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In Defense of Coal Miners – Centering Corporate Cultural Manipulation in the Age of Environmentalism

Nicholas PerezJune 30, 2021June 30, 2021

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In MAHA We Trust: Inside the Make America Healthy Again Movement

Eleanor BelinfantiOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

A typical day in the life of Katlyn Bevington includes waking up, doing a devotional, homeschooling her kids, and putting them to bed. She seems like a regular homeschooling mom. She is anything but. 

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Where Are the Men? The College Enrollment Crisis

Hallie BlackOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

Registering for the wrong class permanently changed the educational outlook of Joseph Nelson, PhD. Today, he works to ensure that all young men have equal access to education’s transformative effects. 

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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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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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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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 “He feels very close to us”: What We Can Learn from Zohran Mamdani about (Youth) Politics 

Katerina MattaOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

“If I were mayor,” Mamdani promised, “halal would be eight bucks again.”

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History Repeats Itself: The Gender Voting Gap in America

Natalie MillerOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

A 39 percentage point difference. This was the eye-widening statistic that The New York Times reported in its August 2024 poll, finding that 18 to 29-year-old women preferred President Joe Biden by 28 points, whereas young men of this age supported President Donald Trump by 11 points.

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Defending Big Data

Rory SchoenbergerOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

Across America, Thanksgiving dinners have turned into sparring matches, and petty conflict often overshadows substantive policy discussion. Political polarization costs all of us: it poisons social relations, increases legislative gridlock, and drives elected officials to prioritize  winning over representing their constituents’ interests.

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