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Playing Devil’s Advocate: The Satanic Temple’s Lessons for the Left
“One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone. Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world....
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May 1, 20235 min read


Tanks But No Tanks
Germany’s doctrine of de-escalation and demilitarization had deep roots. Then, Russia invaded Ukraine. Speaking before the German...
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Apr 23, 20234 min read


Representation of Western Mass in the Modern Day: An Interview with Eric Lesser
[Editor’s note: This interview took place before State Senator Eric Lesser left office on January 4, 2023.] Former State Senator Eric P....
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Mar 22, 20239 min read


How Israel’s Ultranationalist Religious Far-Right Benefited from the Country’s Divide
What if Marjorie Taylor Greene was appointed US Vice President and Alex Jones Secretary of State? This would almost be unthinkable at the...
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Mar 7, 20236 min read


The United States and the Middle East: A Conversation with Bruce Riedel
Bruce Riedel ‘75 is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced...
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Mar 5, 202310 min read


Framing the Narrative: How Conservatives do it Right
Following the conservative victory of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, LGBTQ+ rights have taken the political spotlight....
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Nov 6, 20225 min read


The Future of the Mid-Sized American City: An Interview with Tim Kelly (Part 2)
Tim Kelly currently serves as the 74th Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was elected in 2021 as an independent and is in the first year...
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Apr 25, 20226 min read


The Future of the Mid-Sized American City: An Interview with Tim Kelly (Part 1)
Tim Kelly currently serves as the 74th Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was elected in 2021 as an independent and is in the first year...
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Apr 22, 20229 min read


Poetry, Politics, and Public Spaces: An Interview with Tina Cane
Tina Cane is the current Poet Laureate of Rhode Island. As state poet, she has established Rhode Island’s Youth Poetry Ambassador program...
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Nov 10, 20218 min read
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Redistrict Me This [Oregon Edition: Part II]: An Interview with Senator Lee Beyer
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021,...
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May 17, 20219 min read
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Redistrict Me This [Oregon Edition: Part I]: An Interview with Representative Andrea Salinas
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021,...
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May 12, 202112 min read


The Urgency of Infrasturctural Improvement and its Benefits
The United States boasts one of the greatest highway systems and the safest commercial air network in the world. However, without...
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Apr 19, 20214 min read
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Redistrict Me This [Nebraska Edition: Part I]: An Interview with Senator Dan Hughes
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021,...
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Apr 12, 202118 min read


Mindfulness and Empathy in the Judiciary: An Interview with Jeremy Fogel
Judge Jeremy Fogel is the Founder and Executive Director of the Berkeley Judicial Institute (BJI) at Berkeley Law School. The BJI focuses...
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Mar 29, 202115 min read


The History and Return of Press Briefings
Many administrations have entered and exited the White House in the last 100 years. However, what has remained constant over time is how...
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Mar 11, 20215 min read


Investigating the Political Potency of Christian Nationalism: An Interview with Andrew Whitehead
Andrew Whitehead is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Co-Director of the...
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Mar 1, 20215 min read


Vaccines, Variants, and (Eventual) Victory: An Interview with Ashish Jha
Ashish K. Jha, M.D., MPH, is the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health. Before arriving at Brown last September, he served...
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Jan 29, 20217 min read


The Gatekeepers to Online Discourse: An Interview with Daphne Keller ’95
Daphne Keller ’95 is a law professor at Stanford University and is the director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford’s Cyber...
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Jan 20, 202110 min read


Stuck in the Middle Without UBI: The Canadian political system’s barriers to creating change
Canadian politics have been weird lately. Always overshadowed by the circus to the south, Canadian politics tend to be tame, even boring....
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Jan 8, 20214 min read


Examining the Electoral College: An Interview with Jesse Wegman
Jesse Wegman is a member of The New York Times editorial board, where he writes editorials on the Supreme Court and legal affairs. He...
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Dec 7, 202010 min read
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