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Beautiful Country: Chinese Students in Pandemic America
In many respects, the pandemic has come at the worst possible time for international students in the U.S.—especially those from China. Already isolated from home, they’re increasingly isolated here, too.
A Second Golden Age Of Spaceflight?
The reemergence of the U.S.’s ability to independently access outer space may seem simple to some, but it marks a momentous shift that will open up a new era of space travel.
Footnotes to Orwell
Orwell’s essay has become at once a document of both historical non-fiction and prophecy: we are watching the processes which Orwell described play out in the 21st century crisis of democracy.
On Resilience and the Rural Experience
The school climate an individual is brought up in impacts one’s entire life trajectory, feeding into institutional, socio-economic, and representational systems of inequality.
All Rise: Judicial Algorithms in the Courtroom
Minorities have, and continue to be, discriminated against. Judicial algorithms can further perpetuate their second-class status by subjecting people of color to longer periods of incarceration.
Internet Bots are Taking Over Politics—and Social Media Companies Can’t Stop Them
As bots continue to populate Twitter’s trending page with politically polarized messages, it’s becoming harder than ever to track them down and stop them.
1984, Goodbye to All That
The affair demonstrated the worst symptom of our social media age: that nothing matters anymore.
On Loving Your Neighbors: Racism in the Christian Community
The call to “love our neighbors as ourselves” is not rooted in sentimentality or mush or comfort. It is deeply rooted in a sense of justice and empathy towards our fellow man. If your love only extends to the blonde-haired and blue-eyed and pale-skinned, then it isn’t loving.