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POLITICS

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EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS
Justice in June: Open-Source Lessons on Becoming an Active Ally
created by Bryanna Wallace & Autumn Gupta   Choose how much time you have each day to become more informed as step…
HOKIS
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Green(gas)lit District
Featured Artwork: Stuart M. Buck at the bottom end of the mouth tube sphincter held in place. like an ancient book of…
HOKIS
EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS
Tired of Feeling Tired – #BLM
Featured Artwork: Sacrée Frangine This is a stream of consciousness that is based on events from the past couple of days. Writing…
HAFEEZAT BISHI
CULTURE, POLITICS
The Divisiveness Behind the Model Minority Myth 
The idea that South and East Asians achieve a higher socioeconomic success because of their “two-parent households” and “strong emphasis on education”…
AYMEN SHERWANI
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
When The Smoke Clears
Featured Image: The New York Times Where will you be, when the smoke clears, and the protests die off, when your social…
BEENA LAD
CULTURE, POLITICS
Being Black in America Should Not Be a Death Sentence
Featured Artwork: Nikkolas Smith Eric Garner, Ahmaud Arbery, and now, George Floyd, were all subject to the same fate: their deaths were…
RITISHA KESWANI
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Open Your Eyes
Featured Artwork: Ryan Hartley Smith Not realizing how bad it was Nor taking a moment for a pause For not understanding who…
AFZA RATHOD
POLITICS
Why the University of California’s Decision to Uproot the Testing Requirement Matters
Featured Artwork: LA Johnson The COVID-19 pandemic has presented ongoing challenges to universities and students alike for academic semesters to come. Among…
NABIHA MASOOD
POLITICS
The Era of Corona: A Conversation with High-School Juniors
Featured Artwork: Ryan Johnson Note: I wrote this as a feature story for my Anthropology class as a final project. All those…
AVA EVANS
POLITICS
COVID-19: The Story of Women Refugees in Uganda
Featured Images: Matilde Simas COVID-19 has altered our lives forever. Many of us have not seen our loved ones and we aren’t…
LIVANYA GRAMONEY
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Imperialism
On the fiery fields of Anatolia, She hears the shrill yell of her countrymen. Lead from another land with the ochre and…
MARINA ALI
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Pan[dem]ic
Featured Image: Lindsey Wasson for Reuters You are a mental patient with a Master’s degree and an absentee ballot Driving at 80…
GINA ATANASOFF

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