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Impacting Climate Policy: The Pandemic, Polarization, and You
You’re wearing your pajamas and fuzzy slippers while sitting in your bedroom. You’re also on an important Zoom call and it’s 2 pm in the...
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Jan 7, 20234 min read
An Inhuman Interview
Recently, OpenAI, an AI research company, released ChatGPT, the latest in its series of text-based AI models. It was an unexpected...
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Jan 6, 20235 min read
Three Prime Ministers, Two Resignations, One Crisis of Legitimacy, and No General Election
The current political situation in the United Kingdom is in disarray. Uncertainty reigns throughout Parliament as it reels from Prime...
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Jan 6, 20235 min read
Los Angeles’ Scandals Show that Local Redistricting Deserves More Attention
The Los Angeles City Council has been rocked by a series of scandals. Most recently, an audio recording emerged of City Council President...
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Jan 5, 20234 min read
Iran is at a tipping point, but it’s about much more than modesty laws
On September 13, 2022, Iran’s morality police detained Masha Amini for improperly wearing her hijab. Once in custody, Amini was...
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Jan 5, 20234 min read
From Caracas to Edgartown: How Did We Get Here?
“Massachusetts: Beneficios para Refugiados” was the title of a brochure that Carlos Muñoz received while applying for asylum in South...
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Jan 5, 20235 min read
ATHLETICIDE: A Data-Driven Analysis of the Link Between International Sporting Events and Human Righ
Mohammed Suman Miah moved to Qatar in 2016, allured by stories of great Qatari wealth and prosperity. The Bangladeshi construction worker...
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Dec 14, 20226 min read
The Overrepresentation of Religion in the Courts, Congress, and the Classroom
The last Supreme Court session resulted in numerous 6-3 decisions in which the conversative majority consistently contradicted...
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Dec 13, 20225 min read
Evangelicals, Divine Right, and the Republican Party
Since the country’s founding, the American church has served as a moral compass, guiding public legislation, sentiment, and traditions as...
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Dec 12, 20226 min read
Confederating Central Asia: The Iroquois Model
The year is 1701. A fire burns inside a colossal wooden Longhouse near modern-day Syracuse, New York. Around it delegates from five...
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Dec 11, 20226 min read
Sanctions 2.0
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine carries on, economic sanctions remain the principal deterrence strategy of the United States and other...
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Dec 11, 20225 min read
Redefining the Meaning of Comprehensive Sex Education
The precedent-defying Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic has reignited a conversation about sex education policy....
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Dec 10, 20224 min read
The World’s Suicide Capital: Colonialism’s Impact on Greenland’s Mental Health Crisis
Tasiilaq is a sleepy town of 2,017 located on Greenland’s eastern coast. The town is dotted with colorful homes, small businesses, a...
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Dec 10, 20224 min read
The Political Implications of China’s Zero-Covid Strategy
Until very recently, China was the only country in the world still holding fast to a zero-Covid strategy, an approach that focuses on...
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Dec 9, 20225 min read
Mothers & Motherlands: The Forgotten Legacy of Slavery in the United States
I once had a friend who loved the ocean. He would sink his feet into the scorching sand and let gravity pull him toward the ground. He...
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Dec 9, 20225 min read
The Line: Ushering in the Future or a Smokescreen for Repression?
In January 2021, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia announced The Line, a “civilization revolution” designed to...
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Dec 9, 20226 min read
The 2022 Midterms: A Victory for Normalcy
As the dust settles on another midterm election, several winners have emerged from this year’s remarkably fluid congressional contests....
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Dec 9, 20224 min read
Democracy In Decline: How BJP Has Caused India’s Fall From Freedom
At the 2021 International Summit for Democracy, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi launched his address by stating he was “proud to...
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Dec 9, 20225 min read
The Case for an African American Repatriation Act
On October 11, 2022, The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum returned its long-contested Benin Bronze Heads to Nigeria. The RISD...
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Dec 8, 20226 min read
From the Clean Train Movement to the War on Rats: New York City’s History of Inequitable Sanitation
“The rats don’t run this city, we do,” New York City Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch proclaimed in an October 18 announcement....
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Dec 8, 20225 min read
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