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Seeing Green: The Benefits of Natural Spaces
Parks and gardens in urban areas are more than just beautification projects. Green spaces not only break up grey surroundings and add...
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Mar 16, 20176 min read


A Clear Solution: Cutting Healthcare Costs with Price Transparency
In 2015, Malcolm Bird accidentally cut his one-year-old daughter’s finger with a nail clipper and brought her to the local emergency room...
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Mar 15, 20175 min read


Gardens in the Desert?
When people think of the Red Sox, a multitude of thoughts and emotions come to mind: Boston, their rivalry with the Yankees, love, eight...
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Mar 13, 20175 min read


Hostage Crisis: American Sports Owners and the Cities They Hold Prisoner
When the NFL franchise formerly known as the San Diego Chargers announced in January that, after 56 years, the team would be relocating...
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Mar 12, 20176 min read


Value Added Taxes: The Bold Change America Needs?
The great curse of being a US federal budget-watcher is that it is nearly impossible to overstate the severity of the path the country is...
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Mar 12, 20178 min read


An (Undemocratic) Case for Term Limits
While presidential term limits guaranteed by the United States Constitution are a key function of American democracy, this concept isn’t...
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Mar 12, 20176 min read


The Attitudes, Rhetoric, and Politics of Scientific Debate
The 2016 Presidential debates were fraught with insults, drama, and disparaging comments. To the dismay of many, though, they were...
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Mar 11, 20176 min read


Social Media and the Stakes of Supreme Court Appointments
“Even if people don’t like me, they have to vote for me. They have no choice. Even if you can’t stand Donald Trump, you think Donald...
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Mar 11, 20174 min read


Unite Women, Don’t Divide Women
On January 21, 2017, over 5 million people rallied around the world to stand up for women’s rights during the Trump administration....
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Mar 6, 20176 min read


China’s Time to Shine as US Withdraws from International Effort to Combat Climate Change
When it comes to President Donald Trump’s Twitter page, there is no shortage of inane posts, particularly in relation to global warming....
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Mar 4, 20175 min read


American Voter Turnout: The Overlooked Crisis Of Our Democracy
Lost amidst the perpetual scandals, ruthless mudslinging, and overall unprecedented nature of the 2016 American Presidential election was...
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Mar 2, 20176 min read


An Uncertain Future for Civil Rights at the DOJ
The Justice Department under President Obama pursued civil rights cases in an aggressive manner, making it perhaps the most activist...
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Mar 2, 20174 min read


Rhode Island’s Fresh New Outlook: Free College
Recent studies and current mentality shifts show that a high school education is no longer sufficient to prepare Americans for jobs in...
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Feb 27, 20175 min read


A New Democra-Tech Party
Apple. Google. Microsoft. Facebook. Twitter. Uber. Tesla. Netflix. eBay. Intel. On February 7th, over 100 American companies co-signed...
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Feb 25, 20174 min read


Sanctions for Sanctuaries
“Anyone who is in the United States illegally is subject to deportation,” then-candidate Donald J. Trump said during a campaign trail...
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Feb 24, 20175 min read


Donald Trump and the Empty Rhetoric of Executive Actions
The beginning of Trump’s presidency was marked by a flurry of executive actions. In his first twelve days in office, President Trump...
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Feb 22, 20176 min read


Steadying the Goalposts: Avoiding Fallacious Logic In An Extreme Political Climate
In an era of hyper-polarization and fast-paced digital communication, political conversations are happening more often than ever before....
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Feb 21, 20176 min read


Mayor-to-Mayor: Joseph Paolino’s Memories of Buddy Cianci
Longtime mayors can often become outsized personalities and pop culture figures within the cities they serve. Former Providence mayor...
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Jan 4, 20176 min read


Time to Be Heard: Diversifying Social Studies Curricula
Misunderstandings and failures of communication have long plagued social activism and its subsequent role in political discourse....
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Dec 23, 20165 min read


Legal Marijuana’s Uncertain Future
Though the presidential election grabbed most of the headlines, Donald Trump wasn’t the only big winner on November 8th – marijuana...
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Dec 23, 20165 min read
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