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2025-2026 Issue I

The Faces of Power: Platon on Capturing Presidents, Dictators, and the People Who Stand Up to Them

Eliza DauntOctober 23, 2025October 23, 2025

Platon is one of the world’s most celebrated photographers, renowned for his portraits of world leaders such as Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Muammar al-Qaddafi, and Bill Clinton, as well as iconic cultural figures including Muhammad Ali, Edward Snowden,…

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The Long Road Out of Stepanakert: The Human Cost Beneath Diplomacy

Kushan MaheshOctober 21, 2025October 26, 2025

What should have been a two-hour drive stretched into twenty. Families pressed their heads against their car windows, watching their homeland slip further away as they fled Artsakh for Armenia.

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Cell Phone Restrictions in California Schools: Leading Voices & The Student Experience

Julia ClausonOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

When Paige Saumure, a senior at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, CA, walks into class, the first thing she does is drop her phone into a pouch that hangs on the wall.

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Trinkets and Treasure: Labubu and the Culture of Collecting 

Gagnado DiedhiouOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

Clad in baggy jeans, canvas tote bags, and Doc Martens, students clutched matcha lattes as they put their most cliché foot forward at Yale’s “Performative Male” contest on September 6th, 2025.

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 In the Face of Trump, Brazil Convicts Bolsonaro—But Is It Truly Protecting Democracy?

Chantal de Macedo EulensteinOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

On August 1st, 2025, Alexandre de Moraes, Vice President of the Brazilian Supreme Court, awoke to find his visa revoked, his assets frozen, and his family and holding company targeted by similar sanctions. 

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Don’t Speak Now, Hold Your Peace: The Quiet Power of Retribution

Brandon GerosaOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

“I don’t think there’s been a time in my life where people were more openly afraid to express themselves.” Jimmy Hatch, a former Navy SEAL, reflects. “It breaks my heart.”

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Learning to Fly in Temascaltepec: How Free Flight Transformed a Community

Hanna Klingbeil CanaleOctober 20, 2025December 9, 2025

When I set out to create this piece, I thought I would be writing about the development of extreme air sports in a small region in the southern State of Mexico. Only after I started conversing with the pilots and locals did I realize I was actually writing a love story. 

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The Costs of Control: Reproductive Health in Trump’s America

Caitlin LaFerneyOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

On June 24th, 2022, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of a Mississippi state health officer. With the decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, decades of constitutional protection for abortion rights vanished. 

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