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  • Wake Up: The Effects Of Linguistic Convenience On Political Polarization

    A recent study finds that 59 percent of links shared on social media weren’t actually clicked by the person sharing them, implying that—six times out of ten—only the article’s headline was read before deciding that “Katie has to see this.” It’s hard to condemn this behavior when headlines like “Birth control makes women unattractive and…

  • Impossible Trinity

    The most important election in St. Louis was decided in nail-biting fashion on March 5th, when twelve-year incumbent Lewis Reed retained his position as President of the Board of Aldermen (BOA) by winning the Democratic primary. Reed won the primary with only 35 percent of the vote; his two opponents, Missouri State Senator Jamilah Nasheed…

  • Screw the Discourse

    For roughly the past six months, I’ve been telling everyone I know to listen to the socialist podcast Chapo Trap House. I’ve done this partially to annoy people, but mostly because it’s great, equal parts incisive and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Many of my more moderate friends—and certainly my conservative ones—will be skeptical. Rapidly increasing partisanship has…

  • Worst. Socialist. Ever.

      These past three years were supposed to be the best ever. Things hadn’t been going well for us socialists since the fall of the Berlin Wall, but Barack Obama was supposed to bring us back to greatness. If President Obama is indeed a socialist, I must declare him the worst socialist ever. I was…

  • Moderately Extreme: Ideological Flexibility in Latin American Politics

    At the turn of the new year, Chile and Brazil seem to be in the best economic shape of all the Latin American nations. That means the two countries are probably run in similar fashion, right? Wrong. Well, sort of wrong. Roughly one year ago, Sebastián Piñera, a conservative businessman who saved his country from…

  • The Rise of the European Far Right

    From an outsider’s point of view, the Swedes are an enigma. We label them as the peaceful, progressive folk who appear to merrily oblige the government’s exorbitant income tax (the highest rates remain just shy of 60%) and who offer one of the most generous asylum policies in Europe. Yet, Sweden’s economy rebounded from the…

  • Talking Heads: Lipton's New Spokesperson

    From the state of Alaska, a proud mother of five who has shot herself to the forefront of American politics joins WUPR for some one-on-one time. WUPR: Good evening everyone. Please give your warmest welcome to Ms. Sarah Palin, former governor of our 50th state, 2008’s former vice-presidential hopeful, and currently, well, what do you…