Miguel Sanchez is the Majority Whip of the Providence City Council from Ward 6 and an outspoken activist for Palestinian freedoms. In October 2023, Sanchez was fired from his position in Governor Daniel McKee’s office after protesting Israel’s ac...
Last month, in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, the New York Times reported landmark findings from a 2023 poll by the American Enterprise Institute. For the first time in modern history, young American men are more likely to identify a...
Picture this: After years of waiting for your immigration hearing, you finally step into the courtroom. You take your seat, ready to share your story—and then realize you cannot understand anything that is happening. The interpreter’s voice is mu...
In the period before the adoption of disability benefits, people with disabilities who were unable to work were often forced into destitution and viewed as undeserving of public support. The creation of public disability benefits marked a drastic shi...
In the period before the adoption of disability benefits, people with disabilities who were unable to work were often forced into destitution and viewed as undeserving of public support. The creation of public disability benefits marked a drastic shi...
President Biden and the Democrats are in deep trouble. Despite the recent favorable redistricting cycle, the national political environment is overwhelmingly negative for the Democratic party. Today’s news cycle is dominated by high inflation and i...
President Biden and the Democrats are in deep trouble. Despite the recent favorable redistricting cycle, the national political environment is overwhelmingly negative for the Democratic party. Today’s news cycle is dominated by high inflation and i...
As President Joe Biden seeks to build a Cabinet that “looks like America,” one nomination stands out as especially significant: Deb Haaland’s appointment to lead the Department of the Interior (DOI), making her the first Indigenous American to ...
As President Joe Biden seeks to build a Cabinet that “looks like America,” one nomination stands out as especially significant: Deb Haaland’s appointment to lead the Department of the Interior (DOI), making her the first Indigenous American to ...
From December 2020 to January 2022, r/antiwork was one of the fastest-growing communities, or subreddits, on the social network Reddit. It was a place for users to theorize about a world without compulsory labor, vent about their jobs, and even organ...
From December 2020 to January 2022, r/antiwork was one of the fastest-growing communities, or subreddits, on the social network Reddit. It was a place for users to theorize about a world without compulsory labor, vent about their jobs, and even organ...
On a Wednesday night last August, the Shippensburg Area School Board held a special meeting. The nine members sat behind a table in the cafeteria of the local middle school, facing several rows of chairs laid out for parents, students, and other atte...
On a Wednesday night last August, the Shippensburg Area School Board held a special meeting. The nine members sat behind a table in the cafeteria of the local middle school, facing several rows of chairs laid out for parents, students, and other atte...
Since the 2020 elections, gridlock in the United States Senate has transformed from a pressing political problem to a fact of political life. From President Joe Biden’s flagship Build Back Better social policy plan, to efforts to pass a new voting ...
Since the 2020 elections, gridlock in the United States Senate has transformed from a pressing political problem to a fact of political life. From President Joe Biden’s flagship Build Back Better social policy plan, to efforts to pass a new voting ...
The dangerous facilitation of disinformation and misinformation online is now a defining characteristic of social media platforms. Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms have faced controversy for abetting the rapid proliferation of ...
The dangerous facilitation of disinformation and misinformation online is now a defining characteristic of social media platforms. Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms have faced controversy for abetting the rapid proliferation of ...
Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 describes a dystopian future in which books are outlawed and burned. In the book, one character asks the protagonist, “So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of l...
Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 describes a dystopian future in which books are outlawed and burned. In the book, one character asks the protagonist, “So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of l...
When you open your phone to send a GIF, what image surfaces in your mind? What media best encapsulates your feelings? For many people, the answer involves images of Black people. GIFs such as sipping with Wendy, the Nick Young Reaction, the Think Abo...
When you open your phone to send a GIF, what image surfaces in your mind? What media best encapsulates your feelings? For many people, the answer involves images of Black people. GIFs such as sipping with Wendy, the Nick Young Reaction, the Think Abo...
In 2019, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency appointed Tony Cox, a former employee of the oil and chemical industries, to chair the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). Wasting little time, Cox began advocati...
In 2019, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency appointed Tony Cox, a former employee of the oil and chemical industries, to chair the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). Wasting little time, Cox began advocati...
That President Joe Biden was able to complete a successful withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan—despite facing significant opposition from Congress and the media throughout the process—is perhaps the crowning achievement of what has bee...
That President Joe Biden was able to complete a successful withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan—despite facing significant opposition from Congress and the media throughout the process—is perhaps the crowning achievement of what has bee...
The theme of minimizing costs while improving outcomes through expanded access to care underpins discussions surrounding US healthcare infrastructure on both sides of the aisle. Under Biden, however, policymakers are working to undo the Trump Adminis...
The theme of minimizing costs while improving outcomes through expanded access to care underpins discussions surrounding US healthcare infrastructure on both sides of the aisle. Under Biden, however, policymakers are working to undo the Trump Adminis...