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Opinion
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“Pachinko” and the Search for Love
Through fiction, not only do we learn about external circumstances and power differentials that shape the paths of groups of people, we learn about an individual’s internal calculus and instantaneous decision-making in ways that they often cannot communicate to even their family members.
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Destination Space
Though a vacation to outer space might seem like something out of a science fiction novel, space tourism has been around since the first private astronaut traveled to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 28, 2001.
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Sentenced as Students: How to Begin Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Policy makers have for far too long placed priority on maintaining law and order over practicing justice—a child’s educational environment is one of the first places to rectify this failure.
![Chloe x Halle Explore New Galaxies of Pop Music on the Stellar “Ungodly Hour”](http://ec2-3-20-180-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/unnamed-4-e1593979661146.jpg)
Chloe x Halle Explore New Galaxies of Pop Music on the Stellar “Ungodly Hour”
Ungodly Hour is an exciting, innovative, and daring album. Chloe and Halle meld generations of black music—house, R&B, soul—with their signature intergalactic stylings to create a record unlike any other.
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Sexy Socialism
Khaki pants and an ill-fitting blazer are a give away sign that you consider yourself “pro-life” and disagree with sex before marriage—pretending of course that the latter is even a choice.
![Belief-Scarring: Why Our Economic Wounds May Last](http://ec2-3-20-180-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/krebs_3-e1593793808382.png)
Belief-Scarring: Why Our Economic Wounds May Last
After this pandemic, the risk of another may be even lower than before. But it won’t feel that way. That matters.
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Progressivism? A White Lie
Despite its history as the heartland of progressive politics and the stereotype of Midwestern nice, Wisconsin, and particularly small town Wisconsin, still has the scars of segregation.
![Costa Rica Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage: What’s Next for Central America’s Burgeoning LGBTQ+ Movement?](http://ec2-3-20-180-125.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CR-LGBTQ-e1593312214613.jpg)
Costa Rica Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage: What’s Next for Central America’s Burgeoning LGBTQ+ Movement?
There is no denying it: LGBTQ+ rights are human rights. It is imperative that all of Central America—not just parts of it—begin to treat, protect and enforce them as such.