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Leaving Legacies Behind
The Supreme Court is poised to rule that affirmative action is unconstitutional when it hears cases this fall. If the Court makes such a...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Waking Up From Pipe Dreams
The residents of Yazoo County, Mississippi were confronted with a danger the world had yet to witness in February 2020: a carbon dioxide...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Raiders of the Lost Art
Stories of valiant archeologists who discover and expropriate ancient and powerful artifacts out of dangerous locales have long captured...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Ego, ENLARGED
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Take ‘The Line’—a megacity under construction with two parallel skyscrapers stretching 170...
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Feb 5, 20236 min read


Everyday He’s Hustlin’
“A village boy has become the president of Kenya,” William Ruto proclaimed during his September 13 victory speech. A crowd of tens of...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


The Paradox of Food Insecurity in the Nation’s Agricultural Heartlands
There are approximately two million farms scattered throughout the United States, on which migrant and seasonal farmworkers grow much of...
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Feb 2, 20234 min read


The Most Dangerous Commute
Despite being one of the biggest stars in the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB), Yasiel Puig lived off of a meager $17 per month. With his...
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Jan 17, 20236 min read


The Greatest Threat to Peace In Europe That You’ve Probably Never Heard About
As a grotesque, albeit limited, conflict in Ukraine sows fear across the West, some are wondering who could be capable of sparking...
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Jan 17, 20235 min read


The Most Dangerous Precedent
“It has been a long time since we last met, and I hope it will be a long time before we have to part.” In his address to the 2018 Boao...
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Jan 17, 20234 min read


Most Likely to Change the World
Throughout history, youth voices across the world have played integral roles in protest movements. Facing coordinated state violence...
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Jan 17, 20234 min read


DNA Deception
In 2016, a woman in San Francisco was subjected to the intrusive process of a rape kit after suffering from domestic violence and sexual...
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Jan 17, 20236 min read


Not In My Ecosystem
The California Supreme Court’s March 3rd decision ruling that UC Berkeley must keep its enrollment at 2020 levels was a major blow to the...
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Jan 17, 20235 min read


Fit to Serve
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages on, Western powers are undoubtedly assessing their own military capabilities. The United States...
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Jan 15, 20234 min read


Temporarily Protected, Permanently in Limbo
As the Russian invasion rages on in Ukraine, countries from around the world have come together to support refugees fleeing the country....
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Jan 15, 20235 min read


Neutral No More?
Switzerland is best known for its cheese, chocolate, and unwavering commitment to maintaining neutrality in geopolitical conflicts....
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Jan 13, 20234 min read


Rare Earth Rush
Today’s energy crisis harkens back to the 1973 oil shock, during which Arab petrostates instituted an oil embargo against Western...
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Jan 13, 20235 min read


Handkerchiefs for Hope
In Buenos Aires, a crowd of protestors dressed in green gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to patiently await the decision of the Argentinian...
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Jan 13, 20235 min read


Contractual Consent
In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the...
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Jan 13, 20235 min read


Rethinking Welfare: Why States Must Expand Benefits to Drug Felons
“The government says pull yourself up by your bootstraps and I’m trying to… I just keep getting knocked down over and over and over...
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Jan 9, 20234 min read


In a Divided Congress, Expand the Child Tax Credit
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law, delivering $1.9 trillion to help the country recover from...
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Jan 8, 20236 min read
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