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Digital Disaster: Crypto and America’s Financial Future
March 2023 was one of the worst months for the banking industry in recent memory, and while much of the media coverage has focused on the...
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Apr 27, 20235 min read


It’s Time We Rock the Youth Voting Rights Act
Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, significant reforms must be made to increase youth civic engagement and voter participation. In...
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Apr 27, 20234 min read


The Battle for Morley Field: Continued Legacies of Racism in Pawtucket
“379 parking spots does not equate to the memories of the children in our community,” argued Pawtucket resident Tatiana Reis, testifying...
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Apr 27, 20235 min read


Jury’s in for Gwyneth, Jury’s Out On Cameras in Courtrooms
Despite advocates’ calls to reform the “broken criminal legal system,” it seems very much intact on screen. From Johnny Depp to Gwyneth...
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Apr 26, 20236 min read


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


Fighting With Numbers
Ask any government statistician: The B-1 Bomber won us the Cold War. Not in the way you might think. No bomber ever dropped payloads over...
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Apr 26, 20233 min read


The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: An Interview with Professor Bradford Gibbs
Bradford Gibbs is the Urry and Comfort Family Lecturer in Economics at Brown University. His focus is applied finance, and he teaches...
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Apr 25, 20239 min read


After the Clock Stops Ticking
Debates about fertility rates rage around the world. India is no exception. As a country where family and children are valued above...
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Apr 24, 20234 min read


Sex Will Destroy the GOP
This past June, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis celebrated the passage of his Parental Rights in Education bill. Dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by...
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Apr 24, 20234 min read


A Spreading STIgma
In an anonymous statement to the United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), an Egyptian woman described in painful detail her...
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Apr 24, 20235 min read


If You Give A Student A Book: School Censorship and Representation
For educators, bibliophiles, and parents alike, there are few things more devastating than hidden and empty bookshelves in elementary...
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Apr 23, 20234 min read


Tradition on Trial
Representative James Comer (R-KY) was celebrating as midterm election results rolled in this November—he had received 74.8 percent of the...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Eyes on the Sky: The Dramatization of Sky Politics
On January 28, 2023, US officials first noticed a mysterious object floating over the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The...
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Apr 23, 20234 min read


Cutting Blank Checks
If the war in Ukraine can be said to have a silver lining, it is the bringing together of a nation once sharply divided along linguistic,...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Parenthood for Sale
Support for adoption transcends bipartisan politics. It is reflected in our popular culture, from Juno to The Blind Side. For the average...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Speak Now
An average of seven antisemitic incidents occurred each day in the United States in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Stirring the Melting Pot
Of the 20 men who have held the Presidency since 1900, Warren Harding may be the most forgotten. Indeed, in nearly every name recognition...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Cadastre Disaster
Brazil’s Cerrado region, the most biodiverse savannah in the world, is home to the geraizeiros, a native population of mixed...
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Apr 23, 20234 min read


Sanctions on Ice
A girl of just 15 sobbed on live television while her coach questioned why she hadn’t kept fighting. The silver medalist broke down,...
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Apr 23, 20233 min read


The War on Drill
Two years ago, 16-year-old James Bascoe-Smith was stabbed near his home in south London. From his wheelchair, Bascoe-Smith testified at...
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Apr 23, 20234 min read
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