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Acknowledging the crisis in Myanmar
If you’ve never heard of Myanmar, you’re not alone. I hadn’t heard of it until about a month ago when The New York Times’ Snapchat Discover section featured a harrowing video depicting...
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Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act
In March of 2010, former President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — the U.S. government’s most significant piece of health care legislation since the 1960s....
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Cities don't have to be disruptive to nature
All too often, people who care about the natural environment blame urbanism for causing degradation and destruction. Cities are parasites, cities are unnatural and cities are unsustainable, they say. Often paired with...
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Supporting sexual assault survivors
On Sept. 19, Lindsay Wrobel, a senior at the University of Rochester, ended the sixth and final day of her hunger strike. However, this end was not in defeat; it was in...
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Understanding Brexit's impact
It is certainly a tense time for politics in the United States, from the election of President Donald Trump to his recent controversial remarks following the neo-Nazi riots that were driven by...
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Reconnecting with the real world
When was the last time you built something? I don’t mean the hammer-and-nail kind of building, but it could be that too — when was the last time you made something with...
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Fostering a welcoming environment
Many young aspiring professionals, like students at Binghamton University, constantly seek to create novel leadership roles, responsibilities and activities in which we can develop skills and learn to be engaged. In our...
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The problem with protagonists
Reading was something I loved from a young age. While I was enthusiastic to spend my free time reading new books, I remember that not all of my classmates felt that way....
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Indicting ignorance
In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, communities across the southern United States and the Caribbean are struggling to regain what has been lost. Houses, families and livelihoods have been obliterated...
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In defense of not drinking
“It’s Friday night, who’s hosting the pregame?” It’s a weekly conversation over text, in a group message, or in-person, as you’re walking down the Spine and see a friend. My Spanish professor...