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Isolating Russia is a failing strategy
It has been three years since the invasion of Ukraine began. While the war between Russia and Ukraine goes back much further than that, 2022 is the first time many people have...
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New York universities are shouldering the financial burden for insulin
In the past decade, insulin prices have reached exorbitant levels that many patients cannot afford, even with health insurance. While some of these costs are directly diverted to patients, a large portion...
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Alpha-male podcast bros and their grip on young minds
Lately, I’ve noticed a shift in the podcast clips that pop up on my TikTok and Instagram feeds. What used to be lighthearted content, like stories about bad first dates or comedy...
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Dictatorship in America is a possibility
The death of American democracy would be hard for many Americans to digest, but we might be closer than we think. Prompted by Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, America is showing...
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What Atwood's dystopias can teach us about the future of human interference
When you think of the future, what do you imagine? Do you think of flying cars and people on Mars? Are there still polar bears and jungles? We like to believe that...
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An ode to a long-dead princess
If you’ve spent time on social media in the past decade, you may have seen memes of a Persian princess resurfacing in waves of popularity every few years. While the captions vary,...
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Religions must rediscover their public role
When talking about the future of nations, people generally focus on large trends and big events that frequently make headlines. Of course, it is important to grasp how trade, economics and diplomacy...
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Self-expression in public image, and where it fails
Regardless of celebrities’ actions, public perception of them functions as an investigatory pastime in which we continuously scrutinize their every breath in search of authenticity, high moral standings and interesting press. Looking...
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Beware of those who 'fight the Matrix'
The other day, I was pretty baffled by a statement Elon Musk made at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Referring to his actions with the new Department of Government Efficiency, he compared...
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The Kardashev scale must be reimagined
The study of history frequently finds itself intertwined with other subjects. It is encouraged, if not necessary, to look at human development not only from the perspective of culture or politics but...