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The Past Century Belonged to the Gas-Powered Automobile. Electric Cars Could Dominate the Next.

Kyra McCreeryJuly 5, 2021July 5, 2021

The environmental impact of the gas car highlights the pressing need for climate-focused transportation reform. But how can the American dependency on cars be reconciled with the urgency of decarbonization in the transportation sector?

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Part 1: How To with John Wilson

Ella AttellJune 30, 2021June 30, 2021

How To with John Wilson captures a world you thought only you could perceive. Piles of trash, building scaffolding, curbside furniture, dismembered mannequins.

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Footnotes to Orwell

Timothy HanJune 9, 2020June 9, 2020

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.

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PECK: Reading “Lolita” in New York

Joe PeckApril 17, 2020April 17, 2020

How sad it is that, given Humbert Humbert’s arrest at the end of the novel, “Lolita” portrays a more utopic vision for justice than present day America.

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Not Giving Up, Not Giving In: A Conversation with Beto O’Rourke

Andrew BellahApril 11, 2020April 11, 2020

There are a lot of reasons that you’d be inclined to give up. But my faith and my optimism in this country and especially in young people has never been greater. They give me reason for hope.

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An Interview with Paul Graham, Founder of Y Combinator

Eric WallachMarch 3, 2020March 4, 2020

“Ordinarily I’d be well into thinking about some new topic by now, but this time I’m not. I have no project. That feels weird and unpleasant.”

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The Same “Old Deal,” in Red: Indigenizing Climate Justice and the Green New Deal

Oscar WangFebruary 10, 2020February 10, 2020

In a more profound sense then, the Red Deal is invested not only in ecological transformation, but the transformation of an extractive mindset or culture—a proclivity to view the natural world and the majority of its inhabitants as resources to use up and then discard.

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“Everyone is Awful”: A Review of “Joker”

Ignacio Diaz PascualFebruary 10, 2020November 28, 2024

Joker is a hyper-realistic and dark journey through the lens of a mentally unstable protagonist who is left behind by a Reaganite government, drawing chilling comparisons to the modern day.

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