No single solution can address the monster that is “productivity culture,” but implementing mandatory paid leave, individualizing productivity and unplugging are steps in the right direction.
— Asher Bykov
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America prides itself on being one of the world’s oldest and strongest democracies, but the filibuster undermines the most central tenet of our government: majority rule.
— Lindsey Gradowski
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After 260 NGOs urged banks not to finance a $3.5 billion oil pipeline in East Africa, the Biden administration must consider alternatives to offer Uganda, Tanzania and other nations to generate electric power and stimulate their economies.
— Zega Ras-Work
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The Biden Administration and Democrats in the U.S. Senate must move as quickly as possible to nominate and confirm as many judges as they can, pushing the Federal Judiciary in a more progressive direction.
— Takuya Amagai
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While “honor” conjures images of strict, Confucian families of ancient China, the contemporary narrative is all about mianzi: a sociological concept that translates literally to “face” but means prestige and social position.
— Iris Peng
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Although President Biden announced that he will increase the refugee cap again, the administration must take more direct action to ensure that refugees across the world can and will receive the help they need.
— Ritika Manathara
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As countries turn increasing attention towards the Arctic, it is time for the United States to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea to add much needed legitimacy to its territorial claims in the region.
— Claire Cutler
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As the Republican Party fails to define what it stands for in the post-Trump era, the GOP needs to stop crying wolf and begin building the party into a facts-based entity.
— Junior Mwemba
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With China’s political, economic, and military rise in recent years, the U.S. appears to have found its new foe for justifying a bloated and unnecessary military budget that jeopardizes world peace.
— Nicolas Gardner
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The growth of online and grassroots funding has helped both Democrats and Republicans tremendously, but this trend comes with new challenges.
— Andrew Morin
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As more frequent and intense natural disasters drive migrants from their homes in unprecedented numbers, today’s crisis at the southwest border will pale in comparison to the potential disaster that awaits inaction.
— Carly Kabot
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As the Biden administration tackles climate change, investing in cheap, scalable and environmentally sustainable energy storage will be key to America’s success.
— Zega Ras-Work
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The filibuster is currently standing in the way of ensuring that every American has a say in their government. As long as the filibuster exists, crucial issues like racial injustice, climate change and income inequality will remain unresolved.
— Takuya Amagai
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The Atlanta shooting has highlighted America’s reckoning with racism targeted toward Asians. Nonetheless, it is critical we do not haphazardly ignore the intersectional issue of violence against women, nor irresponsibly conflate individuals of Asian descent with policies of Asian states.
— Robin Huang
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If America wants to honor its moral commitment to being a safe haven, the US government must recommit to refugee resettlement by raising the refugee cap to the 1980 level or higher.
— Nicolas Gardner
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Aside from his undeniably racist, sexist, homophobic, and climate change denying shtick, Rush Limbaugh’s legacy is ultimately weakened by his nurturing of conservative populism that led to the election of Donald Trump.
— Jimmy FitzPatrick
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Women in power are still the exception, not the norm. This Women’s History Month, let’s work towards at last shattering the glass ceiling so many incredible women.
— Lindsey Gradowski
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Schools must go beyond the textbook to teach about Black history. Statewide curriculums on slavery, the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement don’t go far enough.
— Ritika Manathara
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Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, country music is experiencing its own racial reckoning. Black country artists and Black rural voters share a lot in common: they exist in mostly white environments where they face oppression and rejection, yet their influence continues to grow.
— Junior Mwemba
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You see phrases like “white silence is violence,” but the silence from the South Asian community in regards to racial justice for the Black community can be quite deafening as well. More than silence, there is active prejudice against the black community.
— Srishti Khemka
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