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The Meat Industry’s Hand in Food Labeling
When we enter a grocery store, we are immediately bombarded with all sorts of buzzwords: “cage-free,” “free range,” “sustainable,” “grass...
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May 24, 20225 min read
Ending Paternalism in Food Aid: The Case for Cash Benefits
Few public assistance programs in the United States have attracted as much political attention as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
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May 24, 20223 min read
The Unlikely Hero of Congressional Redistricting
Ronald Reagan called it “anti-democratic and un-American.” Barack Obama blamed it for partisan polarization. It seems politicians across...
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May 23, 20223 min read
What Are We Really Achieving Here? How Cancel Culture Can Reinforce Privilege
Each story follows a similar arc. Someone, often a public figure, makes a controversial statement that goes viral. People get mad online....
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May 18, 20225 min read
The Dark History of Providence’s Water Supply
Strangers streamed into the milling villages within Scituate, Rhode Island in the summer of 1915. Arriving by train and in jet-black...
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May 9, 20225 min read
Why the War against Ukraine Is an Opportunity to Pass Climate Change Legislation
Russia’s war against Ukraine has led to a chain of reactions that pushed many countries, including the United States, towards increasing...
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May 4, 20225 min read
How to Amend the Colonial Expedition for Magic Mushrooms
The historic tale of conquistador Hernán Cortes’s encounter with Aztec emperor Moctezuma is one often shared to recount the origins of...
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May 4, 20225 min read
Ukrainian Sacrifice and the American Glorification of War Death
Social media and online news have been flooded with tragic images of carnage, destruction, and human suffering in the short time since...
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May 3, 20224 min read
Memo to Some: America is Not the Only Imperialist State
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) released a statement in February directly addressing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling...
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May 2, 20224 min read
Shurtleff v. Boston: America’s Struggle With Secularism
Children in the United States are often taught that most colonial settlers left Britain to avoid religious persecution. This classic...
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May 1, 20225 min read
When They Go Low, We Go…
A decade ago, Republicans swept the 2010 midterm elections, flipping 63 House seats and a staggering 720 state legislative seats across...
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Apr 28, 20225 min read
In America, Kids Come Last
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most universally ratified human rights treaty in the history of the United...
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Apr 24, 20225 min read
The Oil Industry is Lying to You About Energy Security
Marc Rosario grew up in Fox Point and remembers shoveling sidewalks for Adler’s Hardware on Wickenden and Benefit. In late March,...
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Apr 22, 20226 min read
Curricula in Crisis: The Slippery Slope of School Censorship
In the past year, a wave of intense debate surrounding the censorship of public school curricula has swept the nation, impacting students...
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Apr 22, 20224 min read
Class, Affirmative Action, and the Dangers of Progressive Tribalism: The case against race-based aff
An increasingly concerning phenomenon is festering within progressive politics. In late May of 2020, prominent Marxist scholar Adolph...
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Apr 18, 20226 min read
Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Is Part of a Long-running Conservative Effort Target
On February 17, 2022 the Florida Senate advanced legislation that would ban discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in...
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Apr 16, 20225 min read
Will Biden Take Action on the Student Debt Crisis?
After a year in office, President Joe Biden has yet to follow through on his campaign promise to relieve the student debt crisis....
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Apr 14, 20224 min read
Harmful Harm Reduction?: The Controversial Nature of US Safe Injection Sites
Drug overdoses in the United States have grown enormously over the past five years. As a consequence, public health officials across the...
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Apr 8, 20224 min read
Ending the Two-Tier System of Disability Benefits
In the period before the adoption of disability benefits, people with disabilities who were unable to work were often forced into...
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Apr 7, 20225 min read
_______‘24: Can Democrats Find a Biden Replacement to Fill in the Blank?
President Biden and the Democrats are in deep trouble. Despite the recent favorable redistricting cycle, the national political...
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Apr 7, 20225 min read
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