Month / May 19, 2014
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Redistricting Matters
BY ZACH THOMAS Redistricting is the way in which we adjust the districts in order to determine who represents us. Everyone in the United States lives in different districts. Members of Congress and state legislators are elected from these districts, and at least once per decade, the district lines are redrawn, block by block. In…
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The Refugee Crisis We Prefer to Change
BY SOPHIE TARAZI When I first announced that I would be studying abroad in Amman, Jordan, the two questions I was most frequently asked were whether Jordan was safe for Americans and if all the women wore hijabs. Though I wish people wanted to know more about the Bedouin and baklava, I understand why these…
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A Sputnik for the 21st Century
BY NELSON GOMES On March 18th, the Chinese government announced its intentions to accelerate production of the world’s first commercially viable liquid fluoride reactor. The project, spearheaded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was originally allocated a budget of $350 million and scheduled for completion by 2039, but it has since seen its funding grow…
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The Local Beat
BY WILL DOBBS-ALLSOPP Traditional print journalism may be on the decline, but celebrity journalism is in vogue. In the last few months, electoral augur Nate Silver and Wonkblog guru Ezra Klein have each launched highly anticipated sites. This summer, former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist David Leonhardt are rolling…