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TikTok Safety

Posted on June 5, 2022 by ssharma

Sneha Sharma TikTok With 656 million downloads, TikTok made the top downloaded app in 2021 according to Forbes. The app allows users to create and share short videos about anything and everything. TikTok is now used by people all over … Read More

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Why Critical Race Theory Should Be Taught in Schools

Posted on December 16, 2021 by ssharma

Izzy Oberman In our polarized society, education systems have been subject to attacks from both the right and the left for generations; however, a new buzzword pertaining to curriculum has made its way into the political agenda in the past … Read More

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The Pledge of Allegiance in Schools: An Opinion

Posted on December 16, 2021 by ssharma

Elliot Kovitz Students cannot be forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in School. This idea has been established as precedent since the case West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette. Since that was established nearly eighty years ago, the … Read More

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How Did 9/11 Affect American Culture?

Posted on October 27, 2021 by dradner@lsoc.org

Ava Rosenow September 11th, 2001, is a date that will forever live in infamy and marked the beginning of a distinct shift in many different areas of American life, but one that is often overlooked is our culture.  One of … Read More

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How Do We Memorialize 9/11 Twenty Years Later?

Posted on October 26, 2021 by dradner@lsoc.org

Will Baiers Twenty years have passed since four airplanes were hijacked within a matter of hours, killing nearly 3,000 innocent civilians and dividing the world in two. Yet the suffering was not over then, as thousands more were physically injured … Read More

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Why Businesses Cannot Be Trusted to Save the World

Posted on May 21, 2021 by eward

Izzy Oberman Climate change has become an indisputable threat to our society. However, what remains a hotly contested subject is what action must be taken to save our planet and human life. One potential solution is to rely on companies … Read More

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Addressing Climate Change is Corporations’ Responsibility

Posted on May 21, 2021 by naltman

Holden Rierson Reversing and limiting climate change is the corporate sector’s responsibility because they disproportionately advance it. In the past 30 years, just 100 companies have produced over 70% of the world’s carbon emissions, with the top 15 American food … Read More

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Israel: A Model For Pandemic Response

Posted on March 13, 2021 by naltman

Naomi Altman Israel has been at the forefront of global vaccination efforts. With over 30% of the population already vaccinated, Israel is significantly ahead of almost every other country. At the time of writing of this article, it is projected … Read More

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The Downfall of Democracy

Posted on March 8, 2021 by naltman

Holden Lamberson The golden age of democracies, which took place all over the world between 1945 and 2000, has come to an end. During that period, the number of democratic nations grew from a mere twelve to a burgeoning eighty-seven. … Read More

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The Nuclear Arsenal in the 2020s

Posted on March 7, 2021 by eward

Rashail Wasim The United States and Russia recently agreed to extend the New START treaty for 5 years, limiting each nation to 1,550 nuclear warheads on ballistics missiles and strategic bombers. The treaty was due to expire on February 5, … Read More

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  • Table of Contents May 2023

    • Historic Agreement Reached to Conserve the Vital Colorado River, but Will It Be Enough? May 28, 2023
    • A Breakdown of the US Debt Ceiling Negotiations May 28, 2023
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    Ethan Weiss ’24

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