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EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS
On the Digital Learning Gap in America
Featured Illustration: The Washington Post Disclaimer: Some names have been changed to protect the privacy of interview participants. . . . Modern…
NA'ILAH WILLIAMS
POLITICS
A Question of Truth and Accessibility: Public Education in The Philippines
Over the past weeks, controversies and “unseen” raw footage involving the Marcoses have surfaced again online after Toni Gonzaga interviewed Bongbong Marcos,…
JERICHO ZAFRA
POLITICS
Abolition is Necessary for a Safer America
Featured Illustration: Nicole Medina In 1966, James Baldwin wrote, “The police are simply the hired enemies of this population. They are present…
NA'ILAH WILLIAMS
CULTURE, POLITICS
The Death Penalty and Its Implications in Lynching
Featured Illustration: The Appeal In Sumter County, Florida, in 1902, a Black man by the name of Henry Wilson was condemned to…
KENNEDY KELIS
POLITICS
Afghanistan and Two Decades of Nation Building
Featured Illustration: Lida Afghan On August 15th, 2021, Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, alongside other major provinces, fell into the power of the Taliban,…
MARWAH AZIZI
POLITICS
Afghanistan: What Future for the Women?
Featured Illustration: Maliha Abidi On Sunday 15th of August, the unimaginable happened. As the Afghanistan government collapsed, the Taliban gained control of…
DELALI AMEGAH
POLITICS
The Arbitrary 18 and the Power of Gen Z
Featured Illustration: Politico This can’t be happening. My entire body shuddered as I began retching into the small wastebasket next to my…
AARUSH SANTOSHI
CULTURE, POLITICS
“City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi”: William Dalrymple’s Travelogue Review
The following book review may contain spoilers. Please continue reading at your own discretion. . . . Between unmanageable crowded Ghats, markets,…
PARUL YADAV (SHE/HER)
EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS
The Struggle Continues
The world has been privy to scenes of looting, arson, blockading of roads, marching, and general unrest in two of South Africa’s…
NADIA KAMIES
POLITICS
Racial Abuse Towards Black Footballers: A Country’s Passion Reveals Its Bigotry
On Sunday the 11th of July 2021, every football fan anticipated with excitement the last game of the UEFA European Football Championship…
DELALI AMEGAH
POLITICS
A Quick Overview of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Capital in the Twenty-First Century, based on French economist Thomas Piketty’s book of the same name, is a documentary dedicated to exploring…
KEITH SUARES
POLITICS
Public Support Dichotomy: You Can’t Stand With Palestine While Silent on West PH Sea Dispute
Featured Image: The Seattle Globalist Recently, Filipinos backed the Palestinian community after the hashtag #FreePalestine was widely shared online, sprouting various protests…
JERICHO ZAFRA

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