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From Caracas to Edgartown: How Did We Get Here?
“Massachusetts: Beneficios para Refugiados” was the title of a brochure that Carlos Muñoz received while applying for asylum in South...
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Jan 5, 20235 min read


The Overrepresentation of Religion in the Courts, Congress, and the Classroom
The last Supreme Court session resulted in numerous 6-3 decisions in which the conversative majority consistently contradicted...
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Dec 13, 20225 min read


Evangelicals, Divine Right, and the Republican Party
Since the country’s founding, the American church has served as a moral compass, guiding public legislation, sentiment, and traditions as...
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Dec 12, 20226 min read


Redefining the Meaning of Comprehensive Sex Education
The precedent-defying Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic has reignited a conversation about sex education policy....
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Dec 10, 20224 min read


The 2022 Midterms: A Victory for Normalcy
As the dust settles on another midterm election, several winners have emerged from this year’s remarkably fluid congressional contests....
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Dec 9, 20224 min read


The Case for an African American Repatriation Act
On October 11, 2022, The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum returned its long-contested Benin Bronze Heads to Nigeria. The RISD...
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Dec 8, 20226 min read


From the Clean Train Movement to the War on Rats: New York City’s History of Inequitable Sanitation
“The rats don’t run this city, we do,” New York City Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch proclaimed in an October 18 announcement....
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Dec 8, 20225 min read


Will the Youth Vote Decide the 2024 Presidential Election?
Amid concerns surrounding high inflation and President Biden’s low approval ratings, many pollsters predicted that the midterm elections...
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Dec 8, 20224 min read


Conservation vs. Concrete: Increasing Green Spaces in America’s Largest Cities
The United States has a historically fraught relationship with green spaces. In the name of Manifest Destiny, the Homestead Act (and...
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Dec 8, 20225 min read


Students for “Fair” Admissions? Challenging the Myth of Race-Neutral College Placement
In the early 1970s, Allan Bakke was rejected twice by the University of California Davis School of Medicine. Bakke sued the university,...
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Dec 6, 20224 min read


Arrested Development: The Troubled Teen Industry and The United States’ Failure to Protect its Child
When Haley Hedrick was 16 years old, she was awoken one night to a nightmare scenario. Two strangers were standing in her bedroom,...
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Dec 3, 20225 min read


Conservative Social Media—A New Norm?
The January 6th insurrection on the US Capitol will go down in history as perhaps the best example of the dangers of extremism in the US...
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Dec 3, 20225 min read


To Rebuild or Not to Rebuild: Examining Disaster Policy in the Wake of Hurricane Ian
When Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa, Florida on September 28, 2022, it brought storm, sea, and devastation. The areas most...
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Dec 3, 20225 min read


The Bittersweet Truth: The Sugar Industry’s Manipulation of Nutrition Guidelines
America’s favorite treat, sugar, is not as sweet as it seems. The sugar industry’s manipulation of a 1960s research review, published in...
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Dec 3, 20226 min read


The Case for Permitting Reform
At $369 billion, the recent Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the single biggest investment to fight climate change in American history....
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Nov 29, 20224 min read


Education Reform Must Not Be Ignored In The Fight For Racial Justice
Children are unfortunately exceptionally effective political pawns. According to the 2020 US Census, there are 63 million Americans with...
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Nov 29, 20226 min read


Re-evaluating Recycling in the United States
Consider the life of a disposable plastic plate. If the plate was used in New York City, it should go in the recycling bin only after it...
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Nov 18, 20225 min read


Keeping Up with Capitol Hill: Reality Television and American Politics
In 2021, former Olympian and reality television star Caitlyn Jenner ran for Governor of California in the state’s special general...
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Nov 15, 20225 min read


A Step, Not the Solution: The Shortcomings of Biden’s Plan for Student Debt Cancellation
In August, the Biden administration announced it would cancel $10,000 of student debt for all federal borrowers making less than $125,000...
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Nov 15, 20225 min read


To Support All Working Americans, We Must Support Railroad Workers
In the early hours of September 15, 2022, the Biden administration closed a tentative deal between union negotiators and railroad...
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Nov 13, 20225 min read
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