The myth of a Native American ancestor is pervasive in American society, but the act of being Native goes far beyond merely having Native ancestry. No DNA test can tell if you are Native American because being Native is a political classification based on the collective sovereignty of the broader community. It’s not who you claim, it’s who claims you.
Read MoreOn September 27th, 2021, R&B singer Robert Kelly was found guilty. Let’s take a look at why it took so long and why we should be concerned.
Read MoreThe English Premier League is currently regarded as the best league of football in the world. Yet as a realm of sport and entertainment, it does not escape English traditions of colonialism and cultural dominance, which determine who gets to be a great player and who gets left behind.
Read MoreHow conservative nostalgia is endangering the future of democracy in America.
Read MoreInfrastructure in the United States is among the most expensive to construct in the world. With the potential passage of the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill, it is important to understand both why it is so expensive and what can be changed.
Read MoreWith thousands of people still dying from COVID-19 every day and developing nations suffering at the mercy of a few wealthy governments and corporations, the United States has to take the lead in global vaccination efforts.
Read MoreCould the US defense budget be the key to securing free public college for Americans?
Read MoreShe’s the successful career woman rising the corporate ladder. She’s the independent entrepreneur sporting a pantsuit and a coffee mug with the motto “the future is female.” She’s a girlboss.
Read MoreWhile science can be a tool for helping others, it can also be an important component of political influence and international relations. This article explores the United States’ approach to vaccine distribution and access in the context of global vaccine diplomacy.
Read MoreLa lucha por un salario mínimo de $15 la hora para los trabajadores ha existido por más de una década. El salario mínimo fue creado para establecer un nivel básico de vida. El gobierno necesita subirlo para proteger a sus ciudadanos y su bienestar.
Read MoreWhy capitalists don’t care about your health—but should.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic restructured the ways we think about our politics, our activism, and the obligations our values ought to ask of us. Now at the apparent end of the worst of it--but certainly not the ripples it will yield--it may be worth reflecting on what we might learn about rugged individualism and philanthropy through the lens this past year has offered.
Read MoreThe welfare state has grown increasingly bogged down with inefficient and counterproductive practices. One solution: consolidating the welfare state into a single, empirically-supported system in order to waste less and help more.
Read MoreLa incorporación del Museo Nacional del Latino Americano como un gran paso hacia la educación y representación de los casi 60 millones de personas que viven en los Estados Unidos.
Read MoreLa aparición de COVID-19 ha sido muy impactante en varios aspectos de nuestras vidas. En este artículo vamos a investigar como la pandémica ha impactado estudiantes de Charlottesville, a través de los estudiantes latinos. Sus experiencias son representante de los asuntos causado para los estudiantes de Charlottesville.
Read MoreThe marriage of the once-dissident country genre and the Republican Party, far from natural and long-standing, was manufactured as a part of Nixon’s Southern Strategy.
Read MoreOnline chat boards are a breeding ground for extremist ideology. The newest movement is a resurgence of the 1960s Trotskyist UFO cult known as Posadism.
Read MoreThe Keystone XL has received significant opposition, but after considering its economic advantages and minimal risk, President Biden may want to reconsider his decision.
Read MoreAmericans don’t understand government welfare, and this ignorance has created a dangerous and unfounded stigma against the poor. We have come to conflate welfare with government handouts, and government handouts with poverty, when in reality welfare plays a large role in all of our lives—and an extensive role in the lives of the rich.
Read MoreReproductive justice activists across the United States elected the Biden-Harris administration under the condition they would protect the right to an abortion. Without doubt, abortion is a decisive issue for all voters, yet the issue of abortion is dynamic within political and religious history and took key figures and events to make it as politized of an issue as it is today.
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