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Brunt of the Blade
Aspirational recycling in a post-National Sword world
For decades, barges of recyclables slowly dragged across the Pacific, acting as overrun vessels of the United States’ environmental hope. This …
Fire Power
PG&E and the California wildfire crisis
Images of firestorms, burning hills, and charred neighborhoods in California are becoming the horrid icons of the future’s climate. The state’s …
Week in Ornaments
BRAINTREE's Monster house Halloween is under siege, and it’s a whole lot more personal than Starbucks’ red cups. The battleground for …
Speaking Up
Negotiating Tulsi Gabbard’s place in the media landscape
Some have never heard of presidential candidate US Representative Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]. Others complain she’s making too much noise. In August, …
Week in Pulling Out
RECIPE FOR DISASTER Forget pumpkin spice—it’s peach mint season. Earlier this month, NBC’s Ken Dilanian made Twitter aware of a recent …
Levin’s Legacy
To Fund Communities or Jails?
New York City Council Member Stephen Levin B’03, is trying to push through an $11 billion jail expansion plan in New …
Shifting Gears
The United Automobile Workers strikes General Motors
On September 15, nearly 50,000 United Automobile Workers (UAW) union members formed picket lines outside of General Motors factories across the …
Week in Tête-à-Têtes
THE NAMESAKE Name recognition is important in politics. Regardless of a politician’s public favor, constituents must know who they are before …
Not For Sale
Beyond Greenland's media moment
“Essentially, it’s a large real estate deal.” In the middle of August, the world was witness to yet another media circus …
Week in Civic Engagement
I ONLY SEE ONE RACE: THE HUMAN RACE To understand Woonsocket’s City Council meeting on Monday, September 16, we can begin …
Our House? Not Quite.
A look into Bolsonaro's policies and the Amazon
On August 19, São Paulo, Brazil went dark at 4 PM. Drivers in Brazil’s most populous city were forced to turn …
Week in Veneers
LOOKING PRESI-DENTAL The 2020 presidential race has opened with such an oversaturated field of candidates that sometimes distinguishing between them all …
Social Determinants
The DRC Ebola outbreak, explained
“They were dying slowly—it was very clear. They were not enemies, they were not criminals, they were nothing earthly now—nothing but …
Week in Vape Nations
CLOUDLESS SKIES ABOVE SALT LAKE CITY The emergence of damning new evidence demonstrating the danger of vaping and e-cigarettes feels like …
Francoists in the Shadows
The far right in Spain's main conservative party
Vox, the nationalist, anti-immigration party that broke into Spain's Congress of Deputies last April, may be new to the Spanish political …
Week in Invasion of Privacy
SHE KNEW HE WAS TROUBLE “I think he knows his footprints/On the sidewalk/Lead to where I can’t stop/Go there every night,” …
Week in Video Giants
Stuck in the Tape Deck If the mediocre 2013 Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick The Last Stand had been released in 2004, …
Towards a New Collective Memory
On October 31 of last year, the campus of South Asia University (SAU) in New Delhi, India, glowed pink and blue. …
Keep Your Tongue in its Cage
Protest art and revolution in Kuwait, Sudan, and Egypt
On February 25th, the Kuwaiti government abruptly announced that it would be cancelling a performance by Mashrou’ Leila, a five-member Lebanese …
Week in the Sky
WOW! AIRLINE FAIL! For months, the fiscal winds had been changing for WOW Air’s fleet of pink aircraft: fourth quarter reports …
Against Forgetting
Enforced Disappearances, Visual Archives of Loss, and Collective Mourning in Kashmir
Mughal Mase sits at an APDP demonstration, holding a photo of her son. Photo taken as part of a series by …
"Have You Eaten?"
Rice, Agriculture, and Military Occupation in Kashmir
KASHMIR: LIFE UNDER SIEGE: PART 1 This week, the Indy News section begins a two-part series on the occupation of Kashmir, …
Week in Dismemberment
A DICHOTOMY OF BAGELS A firestorm erupted on Twitter last Monday when Alek Krautmann, a DC-based Missouri native, posted a photo …
Week in Archaic Institutions
Awake, Arise, Or Be Forever Fall’n Wednesday’s vernal equinox heralded the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, but most of …
Crisis of Care
Politicians and think-tanks have bold new plans to make raising kids cheaper, easier… and fun?
Ten years ago, the Wall Street Journal interviewed daycare operators around the country to compile a list of tips and tricks …
From Railroad: Vote Yes on Divest
Railroad is a collective of prison abolitionists, criminal justice reformers, and others working in solidarity with communities and organizations in Providence …
Week in $$$
One-Student Schoolhouse Facing overcrowding last school-year in Cheyenne, Wyoming school administrators resorted to shuffling students around the district in an effort …
Everything But the Kitchen Sink
How Modern Monetary Theory reimagines government spending
A few weeks ago, a group of children confronted Senator Dianne Feinstein to plead for her to make a commitment to …
Week in Upgrades
Robots Hit the Rhodes Years from now, in the throes of the Artificial Intelligence Takeover we all know is coming, when …
Captioning Fascism
Memes, misinformation, and political fatigue in Bolsonaro's Brazil
“Don’t worry, everybody, everything will get better after the 2014 World Cup.” This tweet has been immortalized in reaction GIFs, YouTube …
Week in Jam
LOST IN TRANSLATION, ONCE AGAIN Ariana Grande, America’s sweetheart as of late, continued our country’s long-standing tradition of getting a tattoo …
Overdue Justice
Establishing adequate reparations for the victims from the U.S. Public Health Service S.T.D. inoculation experiments in Guatemala
content warning: torture, gore, sexual abuse The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments were an infamous and unethical series of clinical studies conducted on …
Week in (Mis)communication
LMS for Salvation Pope Francis wants you to know he’s not a regular pope, he’s a cool pope. With the recent …
Striking a Deal
LA teachers push for a more equitable public school system
Standing on the front steps of LA City Hall, Alex Caputo-Pearl, president of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), shouted into …
Week in Closing Time
Going O’Naturel Imagine this: a spacious, vibrant dining hall fills with an ensemble of chattering individuals in minimal dress. The guests, …
Misreadings and Misgivings
Understanding the Venezuelan presidential crisis
It was a sight to behold. On January 23, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets to denounce the …
State of Affairs
Protests build momentum in Sudan and France
Media outlets largely focus on specific moments in time, framing events as singular instances while often ignoring their historical and political …
Week in Digital Drama
"Facebook gains nothing from this meme" If you haven’t deactivated your social media accounts out of fear of breaches in privacy, …
Week in Compassionate Capitalism
STEM or: HOW GIRL SCOUTS LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB content warning: military violence At last month’s Macy’s …
Chinga las Armas
SOA, Plan Merida, and how the US funds gun violence in Mexico
December 10 marks the 12th year anniversary of the War on Drugs in Mexico. As of November 2018, 250,000 people are …