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Biting Off More Than We Could Chew: The Struggle Over Reproductive Rights
This month, the fight to maintain and expand women’s reproductive rights has taken some serious blows. Across the country, several...
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Nov 17, 20144 min read


Veterans Post Conflict
As the United States’ military involvement in Afghanistan and, to some extent, Iraq comes to an end, a new dynamic is forming between...
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Nov 16, 20144 min read


Why Did SCOTUS Pass on Same-Sex Marriage?
“I’m not ready to surrender to a few folks in black robes,” said Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) during a gubernatorial debate. “I’m not...
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Nov 15, 201410 min read


A Powerful Shift: Cuban-Americans are Moving Left
The 2014 midterm election cycle saw many competitive Democratic House districts fall, including the race for Florida’s 26th and...
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Nov 14, 20144 min read


How Cities Benefit From Citizens United
In liberal circles, unregulated campaign finance is often portrayed as the “Big Bad Wolf” blowing down the house of American democracy....
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Nov 13, 20143 min read


Re-inflating the Housing Bubble
This year, the Mortgage Bankers Association chose an unintentionally revealing location for their annual conference — a Las Vegas casino....
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Nov 12, 20146 min read


The Next ISIS Moment: Afghanistan’s Impending Catastrophe
The Kashmir musk deer is a curious creature. Unlike its American brethren, it’s endangered, elusive and adorned with fangs. Scientists...
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Nov 10, 20145 min read


A Different Kind of Consumption: Black Friday and Thanksgiving
As Thanksgiving rolls around, eager shoppers jump at the abundance of Black Friday sales. Last year, Black Friday was taken to a whole...
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Nov 9, 20143 min read


How the Common Core Became a Talking Point
Since the Common Core’s creation in 2009, forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core as a set of...
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Nov 7, 20145 min read


Supply, Demand and Textbooks: Curricula in the Market of Ideas
Earlier this month, students and teachers from the suburban Jefferson County, Colorado received national media coverage after skipping...
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Nov 4, 20144 min read


Tackling Sexual and Domestic Violence: Whose Responsibility Is It?
Sexual assault and domestic violence have long dominated national attention. However, in response to the increasingly disparate nature of...
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Nov 2, 20144 min read


A Wildcard Race in Staten Island
The New York Times branded him the “main contender for New York’s most-embarrassing-candidate-of-the-year award,” and The Daily Show made...
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Nov 1, 20144 min read


Why Don’t Democrats Care About Ohio?
It is becoming clear that Ohio’s status as a swing state is coming into question; the Republican Party has made active and deliberate...
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Oct 31, 20145 min read


Ambassadorship for Sale
In February 2014, Noah Bryson Mamet told the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee that he had never been to Argentina. He was speaking at...
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Oct 30, 20146 min read


End the Cuban Embargo: Does it Mean Anything?
Two days after The New York Times published an article detailing the repeated attempts of Cubans to reach the United States, the...
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Oct 30, 20144 min read


Voluntourism: Sending America’s “Best and Brightest” as a Guilt Trip
The recent on-campus screening of Oil and Water, a movie about two boys confronting the exploitation of the natural resources of the...
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Oct 28, 20144 min read


Unrepresentative Democracy: Racial Gaps in Municipal Government
The crisis in Ferguson, Missouri over the summer became another flashpoint in the debate about race in the United States. The...
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Oct 28, 20143 min read


The Rhode to the Governor’s Mansion
Art by Ben Berke If a win-win situation ever existed in politics, the Rhode Island governor’s race might be it. Both candidates —...
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Oct 22, 201411 min read


Disjointed Progress
As Colorado adjusts to the many changes brought about by the legalization of marijuana, supporters and skeptics across the country...
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Oct 22, 20144 min read


Tort Reform is the New Black
It’s no secret that the United States has a prison problem: astronomically large incarcerated populations, soaring recidivism rates, a...
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Oct 22, 20147 min read
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