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American Samoa: Can the Home of the Brave Help More Lands Be Free?
As President Joe Biden seeks to build a Cabinet that “looks like America,” one nomination stands out as especially significant: Deb...
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Apr 6, 20226 min read


Antiwork, and the Politics of Organization
From December 2020 to January 2022, r/antiwork was one of the fastest-growing communities, or subreddits, on the social network Reddit....
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Apr 6, 20225 min read


Fear and Loathing in Central Pennsylvania: School Boards and the Polarization of American Politics
On a Wednesday night last August, the Shippensburg Area School Board held a special meeting. The nine members sat behind a table in the...
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Mar 22, 20227 min read


The Allure of Hidden Bipartisanship: The Flaws of Secret Congress Theory
Since the 2020 elections, gridlock in the United States Senate has transformed from a pressing political problem to a fact of political...
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Mar 16, 20225 min read


We Need to Regulate Social Media Content Moderation, But We Can’t Just Eliminate Section 230(c).
The dangerous facilitation of disinformation and misinformation online is now a defining characteristic of social media platforms....
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Mar 14, 20224 min read


The Misunderstood Definition of Book Banning
Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 describes a dystopian future in which books are outlawed and burned. In the book, one character...
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Mar 14, 20225 min read


Digital Blackface is Minimizing White Response to Violence Against Black Women
When you open your phone to send a GIF, what image surfaces in your mind? What media best encapsulates your feelings? For many people,...
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Mar 10, 20225 min read


Universities Are Enabling Climate Change Denial. Yes, Brown too.
In 2019, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency appointed Tony Cox, a former employee of the oil and chemical...
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Mar 2, 20228 min read


Medicaid Work Requirements Are Draconian and Harmful
The theme of minimizing costs while improving outcomes through expanded access to care underpins discussions surrounding US healthcare...
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Feb 2, 20229 min read


The Exception, Not the Rule: How the Ahmaud Arbery Case Reveals the Intense Racial Disparities withi
The media has reported the almost all-white jury’s conviction of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers with relative surprise, which may seem justified...
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Dec 30, 20216 min read


South Water Travail: Why Did Powerful Providence Institutions Oppose a Bike Lane Project?
A winding row of white stanchions. A blocky biker figure painted into the asphalt. Some new white divider lines. And that’s about it. The...
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Dec 28, 20217 min read


Being Poor Alone Does not Make People Homeless. Being Poor where Housing Is Unaffordable Makes Peopl
Centering high housing costs in the homelessness debate marks a major change from previous discourse. Conservative politicians like Texas...
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Dec 28, 20214 min read


Facebook Knows Its Reckoning Is at Hand—and It Isn’t Ready
Facebook’s fundamental issues are as numerous as they are well-known. Posts on the platform played a key role in the January 6 Capitol...
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Dec 14, 20217 min read


With a Low Approval Rating and Recent Electoral Defeats, It’s Clear: The Democratic Party Needs a Ne
In the last four months, American troops withdrew from the longest war in the nation’s history, the unemployment rate fell to...
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Dec 12, 20214 min read


We Must Think Beyond Climate Volunteerism, Both at Home and Abroad
Last month marked the 26th annual Conference of Parties (COP), a United Nations conference of over 200 countries dedicated to reducing...
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Dec 7, 20214 min read


Why We Need to Stop “Reinventing” Broken Systems for Climate Change
“The Paris Agreement is a covenant of hope with humanity. It has everything we need to achieve our climate goals. But to fully unleash...
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Dec 3, 20216 min read


Gridiron Imperialism: How the NFL Propagandizes for the US Military
On September 12th, Gillette Stadium welcomed fans to a new New England Patriots game for the first time since January 2020. The tone...
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Nov 22, 20215 min read


How the Tipped Minimum Wage Furthers the Wealth Gap Against Black Americans
As restaurants reopen across the nation, “we’re hiring” signs can be found in nearly every storefront, revealing the food service...
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Nov 19, 20216 min read


Hunter’s Laptop, Deepfakes, and the Arbitration of Truth
In April 2019, a man who may or may not have been Hunter Biden walked into a Delaware computer repair shop. The man dropped off a...
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Nov 18, 20219 min read


Black Students at Brown Continue to Exist in the Face of Anti-Blackness
It is 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday in Providence, RI. Dusk has fallen over College Hill—a neighborhood with very low crime rates compared to...
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Nov 17, 20215 min read
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