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Does Justice Have a Ceiling?
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Does Justice Have a Ceiling?

Recently, the world learned that many of the people it sees on its screens — politicians, billionaires, academics, and Hollywood stars — were associated with the…

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March 3, 2026
Mamdani’s Recipe For Disaster: A Heaping Scoop of Rent Freezes with a Dash of Hiking Property Taxes
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Mamdani’s Recipe For Disaster: A Heaping Scoop of Rent Freezes with a Dash of Hiking Property Taxes

On February 17, Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled his administration’s $127 billion preliminary budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal year. According to Mamdani, the city is facing…

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March 3, 2026
Let’s Build Housing to Win the House
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Let’s Build Housing to Win the House

America is engulfed in a national housing crisis — or at least its cities and suburbs are. Discussion of housing affordability has steadily grown in American…

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March 3, 2026
The Historical Amnesia Surrounding the U.S. Military Intervention in Nigeria
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The Historical Amnesia Surrounding the U.S. Military Intervention in Nigeria

On December 25, 2025, Donald Trump, with the Nigerian government’s approval, ordered the launch of U.S. military airstrikes from the Gulf of Guinea to target the…

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March 3, 2026
Attention MAHA: Shame Won’t Sell Healthy Eating
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Attention MAHA: Shame Won’t Sell Healthy Eating

On Super Bowl Sunday, professional boxer Mike Tyson told an audience of over 100 million Americans, “I was so fat and nasty. I would eat anything.”…

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March 3, 2026
92,600 Beds and Counting
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92,600 Beds and Counting

  On Feb. 13, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a memo outlining the “Detention Reengineering Initiative,” a plan to expand detention capacity from roughly 70,000…

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February 24, 2026
The SAVE Act: The Short-Term Play That Could Backfire
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The SAVE Act: The Short-Term Play That Could Backfire

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., reads notes before speaking about the SAVE America Act to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in…

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February 24, 2026
Privilege for the National Icon: Why China’s Nationality Law Bends for Gold
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Privilege for the National Icon: Why China’s Nationality Law Bends for Gold

  When Eileen Gu glided onto the slopes of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, the atmosphere was markedly different from the feverish adulation…

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February 24, 2026
Missing the Bullseye: Why Trump’s Wall Street Ban Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis
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Missing the Bullseye: Why Trump’s Wall Street Ban Won’t Fix the Housing Crisis

  Imagine trying to put out a forest fire by banning matches. Fruitless, right? That faulty logic is precisely what dooms President Donald Trump’s new executive…

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February 24, 2026
Blinding a Nation’s Last Hope
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Blinding a Nation’s Last Hope

    Former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan has spent more than two years locked away in solitary confinement. Since his arrest in August 2023…

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February 24, 2026
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“It shocked Americans to think that a favorite r “It shocked Americans to think that a favorite rom-com actor might have visited his island once or twice. But these revelations cut deeper than shock. They raised pressing questions: Is anything going to happen to any of these people? And if so, who is going to make sure it does?”

✍️ Eva Leskovar

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“ICE presents this as modernization. Efficiency. “ICE presents this as modernization. Efficiency. A necessary upgrade to streamline the ‘detention and removal process’ and enhance custody operations. But the language reveals what I believe the project to be: an expansion of permanent deportation infrastructure.”

✍️ Leah Calderon

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“For Trump, having one of your political allies “For Trump, having one of your political allies in prison — an American prison, no less — is bad for the spread of right-wing politics and the politicians who will keep their country in America’s sphere of influence.”

✍️ Jayshil Blomstedt 

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“The United States’ recent $800 million invest “The United States’ recent $800 million investment across four U.S.-based AI companies developing AI-integrated military technologies reflects the global trend towards computer-controlled warfare. The militarization of AI is now a policy initiative pursued by over 75 states, with the most powerful stakeholders having already utilized militarized AI to some degree.”

✍️Sofia Dominguez-Trejo

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“While most Americans may have supported Trump, “While most Americans may have supported Trump, they did not do so based on careful analysis of his agenda, but instead based on dissatisfaction with the status quo under the Biden administration. If the country feels the tangible effects of Trumpism, the populist rhetoric of MAGA will not be enough to save Republican incumbents.”

✍️Martin McPhee
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“The broad implications of this approach to pard “The broad implications of this approach to pardon power extend beyond any individual case. When a sitting president openly defends those who have subverted the democratic process, it rewrites narratives to excuse and justify increasingly dangerous violations of accountable governance, which sets a new,
concerning precedent for future officeholders.”

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