As the nation grows increasingly divided over the “culture war” - between bullpen catchers and geriatric Republican Twitter users - they ignore America’s threatening expansion of militarism abroad. The threatening possibility of entering legitimate, destructive war.
Read MoreThe reputation of trans fats has run the health gamut from nutritionally exceptional to borderline lethal. It took over two decades of research to accumulate enough evidence to finally ban partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in the United States, and this significant time lapse is not without criticism. However, the twenty-four year period of of true scientific inquiry prevented shortsighted and unsound policies and had the ultimate effect of contributing to the overall health of the American public.
Read MoreIssues in developing nations are wide-ranging and ongoing, but we rarely hear about them in the United States. Are we paying enough attention?
Read MoreOn September 18, concerned Charlottesville-ians gathered to expose the deeply rooted issues behind the white supremacist siege on August 12. The Columbia Journalism Review’s Race, Racism and the News panel allowed the community an opportunity to acknowledge, discuss, and heal from rising racial tensions in Charlottesville and across the nation.
Read MoreUnited States vindicationist promotion of democracy throughout the world is much more convoluted and multifaceted than what meets the eye, and while it is said to be done in the name of goodwill to other nations, self-interested ulterior motives lie at the heart of it. All anyone need do to see proof of this is take a look at the history of US exploitative relations with the developing country of Guatemala.
Read MoreThe 2016 US Presidential Election bucked years of politics-as-usual and marked a revolutionary shift in how Americans decide who is best fit to be the nation’s leader. Or did it? An inspection of the last forty years of American elections appears to uncover a far longer trend at work, one that can be traced from the modern day all the way back to the greatest political scandal in American history.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court should side with privacy when considering warrantless searches of electronic devices at the borders.
Read MoreThe artificial intelligence revolution threatens to transform the social and economic landscape worldwide. The United States must respond by providing a basic social safety net for workers who are slated to be replaced.
Read MoreThe rise today of China as a great power has shaken the United States’ hegemonic grip on world influence. Will it end in war like it did for Athens and Sparta in Thucydides time?
Read MoreFood waste is a global issue that humans have the responsibility to take action to eliminate.
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Public officials decry the way that people politicize tragedies to dodge questions and shut down debate. We should reclaim this pejorative and make politicizing a tragedy a good thing.
Read MoreAmerica’s current electoral system is creating a stale and hyper-partisan political climate. Ranked-choice voting, however, can change this. This election method has the power to provide diversity in elections, allow a candidate with an actual majority to win an election, and reinvigorate American politics.
Read MoreHow can slavery exist in our supposedly post-racial land of the free? The realities and verities of systemic racism in relation to the prison industrial complex and the American prison system.
Read MoreNet neutrality is a serious issue that many Americans, including those that consider themselves well informed, know next-to-nothing about. The issue has been described as “the First Amendment Issue of our time,” and yet most people do not know where they stand on the issue.
Read MorePresident Trump's motion to rescind DACA has stirred controversy. Is this an important step to shift power from the President to Congress, or is it a pure political move?
Read MoreIn recent years, campus activism has undergone a wholesale transformation. With peaceful protest and scholarly discourse increasingly supplanted by riotous indignation, Americans who value free speech must act to preserve these bedrocks of Western society.
Read MoreMeritocracy is an ancient virtue. Why, then, do top American officials embody the opposite?
Read MoreDemographic changes in Northeast Asia are forcing the Japanese and South Korean government pension funds to reevaluate their investment philosophies.
Read MoreWell-meaning environmentalists and exaggerated reports perpetuate many of the problems of climate change discourse.
Read MoreAbortion remains one of the most contentious and divisive issues in the country. If the Democrats intend to win a majority in the Congress during the Trump presidency, they will need to open the party up to people on both sides of the issue, just like they have historically.
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