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White Rage in America: Where Will the Republican Party Go Next?
I’ll be honest: when I first heard about the U.S. Capitol insurrection, I wasn’t shocked. As a Black woman, I could have seen it coming from a mile away, like…
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Increased Policing Won’t Stop Attacks Against Asians, But Abolition Can
84-year-old Thai immigrant Vicha Ratanapakdee was the victim of a fatal attack on the morning of January 28th in Oakland. He never regained consciousness after being violently shoved to the…
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The Impossibilities of Joe Biden’s COVID-Riddled America
On January 20th, Joe Biden placed his hands on the Bible and officially became the 46th President of the United States. His inauguration marked the end of the months-long fiasco…
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Trump’s America Is Nothing New, But I Hope We Learn From It.
Since Trump was elected in 2016, I’ve heard a lot of people describe his presidency as a necessary evil. Feigning optimism, they assert that maybe the United States needed to…
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The Double Standards of Protests and White Privilege
If there’s one thing the coronavirus pandemic has shown, it’s how double standards of race and class divide the world. The privileged—white—part of the population is protesting to get haircuts,…
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Sorry, Hawai’i Is Closed—Come Back Never.
There’s no pain like that of not being able to hold someone that’s right in front of you. When I got home after being evicted from my college, there was…
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Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Harmful to Everyone—Especially Children
“You even get tired of crying.” This is the first sentence uttered by Eddy, 17, in a brief video recorded by the Guardian. The video documents the experiences of him…
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Why You Should Care About Planned Parenthood Leaving Title X
Last Monday, Planned Parenthood left the Title X program after the Trump administration introduced a new regulation to the program that would forbid Title X recipients from performing or recommending…
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