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  • Why are Some Americans STILL not Vaccinated?

    By Tyler Quigley   art by Jinny Park Given that, as of September 16th, 2021, 64.1% of Americans have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine and that 54.7% are fully vaccinated, many people, including myself, are pondering one specific question: why is that number not higher? There are some obvious answers to…
  • SCOTUS Taking Another Look at Abortion

    By Justin Rockaway   image provided by Flickr under the Creative Commons License The recent signing of TX SB8, or the "Texas Heartbeat Act", has garnered national media attention after the split-decision denial of the Supreme Court to grant an injunction that would block the enforcement of the controversial abortion bill. In essence, the act…
  • Qatar: More Involved Than You Think

    By Jordan Simmons   image provided by Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons License August 16th, 2021. Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Masses of people flood the airport's only runway and Western officials scramble to get more planes to the airport of the fallen capital. In total, about 116,700 will end up being…
  • Why Democrats Must Act on Infrastructure

    By Josh DeLuca   image provided by Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons License In the never-ending chess match that is our current political environment, political actors have two modes: the pursuit of power and the exercise of power. While being in power is the ultimate goal, in many senses, the pursuit of power is…
  • The Lingering Stain of Toxic Fashion

    By Lea Despotis, Design Lead   Art by Lea Despotis Amassing over 15 million followers on Instagram and ranking thirteenth on the list of highest traffic sites, Pretty Little Thing (PTL) flaunts the trendiest fashion finds with a gaspingly low price tag. For some, it's a glistening goldmine-a swift and additive click away from gratifying…
  • Politics Through Green-Colored Glasses

    By Julian McCall, Features Editor   art by Merry May Ma, staff artist Politics through green-colored glasses grants political legitimacy based upon leaders' ability to ensure social balance and human security within the ecological limits of Earth. Transitioning from our carbon civilization to one harmonious with our planet is the challenge of the 21st century,…
  • Green-Washing Colonialism

    By Arte Romero y Carver   image provided by Flickr under the Creative Commons License Joe Biden's website defines him as a "climate change pioneer". I assume the staff who wrote that copy meant it in the sense that he is pioneering new ways of combatting climate change, rather than the more literal translation that…