The Far Reaching Effects of Police Violence Across America
bySince its founding in 2013, Black Lives Matter protests have been shining a light on the inequitable treatment of marginalized communities in America. This…
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Untold Costs
The Lasting Harm of CS Gas
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In the months since nightly demonstrations began in Portland following the police killing of George Floyd on May 25, the deployment of CS or…
Stopping the Cycle
Living in impoverished areas increases your exposure to violence
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Areas of increased poverty have increased rates of gang violence, and the group primarily affected is children and teens. Levels of violence in the…
Bon Voyage! I’m goin’ out on a high note
June 2020, school’s almost out for summer
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George Floyd: Police respond to police brutality protests with more police brutality Just when we thought the world couldn’t get any more intense, the…
Neoliberalism is the Disease
How the ideology behind America’s economy has failed the most vulnerable
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“Neoliberalism” is a notoriously slippery turn of phrase, one that has been twisted this way and that by so many different groups with so…
Oregon Reopens
Coronavirus Remains a Risk to the Public
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As states across the nation enter their first phases of reopening, the novel coronavirus persists as a threat to public health. Nationwide, as of…
There Is No “Chinese Virus”
Xenophobia is a virus in itself
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Imagine that you are taking your child to their bus stop to go to school when a man begins following you and yelling obscenities…
2016 Election Meddling:
A Prototype In Developing A Science of Manipulation?
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“We know that we did not do enough to protect user data,” said Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, and it didn’t take…