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  • A Note to Politicians: What Average Americans Want

    A Note to Politicians: What Average Americans Want0

    On New Year’s Eve, four of my siblings, their spouses, and I gathered at my sister’s house in Asheville, North Carolina. A table covered with side dishes and hors d’oeuvres, wonderful conversations and reminiscences, and glasses raised at midnight: it was a memorable New Year’s Eve party. The party continued the next morning with more

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  • A Nordic Paradox: Higher Gender Equality, More Partner Violence

    A Nordic Paradox: Higher Gender Equality, More Partner Violence0

    Which countries lead the world in gender equality? If you don’t know the answer to that you must. have been living in North Korea. Everyone else knows that it’s the Nordics: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. On average across these countries, three out of every four working-age women are in employment; gaps between the

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  • A Night Enforcing Immigration Laws on the US-Mexico Border

    A Night Enforcing Immigration Laws on the US-Mexico Border0

    Since the beginning of his presidential campaign, the U.S.-Mexico border has been a focus of Donald Trump’s anger and political appeal. That border is where more than 18,500 of the country’s 19,437 Border Patrol agents work, trying to stop people from crossing illegally into the U.S. For all the heat and headlines around this border,

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  • A New Year’s Chat With the Devil

    A New Year’s Chat With the Devil0

    Ah, New Year’s Eve! It’s a great moment for reflecting on the past, taking stock of the present, and planning for the future. Indulging in the Auld Lang Syne cliché is not unique to humans. The spirit world does the same, or at least it does according to a piece in a 1948 edition of

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  • A New Year’s Feud In the Land of MAGA

    A New Year’s Feud In the Land of MAGA0

    Dear Uncle Dan,   I hope you are well and still making friends. I’m sorry to hear the parole board turned you down, but there’s always next time. While shopping for Christmas, I ran into your ex, and Vera’s crude remarks tell me communication with her is a no-go. (She’s still bitter about your entanglement

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  • A New Way to Remedy American Students’ Ignorance of History?

    A New Way to Remedy American Students’ Ignorance of History?0

    As Intellectual Takeout has reported in the past, American students can be a bit clueless when it comes to historical events, even relatively recent ones like the Holocaust from World War II. But some teachers are seeking to change that through a new project known as History Unfolded. According to The Washington Post: “The project,

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