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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How the United States Discards E-Waste

It’s all about the new. Increasingly, the people of the United States want the latest technology; every time tech giants

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Lights, Camera, Deregulation! Big Banks Get Their Big Break

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tackling one of America’s most dire, pressing issues, Congress turned its attention in March away from passé, low-stakes issues like

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Social Security and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Outlook

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ironically, for the future of retirement, past will not be prologue. In the decades ahead, America will confront some long

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The Truth About MS-13, Trump’s Favorite Bogeyman

Foreign, ruthless, violent — all of these words have been used by President Donald Trump to characterize the gang MS-13

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Barred from the Ballot Box: Felon Disenfranchisement in America

Six million American adults are legally ineligible to vote, members of a group whose ranks have roughly quintupled over the

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Florida’s Sand: Gone with the Wind

 If You Can’t Keep Your Own Sand, Store-Bought is Fine Florida, the Sunshine State. The land of white, sandy world-renowned

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Red Threatens the Rainbow: the Legalization of Gay Conversion in Brazil

Vibrant flags shot through with glitter, bass-pumped music echoing through the street, flamboyant outfits, public displays of affection, lots of

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AI (Part I): Anew Infrastructure

“Artificial intelligence” (AI) is sometimes jokingly used to label tasks that computers cannot yet do. Among these is possessing a

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The “Scourge of South Korea”: Stress and Suicide in Korean Society

“Suicide is everywhere,” says South Korean author Young-ha Kim, referring to modern Korean society, in his op-ed for the The

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Donald’s Manufacturing Myth

Why the Decline of Manufacturing Jobs Persists “God bless Boeing.” Standing in front of a shining Boeing 787, this was

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Argentina: The Division of the Kirchneristas Portends the Return of the Right

After twelve long years of left-wing Kirchnerismo, the center-right political alliance Cambiemos (“Let’s Change”) finally took hold of the Casa

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Religion and Politics: The Limitations of Secularism and Liberal Discourse in the Non-West

This past weekend, Europa Laica (Secular Europe), a non-profit organization committed to the promotion of secularism, the secular state, and

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El Niño’s Implications For The Future Of California’s Water

The issue of water is more important now than ever before in California. For the past several years, the state

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Operation Lava Jato: Brazil’s Worst Nightmare

Operation Lava Jato continues to unveil the deep cracks of corruption that have sickening the Brazilian political system for decades.

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Cracking Down On Gun Control In California

On January 1st, 2016, a new gun control statute regarding the seizure of firearms to allow for “law enforcement, or

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The Social Bad in Selling Social Good

March 2014: I’m at Seattle’s We Day, the flashy event celebrating youth public service that happens in stadiums in various

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Nobels and Whistles in Beijing

Tu Youyou was labeled with “three noes”: no medical degree, no doctorate, and no work overseas. And yet, she became

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The Nordic Model: No Universal Holy Grail

Nordic countries have become somewhat of an international sensation. In the last decade, they seemed impervious to the economic and

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The Waning Hermit Kingdom (Part II): The Challenges of Korean Reunification

In January 2014, the North Korean government supposedly announced that it had successfully landed a man on the sun. However,

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The Waning Hermit Kingdom (Part I): A Faltering Kim-Regime

When tensions rose along the Korean Peninsula this past August, it was not military provocation, but South Korean speakers blaring

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Popping the Berkeley Bubble

“So…why’d you pick Berkeley?” my new friend asks, looking at me over the rims of his glasses. It’s a frequently

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American Sniper: Opposing Scopes

From The Hurt Locker to Zero Dark Thirty, military combat films have become increasingly controversial in the media. But has political correctness gone too

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December Berkeley Protests: Where Do We Go From Here?

Traditionally, the start of Dead Week in Berkeley may be known more for competition among students for coveted study spaces

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A Freshman’s Perspective on the Recent Police Brutality Protest

I grew up in Redmond, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. “Home” to me meant verdant parks. Quiet streets. Quieter nights.

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Hipsters, Murals, and Putin’s New Youth Movement

It’s easy to see why Russia’s ultranationalist youth groups have earned comparisons to the Hitler Youth. Masterminded in 2005 by

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Children Left Behind: The ADHD Epidemic and Problems in American Education

The morning of October 21st, 2004, a fourteen-year-old named Matthew Hohmann took an Adderall XR pill for ADHD symptoms. His

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The Hyde Amendment: Disproportionately Affecting Minority Women Since 1976

In 1976, just three years after the Supreme Court’s groundbreaking decision in Roe v. Wade, Republican congressman Henry Hyde attached

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Tunisia’s Second Spring

  BY GIACOMO TOGNINI On the 4th of January 2011, smoke billowed along the streets of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia following

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Libya & Leaving The Fortress

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2013 print edition, which can be found here. On September 11th and 12th

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The Re-Emergence of the European Far-Right

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2013 print edition, which can be found here. Walking through a neighborhood in

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An Enriched Iran?

The international hysteria regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions has been a pervasive topic in foreign affairs since Iran went public with

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The Brave Reformer

BY GIACOMO TOGNINI Facing -2.1% GDP quarterly growth rate and 12.5% unemployment, Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s problems continue. His government

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The Most Dangerous Game: U.S. Military Engagement in Yemen

As the U.S. prepares to withdraw its military presence from Afghanistan in 2014, the intelligence community has begun shifting the

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Are Cold War Politics at Play in the Closure of Manas Air Base?

Next fall will be a busy time of year for our dysfunctional government. Faced with the prospect of midterm elections

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The Mercurial Case of Misuari

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2013 print edition, which can be found here. The Bangsamoro region of the

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Scaling Everest

BY GIACOMO TOGNINI It has been seven years since Nepal’s decade-long civil war led to the overthrow of the world’s

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The Labor Rollercoaster of a Lifetime

What began as a factory fire months ago has turned into turmoil through Bangladesh. In April of 2013, Rana Plaza

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United American Emirates, The New UAE?

As recently as five years ago, energy analysts were in agreement the US would need to begin importing natural gas

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