working Together: A Benefit for Workers and the Economy
Cooperative development provides major benefits over traditional corporations. It focused on building cooperative enterprises and...
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Dec 3, 20175 min read
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Nonproliferation’s Meltdown
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee recently bestowed the 2017 prize upon the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), an...
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Dec 2, 20175 min read
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America’s Second Westward Expansion
President Trump’s June 21st rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa was predictably similar to previous rallies he gave as a candidate and continues...
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Nov 13, 20175 min read
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You Are Blocked From Following @realDonaldTrump
President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter is generally portrayed in the media as a paradigmatic shift in presidential communication — so...
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Nov 13, 20175 min read
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Stephen Colbert and the Pitfalls of Modern Political Satire
The state of American political discourse is no laughing matter. Yet, the entire sub-genre of television constituting late-night comedy,...
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Nov 4, 20178 min read
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Read Between the Lines: Maintaining the Unwritten Rules of the Senate
Since the opening of this year’s Senate session, the body has faced an uncharacteristic amount of drama prompted by the President, the...
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Nov 4, 20177 min read
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Will Autonomous Vehicles Cause Our Transport System to Crash and Burn?
Already one of the leading causes of death in the United States, traffic accidents are alarmingly on the rise. From 2015 to 2016, the...
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Nov 3, 20174 min read
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Slow and Steady: Mixed Energy Policies for a Clean Future
Rhode Island needs energy. A series of power plant closings and maxed out pipelines have left the state –  and much of the New England...
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Nov 3, 20175 min read
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Stock Buybacks: Quietly Haunting the American Economy
Americans often decry the high rate of executive pay in this country. It is certainly true that American CEO’s are being paid more than...
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Nov 3, 20175 min read
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The Physician Gap: How we can encourage US physicians-in-training to choose primary care
The US healthcare system is a terrible value proposition. Compared to peer nations like France, Germany, and South Korea in the...
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Nov 3, 20177 min read
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All Blaine, No Gain
Nestled in the center of Idaho lies Blaine County: an oddly-shaped shaped area nearly twice the size of Rhode Island, with a panhandle...
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Nov 3, 20176 min read
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An Imperfect Solution: The Use of Juvenile Hearing Boards in Reforming the Juvenile Justice System
There is a growing consensus across the country — and across the aisle — that the US is in desperate need of criminal justice reform to...
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Nov 3, 20176 min read
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Hurricane Harvey: Immigration Disaster
Hurricane Harvey — a category four hurricane — demolished the city of Houston, Texas, dropping up to 50 inches of rainfall and causing 66...
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Nov 3, 20174 min read
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A Capitalist Conundrum: Index Funds and Common Ownership
Upon their invention in the late 20th century, index funds revolutionized investing for the general public. They offer a low-fee,...
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Nov 3, 20175 min read
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One In, Two Out: Trump’s Ambitious Regulatory Regime
Public perception, especially among liberals and critics, is that the Trump administration has been blundering about, focused more on...
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Nov 3, 20175 min read
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Fracturing Families: The Sources of Segregation in New York’s Foster Care
Morrisania is one of the most heavily policed neighborhoods in the Bronx. Despite living in a public housing complex there, Maria was...
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Nov 3, 20175 min read
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Trump’s Farming Folly: How the White House is Leaving Farmers Behind
In the world of food, where free range and organic are idolized, farmers remain caged in by big business and government aid. The United...
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Nov 3, 20176 min read
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No Congress, No Problem: City Politics in Trump’s America
In the current state of American politics, it’s no surprise the approval ratings of city mayors tend to be about triple that of the...
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Nov 3, 20177 min read
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Untangling the City: Congestion Pricing in the Big Apple
Between emergency repair work at Penn Station and constant delays on an aging and overcrowded subway system, New York City commuters just...
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Nov 3, 20175 min read
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