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Selfish Altruism: Lessons from the Remdesivir Buyout
The steady tick, tick of the counter for confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide pays no regard to news that as of the…
Thank Slavery For The Second Amendment
Many Americans regard the Second Amendment as a safeguard against government tyranny. Yet few, according to Staff…
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Police Brutality, and “The Death…
Nearly four decades later, the dominant issues of Basquiat’s generation, including police brutality as depicted in…
Fanon and Collective Catharsis: The Removal of Racist…
Although the removal of these racist monuments is perhaps not "violence" as Fanon likely envisioned it when he…
Social Work is not a Miracle Cure for Systemic Racism in…
The rhetoric of social workers as a one-size-fits-all solution to police brutality overlooks the history and…
Restoration and Retribution: A Tale of Two Criminal…
In light of George Floyd’s death and the resurgence of Black Lives Matter protests across the United States and the…
All Quiet in the ‘West’ Wing
Kanye’s ability to turn national attention towards himself — and away from COVID-19 and ongoing protests — is…
Voting Patterns Are Not Immune to the Effects of…
Oversimplifying the prevalence of debt is a mistake, seeing as it comes in many forms, each with their own…
A Political Fumble: The NFL’s Opportunistic Change of…
The manner in which Colin Kaepernick has been treated is symbolic of the NFL’s relationship with Black athletes…
Canada’s Hypocrisy: A Conflict of Self-image and…
Canada has built institutions that rule the nation through a system controlled by a white majority that selects the…
Law and Order Politics: A Gateway to Authoritarianism
Politicians in both Central America and in the US garner public support for law and order policies on the basis of…
Behind the Curtain: US Foreign Policy in the Age of…
Given the extent of the COVID-19 emergency in the U.S., drastic changes in domestic policy should be at the…