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Taking A Knee to Racial Equality: The Colin Kaepernick Protest
On August 14, during the first NFL preseason game, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick elected to remain seated during a...
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Oct 17, 20167 min read


Civil Asset Forfeiture: Shadow Bandit of Working Class America
The cases border on parody, and they have a peculiar ring: United States v. One 1987 Jeep Wrangler, United States v. $25,180.00 in United...
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Oct 15, 20166 min read


School Boards, State Houses, and Stein: The Green Party and Local Elections
President Barack Obama recently took to the Steve Harvey Morning Show to admonish listeners against voting for a third-party candidate in...
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Oct 15, 20165 min read


Twin River’s Tiverton Casino: A Safe Bet for Rhode Island
Over the last few years, the gambling industry in the Northeast has been gradually expanding into new states, creating fierce competition...
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Oct 14, 20166 min read


America’s Excited Delirium: The Risks of Police Taser Overuse
On September 7, 2016, Donald Degraw, a 58-year-old veteran of the Gulf War, died at the hands of police, joining 72 others who were...
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Oct 13, 20164 min read


Fatphobia: America’s Overlooked Form of Discrimination
This past summer, statues depicting a completely nude Donald Trump popped up overnight in five major American cities. The statues,...
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Oct 10, 20166 min read


The Economics of Racism
I remember standing in line at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Providence at the heart of a rally for Donald Trump. Like at many other such...
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Oct 6, 20165 min read


License the Dream
Jestina Clayton came to America as a refugee from war-torn Sierra Leone and strived to provide for her family by creating and operating...
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Oct 4, 20166 min read


Talking Us To Death
“The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man — convicted of a crime I did not commit.” These were some of the last...
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Oct 3, 20166 min read


What To Do About Free Trade
In spite of being one of the most discussed issues of the 2016 presidential campaign, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is,...
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Oct 2, 20164 min read


Looking Down the Rhode: Explaining the Rise of Donald Trump in the Ocean State
On a hot July afternoon, Brian Fallon, the Clinton campaign’s national press secretary, made his way to the Rhode Island Democratic Party...
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Oct 2, 20165 min read


A Chance to Revisit Hate Crime Laws
The recent tragedy in Orlando has once again brought the perpetual debate regarding gun control, domestic terrorism, and national...
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Aug 5, 20166 min read


The Bern: Inside and Out
Just before midnight, after Monday night’s speeches, delegates for Bernie Sanders rallied in the hallways of the Wells Fargo Center. They...
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Jul 26, 20164 min read


Who is the CFPB Really Protecting?
“A vast bureaucracy with no congressional oversight, that’s digging through hundreds of millions of your credit records to detect fraud,”...
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Jun 6, 20167 min read


Regressive Retail: Online Shopping and the Sales Tax
In many states consumers do not pay sales tax for online purchases, unlike their traditional brick-and-mortar counterparts. Legislators...
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May 9, 20164 min read


The “Supreme Congress”? Public Misunderstanding of the Judiciary
In a 2012 survey by FindLaw.com, only 34 percent of respondents were able to name even one of the nation’s Supreme Court Justices. But as...
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May 6, 20166 min read


The Pitfalls of Call-Out Culture
Those even remotely cognizant of the current political climate will know that the United States is currently experiencing a period of...
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May 6, 20166 min read


Child’s Pay
In 1900, Sweden ventured into brand new territory: It became the first country in the world to introduce paid family leave for new...
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May 2, 20164 min read


Teen, Interrupted
Ryan Lewis had been exhibiting signs of clinical depression for months. Concerned about their son, his parents decided to send him to a...
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May 2, 20165 min read


Below Zero, Above Average
In the oft-misunderstood world of monetary policy, a major debate rages about the role of negative interest rate policy in central...
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May 2, 20166 min read
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