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Deepfakes and Shallow Truth: AI-Induced Misinformation Calls For a Human-Focused Response
In late March, a video depicting former President Donald Trump being arrested circulated on social media. It was weeks before Trump’s...
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Apr 26, 20236 min read


In the Market For Harm Reduction
On March 29, the Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter sales of Narcan, making it the first opioid overdose treatment...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Unearthing the Rebel Island: An Interview with Jennifer Lambe
Jennifer Lambe (PhD, Yale University ’14; AB, Brown University ’06) is an Associate Professor of Latin American and Caribbean history....
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Mar 7, 20236 min read


The Final Countdown: America’s Last Chance to Save the Labor Movement
“I still believe in ideals. I am not for a return to that definition of Liberty under which for many years a free people were being...
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Mar 8, 20215 min read


Radicalism and Revolution: An Interview with Bernardine Dohrn
Bernardine Rae Dohrn (b. 1942) is a retired law professor from Northwestern University and the former leader of the Weather Underground...
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Feb 20, 20215 min read


Here’s Why Immigration Should be a “Three-Branch” Issue, and Why it Isn’t Right Now
The United States, from its Native American predecessors who immigrated to North America around twenty thousand years ago to the millions...
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Dec 20, 20206 min read


The U.S. – Canada Northwest Passage Dispute
Canada and the United States enjoy a peaceful coexistence – as allies and trading partners, they tend to cooperate on most important...
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Apr 8, 20204 min read


It Pays Off To Be Kind: The Case for B Corps
“The business of business is business.” This notorious phrase refers to Milton Friedman’s famously provocative article published in...
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Dec 13, 20185 min read


Playing with Fire: A Compelling Reminder that Climate Change comes with Consequences
Woolsey Fire, Southern California: 96,949 acres burned; 1,500 structures destroyed; 3 people dead. Camp Fire, Northern California:...
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Dec 11, 20186 min read


There’s No Place Like Home: The Importance of Community-Based Recovery Care in Fighting Rehab Fraud
A medical treatment plan that primarily consists of playing bingo and watching Tootsie and Batman sounds like something which is neither...
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Dec 6, 20184 min read


Teachers Rule, Contracts Drool: Rising up for Teachers in Providence and Beyond
At the beginning of the 2018 school year, Providence teachers entered work-to-rule status as a bargaining tactic for a new contract....
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Nov 27, 20185 min read


Merchants of Death: The Thriving, Unregulated Body Brokerage Industry
Organ donors, both living and deceased, play a vital and lifesaving role in modern medicine. Whole-body donors play a role just as vital,...
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Nov 27, 20185 min read


Camouflaged Climate Control
While the Department of Defense (DoD) may not commonly be seen as a leader in environmental sustainability efforts, the US military has...
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Nov 25, 20184 min read


Tribes and Tribulations
The history of Indigenous peoples in the United States is replete with genocide, erasure, and forced assimilation. Oppression of...
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Nov 25, 20185 min read
Is Academic Freedom a Threat to National Security?
Poised on the cutting edge of innovation, American universities continuously challenge the frontiers of knowledge in the pursuit of...
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Nov 25, 20186 min read


Meat’s Modern Foes
An industry promoting its own scientific studies, denying existing and factual data, lobbying departments within the government, and...
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Nov 25, 20185 min read


Trump’s Tightrope Trade Walk
In the era of Trump, trade is a touchy topic. His barbed attacks on existing institutions and norms have angered allies both on our...
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Nov 19, 20184 min read


Why the US Government Needs to (Seriously) Invest in Artificial Intelligence
US military advantage has long relied on the superiority of US scientists, but China’s aggressive commitment to artificial intelligence...
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Nov 19, 20186 min read


The Inevitable Purpling of the South
An election in Georgia may result in the first woman of color becoming governor in the US. Of any state. Ever. That woman’s name is...
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Nov 1, 20184 min read


Divisiveness in the Name of Unity
In every single congressional session since 2003, Congressman Steve King (R-IA) has introduced the English Language Unity Act (HR 997),...
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Oct 30, 20184 min read
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