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Life After Dobbs: A Socioeconomic Take
By William Yoo As the Dobbs v. Jackson decision looms and its consequences are feared yet not entirely known, the justifications made by the Supreme Court have become major points of contention in public discourse. While not as obvious as medicine or political science, economics - particularly socioeconomics - is an intrinsic facet of abortion… -
Vindication: Biden’s Theory of the Case
By Josh DeLuca Design by Eric Kim Though the candidates change, every election cycle the American people hear the same refrains: complaints about "gridlock" in Washington and promises to break through and deliver substantive changes. And yet, year after year, substantive legislation has largely eluded both presidents and Congress. However, after a string of legislative… -
Peter Thiel’s New Right-Wing Acolytes
By Gabriel Squitieri Peter Thiel: He's the Elon Musk of the right. Such a designation is irrelevant now, considering the obsequious billionaire Musk has joined forces with the right as well. Nevertheless, I wish not to harp on Mr. Musk. Instead, I find it pertinent to recount and analyze the actions of Peter Thiel as… -
Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan
By Amrita Kulkarni In the last two decades, a combination of factors have pushed the student debt crisis to a critical point of unsustainability. Therefore, canceling student debt, while not perfect, is necessary to provide immediate relief to millions of Americans and buy policy makers time to enact legislation to truly solve the crisis. … -
Peter Thiel’s New Rightwing Acolytes
By Gabriel Squitieri Peter Thiel: He's the Elon Musk of the right. Such a designation is irrelevant now, considering the obsequious billionaire Musk has joined forces with the right as well. Nevertheless, I wish not to harp on Mr. Musk. Instead, I find it pertinent to recount and analyze the actions of Peter Thiel as… -
Book Bans are Back
By Alaina Baumohl, Editor-in-ChiefArtwork by Eric Kim, Assistant Design Director The Wentzville School District, a county 30 miles west of St. Louis, recently made national headlines for banning Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” supposedly due to passages containing incest and child rape. In response, the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of two students. It argued that…
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Lobbying & Lies: Corporations & Climate Change
By Matthew Shepetin, Staff Writer How many times have you been told to recycle your can of Coke? Or buy a hybrid? Or seen a politician take money from oil companies while advocating for environmental policy? Over the past decades, corporate leaders have intentionally reprogrammed the way we think about the individual's role in combating…