National
Community First: A Conversation with Candace Valenzuela
Running for Congress is not something for the faint of heart, I always thought that I’d never have the ego to run for Congress. But then I realized, while I don’t have that kind of self-interest, I do have the urgency of the families in my district, and that’s why I’m doing this.
Funding Small Businesses: The Payment Protection Plan Initially Missteps
At a time when the most vulnerable communities are being hardest hit, government intervention presents an opportunity for much-needed support, although initial execution has faltered.
American Cornerstone: An Executive Order Ignites Protest over Architectural Erasure
The decision of what architecture represents America is subject to the whim of those in power, who often make this choice to serve their own agendas.
Show of Support: Artists Rally Mutual Aid in the Wake of COVID-19
The pandemic has shocked an already-broken system of artist compensation, and artists have been left to pick up the pieces themselves.
Politicizing the Past: Can History be Taught Objectively?
Historians’ attempts to discover “truth” are situated in their own political moments, just as the histories they study are situated in theirs.
The Portuguese Speaker in the Basement
Natives of a language have the advantage of being immersed fully in a language. Duolingo, on the other hand, asks that students go back and forth between English and the foreign language like a game of tennis.
Run from Wilbur!
When the human population has no developed immunity, it can lead to anything from a few asymptomatic cases to millions of deaths. The danger comes in the crapshoot.
The Politics of Representation: The Fight for the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum
Women are consistently underrepresented in history. In elementary school, history textbooks typically have three times as many men as women, five times as many for middle school, and six times as many for high school.