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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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The School Choice Dilemma: Navigating the Landscape of School Vouchers

Bryant PranboonplukOctober 29, 2024

In 2022, the Heritage Foundation released an agenda for the next Republican president, Project 2025. One of the key policies addressing the dwindling resources allocated to public schools within Project 2025 is to enact national universal school vouchers. Under Project…

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Life After Affirmative Action: The Future of Higher Education and Diversity

Nicole ManningOctober 29, 2024

Sheryl Carter ’82 arrived at Yale ten years after the institution started to admit women. When she was in high school preparing for the college admissions process, she never thought about going to Yale. Carter only ended up applying to…

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“It Gives Everyone a Shot”: Albany’s Democratic Primary Tests the New Campaign Finance Rules in New York

Conor WebbAugust 30, 2024

With an 80-degree summer heat hanging thick, perspiring attendees bite their nails at Dustin Reidy’s campaign watch party. They have gathered at Orchard Tavern West, a restaurant just outside of Albany, New York. It’s 9:00 P.M. on June 25th—the night…

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A Congressional Battleground: Orange County’s Instrumental Role in Control of the House of Representatives

Bryant PranboonplukAugust 30, 2024

“Orange County is where the good Republicans go before they die,” said Ronald Reagan. Located in Southern California, Orange County is one of the most populous counties in the United States. Largely suburban, Orange County was a conservative stronghold throughout…

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A Fiscal Playground: The Past and Present of California K-12 Funding

Natalia Armas PerezAugust 30, 2024

As students flood store aisles eager to stock up on notebooks and gear for the coming academic year, California’s public schools find themselves grappling with their own critical to-do lists. Schools rely heavily on state funding to cover teacher salaries,…

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Young Black Voters Have a Message for Joe Biden 

Lauren WilliamsApril 16, 2024April 23, 2024

Laura Williams attended one of the largest conferences of Black undergraduates in the country. Here’s what young Black voters think about the 2024 election. President Joe Biden is hemorrhaging support from young Black voters. An April 2024 poll found that…

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California’s Caste Question

Vittal SivakumarMarch 30, 2024April 2, 2024

“I was feeling powerless,” Prem Pariyar said. It was the morning of October 9, 2023—the culmination of eight months of intense campaigning and fierce debate that divided California’s South Asian American community. Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, had just…

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The Ex-Gun Salesman Who Wants to Turn Montana Blue

Theo SotoodehniaMarch 30, 2024

“I think Democrats need to understand that a political party is about one thing: winning elections,” said Ryan Busse, as he sipped his coffee at a Starbucks in Kalispell, Montana, his home for the last 25 years. Busse is the…

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