Neither voting nor activism on their own is sufficient to bring about the systemic changes that need to occur in the United States. When used together, however, they can pave the way for significant change in the future.
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Science isn’t the answer to bad politics; better politics is.
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The Keystone XL has received significant opposition, but after considering its economic advantages and minimal risk, President Biden may want to reconsider his decision.
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Shifting the narrative from disparity to one that includes intersectional causes and solutions.
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Americans 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.
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The outliers of the international system have posed a special problem for American diplomacy and will continue to do so unless there is a shift in American international policy.
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Reproductive 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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For decades, Florida was one of the most hotly contested battleground states in the country. Now, it’s becoming reliably Republican. What’s caused Florida’s rightward shift and what does it mean for the future?
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Robert F. Kennedy’s vision lives on in Joe Biden’s presidency.
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There are more women in the U.S. government than ever before, but representation should not be the excuse given for stagnant legislation. Women in politics should be judged based on how they actually help other women, not heralded as simple emblems of their gender.
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President Biden has been forced to prioritize the COVID-19 pandemic for his first months in office, leaving questions as to how his foreign policy will take form. There are three main global issues that Biden can focus on to differentiate himself from his predecessors and make a positive impact.
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Is there a world in which Americans can live with little to no policing?
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GameStop’s surge in the stock market was an unprecedented event. What does this phenomenon mean for the future of our economy though?
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The fate of progressive reform and representation lies in the hands of the Virginian voters, are you prepared to demand a better future?
Los ingresos de los trabajadores estadounidenses permanecen estancados, pero los sindicatos proveen esperanza. La solución viene de los sindicatos fuertes y el trabajo organizado.
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Jalen Johnson’s recent departure from Duke, and his treatment in the media afterwards, show how NCAA athletes are still being commodified in the face of COVID-19.
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Este artículo cubrirá el debate actual sobre la monarquía española. Algunos dicen que es una institución anticuada y que ahora es corrupta y fuera de contacto con la gente española. Sin embargo, otros creen que es un símbolo clave de la unidad y la tradición, y por lo tanto debe ser preservada como una institución. A pesar de todo, es un debate que probablemente continuará para España, y creo que, si la monarquía desea sobrevivir, debe escuchar las preocupaciones de la gente y tomarlas en serio.
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Twitter’s permanent ban on Trump is dangerous because Twitter as a public forum for sharing unfiltered ideas unjustifiably censors unpopular opinions assaulting freedom of speech.
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Twenty-Twenty assured a range of experiences and emotions in times without a conventional “togetherness”-- art was this year's best substitute.
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What did Donald Trump’s presidency illustrate about the strengths and weaknesses of the Presidency and other American institutions? What does this tell us about what reforms we must enact?
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