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The Case for Codetermination: Advantages of Worker Representation
In recent years, American corporations have faced a crisis of legitimacy. A 2020 Gallup poll found that 58 percent of Americans were...
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Dec 24, 20204 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


High Poverty Schools can be High Performing
Public schools are responsible for educating all students; however, in poor and minority communities, they often don’t succeed. Students...
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Dec 19, 20205 min read


The Changing Dynamics of Protest: Political Hashtagging, Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin, & Hacktivi
Young Nigerians have taken to the streets demanding the shut down of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) due to police brutality. They...
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Dec 18, 20205 min read


The Rise of Wellywood
Wellywood, also known as Wellington, is the film hub and unsung hero of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s economic growth. The capital city has...
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Dec 18, 20206 min read


Amazon Faces the Labor Movement: Trade Unions and Big Business During the Covid-19 Pandemic
As the Covid-19 outbreak swept across Europe in March 2020, the safety of workers unable to perform their jobs from home could not be so...
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Dec 16, 20205 min read


When the Majority Suffers: The Case for Intellectual Diversity on College Campuses
2020 has been a tumultuous year. Even without considering COVID-19, the internal strife within the United States is at its explosive...
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Dec 16, 20206 min read


Controlling the Narrative: Industry-Led Misinformation in the Great Health Care Debate
Over the summer, former Cigna executive Wendell Potter made headlines for exposing the misinformation campaigns that corporate health...
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Dec 15, 20205 min read


A Turning Point for Combating Chronic Absenteeism in American Schools
Before the coronavirus pandemic, chronic absenteeism was a growing epidemic of its own kind that rocked schools across the country....
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Dec 15, 20206 min read


A Parley for Parliament: Exploring System Change in Chile’s New Constitution
Chilean pro-democracy activists once used the slogan “La alegria ya viene” [“Happiness is coming”] to protest against the brutal dictator...
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Dec 14, 20205 min read


Crossroads – Where the US-UK Relationship Goes From Here
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, reports say officials and politicians in London have been frantically pivoting to...
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Dec 13, 20205 min read


Long Lines to Vote Are Unconstitutional
If there is one enduring legacy of American democracy, it is a profound commitment to preventing people from voting. Under the...
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Dec 11, 20207 min read


Democracy’s Undemocratic Transition of Power
As the majority of US voters celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s seemingly convincing victory in last week’s election, political...
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Dec 9, 20207 min read


What the Schrems II Decision Means for the Future of the EU-US Alliance
Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer and privacy activist, first filed a privacy complaint against Facebook in 2011. Nine years and two...
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Dec 7, 20205 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


From a Lack of Funding to a Local News Drought: How News is Essential to Democracy
Per a 2018 survey, 71 percent of US adults believe their local news outlets are doing well financially, even though only 14 percent of...
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Dec 7, 20204 min read


Big Ed-Tech Is Watching You: Privacy, Prejudice, and Pedagogy in Online Proctoring
In the pandemic-era scramble of digital education delivery, the line between public and private has been unduly blurred. Remote learning...
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Dec 6, 20205 min read


Political Meat and Fake Meat
Meat (and its absence) is a hallmark of cultures all across the world. Hindus don’t eat beef, Muslims don’t eat pork, and a number of...
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Dec 5, 20206 min read


Fix the American Grid
If Thomas Edison resurrected tomorrow and decided to inspect the American power grid, he would find everything up to his standards. In...
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Dec 3, 20206 min read


Rural Isolation in Senegal: Two Completely Different Scenes Within the Same Nation
Each time I visited Matam, one of Senegal’s rural regions, it was instantly recognizable. Year after year, very little to no changes were...
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Dec 2, 20205 min read
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