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    Affirmative Action is Not Enough To Solve Disparities within the Educational System
    Dora Betts
    • Apr 27

    Affirmative Action is Not Enough To Solve Disparities within the Educational System

    Mark Wilson/Getty Images A judge has recently struck down a conservative legal group’s lawsuit challenging the University of North...
    COVID and Prisons
    Ruhika Ponda
    • Apr 4

    COVID and Prisons

    Spencer Platt/Getty Images Lawrence Carter was a disabled Vietnam war veteran accused of drug possession. While awaiting trial, he was...
    The Facilitated Rise of UKIP and How Economic Discontent Ignited the British Populist Flame
    Ferren Winarto
    • Feb 22

    The Facilitated Rise of UKIP and How Economic Discontent Ignited the British Populist Flame

    INTRODUCTION Will Oliver -- EPA/Alamy The United Kingdom Independence Party, also known as UKIP, is an established right-wing populist...
    Cultural Genocide: An Annihilation of the Soul
    Jason Miraka
    • Feb 9

    Cultural Genocide: An Annihilation of the Soul

    In “The Destruction of the Armenian Church during the Genocide,” historian, professor, and author Simon Payaslian endeavors to...
    An Interview with Tabitha Boyton of Res Publica Politics
    Ferren Winarto
    • Jan 16

    An Interview with Tabitha Boyton of Res Publica Politics

    Tabitha Isabella Boyton is a final year student at Northeastern University reading Law with International Relations with Politics (Hons)...
    Sexual Misconduct at Boston University
    Hanna Dworkin
    • Dec 1, 2021

    Sexual Misconduct at Boston University

    Picture courtesy of Jackie Ricciardi “You don’t have to go through this alone.” When scrolling through Boston University’s Sexual Assault...
    Scars of Europe
    Jason Miraka
    • Oct 4, 2021

    Scars of Europe

    Phillip Capper, CC BY Beneath the trenches scarring Europe’s fields languish the corpses of young men subjected to the barbarity of a...
    Red Dead Revitalization
    Guhan Venkatesan
    • Jun 20, 2021

    Red Dead Revitalization

    Bebeto Matthews/The Associated Press During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the general line of thinking was that urban, densely...
    Back-Channel Triumphant: Kissinger, Dobrynin, and the 1972 Treaty on Limiting Anti-Ballistic Missile
    Eduard Miska
    • Apr 5, 2021

    Back-Channel Triumphant: Kissinger, Dobrynin, and the 1972 Treaty on Limiting Anti-Ballistic Missile

    Runner-Up of The Politica's Research Essay Prize 2021 Henry Kissinger and Anatoly Dobrynin in the Map Room at the White House, March 17,...
    The Need for a Third-Way: Issues Surrounding Medicare-for-All
    Parth Dahima
    • Apr 5, 2021

    The Need for a Third-Way: Issues Surrounding Medicare-for-All

    Runner-Up of The Politica's Research Essay Prize 2021 Alex Wong/Getty Images INTRODUCTION Contemporary progressivism in the United States...
    The Disappearance of Hindu Symbols of Marriage: What Does it Mean for Hindu Culture?
    Yashica Kataria
    • Apr 5, 2021

    The Disappearance of Hindu Symbols of Marriage: What Does it Mean for Hindu Culture?

    Winner of The Politica's Research Essay Prize 2021 Symbols of Hindu marriage have been around for centuries and the meanings behind them...
    r/WallStreetBets and the Illusion of Rebellion
    Charlie Kielt
    • Mar 28, 2021

    r/WallStreetBets and the Illusion of Rebellion

    On the morning of January 28th, 2021, retail investing giant Robinhood and similar brokers halted trade of certain stocks and their...
    The League of Nations: Destined for Failure
    Ferren Winarto
    • Mar 2, 2021

    The League of Nations: Destined for Failure

    As the progenitor of the modern-day United Nations, the League of Nations was the first intergovernmental organisation which was...
    Term Limits: A Solution to Congressional Gridlock, Lobbyists, and Voter Indifference to Elections?
    Catherine Wasson and Maxwell James
    • Jan 24, 2021

    Term Limits: A Solution to Congressional Gridlock, Lobbyists, and Voter Indifference to Elections?

    In the United States, the average age of a legislator in Congress is fifty-nine. [1] This is problematic, as young people are impacted by...
    Mom, Why Do I Have to Go to School?
    Subin Moon
    • Jan 22, 2021

    Mom, Why Do I Have to Go to School?

    AsiaNews This paper examines the role universal access to primary education in South Korea in the late 1950s played in providing a...
    Revisiting Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York in Today’s America
    Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol
    • Jan 16, 2021

    Revisiting Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York in Today’s America

    © Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York is a film that reminds us that for as long as the United States has...
    The Reality of Hobbes’ Realism in the Arms Race: from the Cold War to the Present
    Ferren Winarto
    • Dec 10, 2020

    The Reality of Hobbes’ Realism in the Arms Race: from the Cold War to the Present

    “Every thinking person fears nuclear war, and every technological state plans for it. Everyone knows it is madness, and every nation has...
    Private Insurance Finally Codes
    Anonymous
    • Dec 6, 2020

    Private Insurance Finally Codes

    Photo by Kendal on Unsplash “As much as some want to deny it, a public health insurance option – or better yet, well-implemented...
    The Kantian Fingerprint on the United Nations’ Self Determination of Peoples
    Ferren Winarto
    • Dec 6, 2020

    The Kantian Fingerprint on the United Nations’ Self Determination of Peoples

    The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization which seeks to promote diplomatic relations and foster peace and cooperation...
    The Blessings of Immigration
    Anthony Kolton
    • Dec 6, 2020

    The Blessings of Immigration

    The blessings of immigration are bestowed to the lucky few who immigrate and to the countries which they move to, like the United States.
    Ideological Tourism: How COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter Exposed Performative Activism
    Laila Inan and Wilfred Chirinos
    • Dec 6, 2020

    Ideological Tourism: How COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter Exposed Performative Activism

    This paper addresses the social and political phenomena of “ideological tourism” and “slacktivism” to explain the performative actions displ
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