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Breaking the Workplace Steel Curtain: Expanding the Rooney Rule Beyond the NFL
On April 18, the city of Pittsburgh gathered to remember the life of one of its great sons, Dan Rooney. Although Oakland’s St. Paul...
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May 26, 20176 min read


Speak Softly and Carry a Big Bat
The Texas Rangers are a baseball franchise whose identity is inseparable from politics. The Rangers were a tool for an American...
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May 26, 20176 min read


Aid in Fragile States
There are many reasons to be optimistic about global poverty rates. As The Economist reported, “between 1990 and 2010, [the number of...
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May 22, 20176 min read


The American Culture of Violence
Military potency is synonymous for a nation’s power within the global sphere, in most modern societies today. The United States has...
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May 22, 20174 min read


Infographic: International Attention on the French Presidential Election
On May 7, 2017, the independent candidate Emmanuel Macron defeated the far right candidate Marine Le Pen to become the next president of...
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May 22, 20171 min read


Defending South Africa’s Democracy: The End of the Road for President Zuma
Against the advice of allied parties, trade unions, business leaders, investors, and various political leaders, President Jacob Zuma...
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May 15, 20176 min read


How Secret Wars Happen: AFRICOM and Militarization Disguised as Humanitarianism
From 2006 to 2016, deployments of US Special Operations Command units to Africa climbed by a staggering 1600 percent. This militarization...
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May 15, 20176 min read


The Perpetual Greek Crisis
Once again, Greece is making headlines for its economic troubles as it heads towards a major confrontation with its European creditors...
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May 15, 20176 min read
Heated Conflict: Redefining Refugees
“Before the drought, I would have to dig 60 or 70 meters to find water. Then I had to dig 100 to 200 meters,” said former Syrian...
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May 15, 20177 min read


Lahren Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Questions Media, Free Speech
Last month, outspoken conservative political pundit Tomi Lahren went on the morning talk show The View. To the surprise of many, Lahren...
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May 15, 20175 min read


The Big Test: Assessing the Five Star Movement’s Roman Chance
When TV comedian Beppe Grillo and web activist Gianroberto Casaleggio started a political movement in 2009, few believed it would become...
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May 15, 20176 min read


Tunnel to Nowhere: What the Second Avenue Subway says about American Infrastructure
On New Year’s Day, New York’s celebrated Second Avenue Subway opened to great fanfare, concluding a tortured, century-long history of...
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May 13, 20176 min read


The Construction Conundrum: Affordable Housing and the Future of the American City
Across major American cities, residents are facing the high costs of a growing housing crisis. While zoning regulations and affordable...
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May 13, 20178 min read


An Antiquated Act: Updating how National Monuments are Made
In the final days of his presidency, President Obama created two new national monuments: Bear Ears Buttes in Utah and Gold Butte in...
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May 13, 20176 min read


Minding Mines: The Imperative for Making Nuclear Energy Cleaner
On December 20, 1951, the United States switched on the first peaceful nuclear power reactor the world had ever seen: Experimental...
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May 12, 20176 min read


Surf and Turf: Territorial Dispute in Maine’s Lobster Industry
On July 9, 2009, Chris Young was shot in the neck with a .22 caliber pistol. Surprisingly, in a nation plagued by urban violence, this...
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May 12, 20176 min read


The Immigration Game: How the refugee crisis has affected French and German politics
France and Germany have never been known for having much in common, but recent geopolitical events have shaken the countries’ political...
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May 12, 20176 min read


A Workable Watchdog:How the IAEA Has Solved the Credibility Problem
To any common media consumer, it may appear that international cooperation is on its way out. President Trump’s pledge to defy World...
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May 11, 20176 min read


Saudi Arabia Goes Global: The Implications of King Salman’s Trip to Southeast Asia
When King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia embarked on a month-long trip to Southeast Asia this February, Western media...
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May 11, 20176 min read


Serbian Subversion: How the European Union is Failing in the Balkans
In the 25 years since war engulfed the Balkans, the region has reached a peaceful, if somewhat tense, equilibrium. War criminals have...
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May 11, 20177 min read
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