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The Historical Implications of Impeachment for 2020
From Johnson’s dispute over appointment powers to Nixon’s break-in to Clinton’s adultery, the American public has experience with impeachment. Still, the circumstances surrounding the latest impeachment inquiry are unprecedented. Never before has the name of a sitting U.S. President facing an impeachment inquiry appeared on the ballot as it will in November of 2020. Both…
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The American West and the West Bank: Intersecting Histories of Settler Colonialism
Standing on the roof of an old fortress, my eyes focused on trying to make sense of the map being held up by our guide, resisting the wind threatening to carry it down onto the landscape it represented. It looked like the world’s ugliest pointillist portrait—a map of competing brown and blue dots: the first…
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“Howdy Modi!”: Diaspora Diplomacy Fans the Flames of Fascism in India
“Friends, this election is important because we have won with a massive mandate which has stunned the world…If anybody has won today it is the democracy and the people!” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi struck a triumphal figure in declaring victory after India’s May 2019 general election, delivering his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a massive…
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What’s Hot this Season?
From designer handbags to cotton t-shirts, millions of tons of merchandise each year meet their fiery fate at the mouth of an incinerator. In July 2018, British designer brand Burberry admitted to tossing $36.8 million of merchandise into the flames to prevent their high-end products from falling into the wrong hands. Facing backlash and boycotts,…
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Ashes Unify: The Aftermath of Notre Dame
On the evening of April 15th, horrified onlookers huddled at the banks of the River Seine while one of Paris’s most iconic monuments was engulfed in flames. The Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, more than 850 years old, has long stood in Gothic glory as a symbol of the French nation. Having both endured desecration during…
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Drawbacks of the E-Cigarette Ban
In a recent Oval Office press conference, President Donald Trump proposed plans to implement a wide-scale ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarette products after several deaths were found to come from mysterious pulmonary illnesses associated with vaping. This move prompted many states, such as New York and Michigan, to announce or even implement their…
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Who is the Human Life Protection Act Really Protecting?
Abortion: A topic everyone in America seems to become an expert on the moment it is introduced into the conversation. But, what do you really know about abortion in America and the current legislation surrounding it? On May 15, 2019 Alabama Governor, Kay Ivey, signed into law the Human Life Protection Act. This bill, introduced…
