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Cuba’s Dance Onto the World Stage
This year, Cuba hosted the 24th annual International Ballet Festival, which attracted talented dancers from around the world. Media...
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Dec 22, 20144 min read


The War on Terror: Does the End Justify the Means?
On September 22, 2001, President Bush announced that the 9/11 terrorist attacks had “awakened the United States to danger, and called it...
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Dec 9, 20146 min read


Profiting From Terrorism: Futures Markets and World Events
“Unbelievably stupid,” is how one senator referred to the program designed in the aftermath of 9/11 to completely revamp our intelligence...
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Dec 9, 20145 min read


Terrorists-In-Waiting: The Problems With FBI Sting Operations
It seems relatively straightforward: Four black Muslims in Newburgh, NY, known as the “Newburgh Four,” team up with Shahed Hussain, who...
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Dec 9, 20144 min read


A Well Regulated Militia: American Militarized Terrorism
In the decades since the “Militia Movement” first rose to prominence in the ’90s, the movement has received even fewer minutes of...
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Dec 9, 20144 min read


Terrorist Wanted: How ISIS Recruits Western Women
Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries...
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Dec 7, 20146 min read


A State of Terror: How the Security State Came at the Expense of American Minorities
After 9/11, the United States experienced an expansion of security measures that were intended to create a safer, more secure nation....
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Dec 7, 20146 min read


An Uncharitable Truth
‘‘Here’s how to tell if your company is a philanthropic hypocrite,” the Guardian’s Suzanne McGee fumed in early October, following news...
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Dec 3, 201411 min read


Undergraduate, Overpriced
A Brown University undergraduate degree in 1960 cost $45,000 when adjusted for inflation. Today, tuition costs around $190,000 — enough...
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Dec 3, 20147 min read


Emptying the Full House
The United States is all grown up, and the wear and tear is starting to show in all the wrong places. The baby boomers, the largest...
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Dec 3, 20146 min read


Raters of the Lost Art
Thoroughly mixed into the cultural Kool-Aid of the United States, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating system —...
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Dec 3, 20147 min read


Web of Lies: Tech and Their Political Donations
Earlier this year, Google announced it would be pulling its membership from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a nonprofit...
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Dec 3, 20146 min read


LGBTQ Rights After Marriage?
The New York Marriage Equality Act of 2011 promised that same-sex marriages and opposite-sex marriages would be treated the same in all...
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Dec 3, 20146 min read


Crumbling Infrastructure in the United States
During rush hour on August 1, 2007, the Interstate 35-W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota suddenly collapsed, sending 111 vehicles...
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Nov 29, 20143 min read


Preventing Prevention: Vaccines in the Century of Choice
This year, the first vaccines licensed in the United States, those for rabies and typhoid, celebrated their centennial. The better half...
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Nov 25, 20147 min read


Give Me Liberty: Can DC Become the 51st State?
On November 4, residents of Washington, D.C. voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana by voting overwhelmingly in favor of...
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Nov 22, 20145 min read


Sports Gambling: Charge or Block?
Betting on sports has been formally illegal in the United States since 1992, when Congress passed PASPA, the Professional and Amateur...
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Nov 20, 20144 min read


Fort Lauderdale Ordinance: The Deteriorating Rights of the Homeless
At least four residents of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, including a 90-year-old man, face up to 60 days in jail or a $500. Their crime?...
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Nov 18, 20145 min read
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Dr. Lindsay Orchowski, a research professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior of Alpert Medical School and a leading...
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[Liveblog] How Should Colleges Handle Sexual Assault?
Sexual assault on college campuses is receiving increased scrutiny. As calls to combat sexual assault grow louder on campuses across the...
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