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The beginning of September marked the first week of my final semester in college. I was finding my way to the cafeteria between classes when my phone started blowing up. Members of a Discord server I’m part of informed me that there was a group of far-right extremists on
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What are the root causes? I’ve thought about this topic for a long time, and the recent tragic Minneapolis shooting made me decide it’s time to write about it. Despite having only about 5% of the world’s population, America features somewhere around 30% of global mass shootings,
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Should we tolerate intolerance? Nearly every mainstream religion or moral code has some version of the idea that we should be good to our fellow humans. Christianity’s Golden Rule states, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,” while Sikhism states, “I am a stranger to no one, and no
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For those who don’t know, gerrymandering is the practice of creating electoral districts that are inherently unfair. A relatively recent piece of breaking news has been the recent push to entrench gerrymandering in Texas. Under the new proposed maps, Texas Republicans could gain up to five seats in the
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For those unfamiliar, identity politics has been the default method of leftist organizing for as long as I can remember. The idea originally entered the public discourse in a 1974 manifesto by the black feminist activists of the Combahee River Collective. The idea is relatively straightforward. Every person is a
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America has a massive cultural problem. I’m not going to bloviate at length about how and why, but somehow, as a society, we have concluded that wealth is the only thing that matters. To be perfectly clear, I am not going to argue that wealth and profit are immoral.
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I live in a fairly rural area. Unfortunately, this means that unless I want to drive for an hour, I am forced to make a significant amount of my purchases at the most despicable of big box stores, Walmart. As I was walking through those highly esteemed aisles, I saw
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Introduction Education is a difficult topic to approach due to its sheer complexity. Decisions on educational policy have the power to profoundly alter the economy and society. Learning is universally understood to be a good thing. It is how people pass knowledge to future generations. However, learning is only a
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This essay is not intended to offend but may do so. A small group of people work behind the scenes and fundamentally alter the course of society. Right now, you’re probably wondering which insane conspiracy theory I’m about to promote. But this isn’t the Illuminati or Reptilian
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I am a non-traditional college student. I spent 10 years working as a machine operator and welder/fabricator before deciding to pursue further education. I’ve been fortunate enough to receive some fantastic opportunities in college, have an excellent GPA, and a stacked resume. I have one semester left before