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Voter Suppression: Blocking the Ballot Box
Many factors can affect who is able to cast a ballot on Election Day, including what kind of identification a voter needs, how many polling places are open, and any illegal …
Affirmative Action: Still Necessary or Unfair Advantage?
Affirmative action is a set of laws or policies that favors disenfranchised groups in efforts to compensate for the discriminatory practices of the past. The term first appeared in …
Activist Athletes: When Sports and Politics Mix
Recently, activist athletes have challenged expectations of how players should conduct themselves. While we love to see athletes with big personalities and flashy lifestyles, the …
Filter Bubbles and Targeted Advertising
Over a decade ago, tech companies began using algorithms to personalize our experience of the web. Using sophisticated technology and vast amounts of consumer data, companies began …
Tech Addiction
The digital world is omnipresent. The rise of the Internet, smartphones, video games, and dating apps have provided people with more information, entertainment, and communication …
Health Tech: The Apps and Gadgets Redefining Wellness
Medical technology makes us live longer, and new developments in the field are changing our perspectives on health and longevity. Health tech encompasses everything from apps that …
Disruptive Innovation: Uber, Airbnb and Other Companies Reshaping the Market
In 1995, the term disruptive innovation was coined to describe innovations that disrupt and threaten existing markets and consumer habits. Since then, we've played witness to how …
Spy Games: Cracking Government Secrets
Since the mid-nineteenth century, the main drivers of clandestine activity have been wars, crime, and international espionage. The need to obtain and pass along secret information …
The Death Penalty
Despite human rights organizations' and the United Nations' calls to end the death penalty, the United States continues to use it, placing it in an unusual grouping with China, …
Energy Technology: The Tools of the Industry
How we harvest and consume energy is one of the most important topics of our time. Solar, wind, coal, oil: energy sources drive industries, innovation, market economies, and global …
Personal and Public Debt: From Student Loans to National Debt
Student loans. Medical bills. Mortgages. The national deficit. Debt touches so many parts of American life, from the individual citizen to the United States as a whole. A complex …
Plastic: Can the Damage Be Repaired?
Due to their affordability, versatility, and relatively easy production, plastics are used in a variety of products of all different scales, from household goods to computers to …