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Despotic Development
How Ethiopia’s allegiance to the authoritarian development model has spurred economic progress at the expense of its population Few...
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Jan 22, 20226 min read


The Forgotten Ones
Surging anti-Semitism across the globe must be addressed and combatted, not ignored. History is prescient. A mere 80 years ago, World War...
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Jan 22, 20224 min read


Reserving Water for Reserves
How Canada can end long-term water advisories for First Nations communities This morning, I woke up feeling quite thirsty. “Well,” I...
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Jan 22, 20225 min read


Trees Are People Too
The environment deserves legal rights. On April 26, 2021, a wetland, two marshes, and two creeks sued a property developer in Orange...
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Jan 20, 20225 min read
International Whalefare: The case for legalized whaling
In 1982, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) passed a landmark moratorium that made all commercial whale hunts illicit. Despite...
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Jan 20, 20225 min read


Critical Cyber: Why the US government must incentivize private corporations to better protect consum
In June 2021, the information of 700 million LinkedIn users—more than 90 percent of the platform’s accounts—was leaked on the dark web,...
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Jan 20, 20224 min read
Condomnation
In the midst of an HIV epidemic, the Philippine government must break with the official Church stance and encourage the use of barrier...
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Jan 20, 20224 min read


DisArmorMent: How the US Marine Corps’s changing armor capabilities reflects the military’s shift to
During World War II, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) engaged in an island-hopping campaign against the Japanese Empire. 80 years...
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Jan 20, 20224 min read


Government-Mandated Poverty: How US policies are structured to keep people with disabilities in perp
“If we were able to keep our income, we’d have been married a long time ago.” Sherri Daniel, who has spinal stenosis and achondroplasia,...
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Jan 18, 20225 min read


Half In Half Out: Why an effective reentry model must sever its ties with the carceral state
In August 2020, Daniel Martin exited through the front doors of the Cordova Center, a residential reentry center (RRC) in Anchorage,...
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Jan 18, 20225 min read


War of All Against All: How Covid-19 has eroded our social contract
Social contract theory generally refers to the tacit agreement between citizens and their government to achieve collective security:...
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Jan 18, 20223 min read


A Marxist Cheer for the Last Frontier
The Last Frontier has given us gas, gold, and glory. It’s time for us to borrow some economic policy, too. Alaska, a state most Americans...
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Jan 18, 20225 min read


Highway Robbery: How reimagined New England highways perpetuate the displacement of marginalized com
Walking along the Providence River is a favorite pastime of many Brown University students. Gazing out from the Pedestrian Bridge, they...
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Jan 18, 20224 min read


Choose Your Starter: China or Article 9?
As Japan’s new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, comes into office, uncertainty surrounds his foreign policy. So far, he has expressed...
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Dec 30, 20215 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


Petroball: How Human Rights Abusers and Carbon Emitters Hide behind Soccer
Draped in Saudi flags and mock-ups of traditional clothing, Newcastle United fans streamed into St. James Park on October 17th to...
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Dec 28, 20215 min read


How to Say I’m Sorry: AUKUS Edition
1778 marked the last time that a French ambassador to the United States was recalled to Paris for consultations—until September 17, 2021....
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Dec 28, 20215 min read
Wizards, Whimsy, and Why We Should Keep Funding the Windsors
At the end of this year, a revered public figure will leave office for the first time in decades. No, it’s not Angela Merkel—it’s Ian...
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Dec 28, 20215 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
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