Category: 43.2 Red

Pure mathematics, more than any other discipline, is viewed as purely abstract thought, as far removed from our tangible world as possible. It emphasizes rigor, structure and order. This marriage of traits made it the perfect brainchild for one of the biggest communist regimes in history, the Soviet Union. While they may have failed in […]

America’s criminal justice system is broken. Mass incarceration and systemic racism define our courts and laws. The United States holds the largest incarcerated population in the world, and an ever-growing share is being funneled into for-profit prisons. Minorities are incarcerated at highly disproportionate rates, often for minor offenses. While the most wealthy and powerful, like […]

Vengeance: the blood you shed must be compensated with your own blood, or that of those you hold most dear. Traditionally, deaths were avenged in war to honor the fallen and punish their slayer. In the modern day, where polarization exists to such a degree that the neologism of “political warfare” turns debate into a […]

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) under his New Deal. The intention was to provide homeowners mortgage relief to prevent foreclosure, expanding opportunities to purchase homes. However, in practice, the HOLC and Federal Housing Administration (FHA) would work together to segregate cities across America, devastating urban communities to […]

In August 2025, the Department of Homeland Security wrapped a seismic shift in bureaucratic language, redefining international students not as scholars but as potential threats. Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin declared that such students had been “remaining virtually indefinitely, posing safety risks, costing taxpayer dollars, and disadvantaging U.S. citizens.” The agency vowed to “end that abuse […]