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Voting Can’t Be the Only Vehicle for Change
Neither voting nor activism on their own is sufficient to bring about the systemic changes that need to occur in the United States. When used together, however, they can pave the way for significant change in the future.
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Follow the Political Science
Science isn’t the answer to bad politics; better politics is.
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Biden’s Mistake of Revoking the Keystone XL Permit
The Keystone XL has received significant opposition, but after considering its economic advantages and minimal risk, President Biden may want to reconsider his decision.
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Welfare Is For Everyone—Let’s Act Like It
Americans don’t understand government welfare, and this ignorance has created a dangerous and unfounded stigma against the poor. We have come to conflate welfare with government handouts, and government handouts with poverty, when in reality welfare plays a large role in all of our lives—and an extensive role in the lives of the rich.
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The Foreign Policy of the Biden Administration and the Problem of Authoritarians
The outliers of the international system have posed a special problem for American diplomacy and will continue to do so unless there is a shift in American international policy.
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The Untold Story of Abortion in Politics
Reproductive justice activists across the United States elected the Biden-Harris administration under the condition they would protect the right to an abortion. Without doubt, abortion is a decisive issue for all voters, yet the issue of abortion is dynamic within political and religious history and took key figures and events to make it as politized of an issue as it is today.
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Florida: The Republican Party’s Newest Stronghold
For decades, Florida was one of the most hotly contested battleground states in the country. Now, it’s becoming reliably Republican. What’s caused Florida’s rightward shift and what does it mean for the future?
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Can Joe Biden Pick Up Bobby Kennedy’s Unfinished Work?
Robert F. Kennedy’s vision lives on in Joe Biden’s presidency.
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Beyond Representation: Feminism Has Reached a Political Impasse
There are more women in the U.S. government than ever before, but representation should not be the excuse given for stagnant legislation. Women in politics should be judged based on how they actually help other women, not heralded as simple emblems of their gender.
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Biden's Foreign Policy Goals
President Biden has been forced to prioritize the COVID-19 pandemic for his first months in office, leaving questions as to how his foreign policy will take form. There are three main global issues that Biden can focus on to differentiate himself from his predecessors and make a positive impact.
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Reimagining the Police
Is there a world in which Americans can live with little to no policing?
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What the GameStop Short Squeeze Says About Our Economic Future
GameStop’s surge in the stock market was an unprecedented event. What does this phenomenon mean for the future of our economy though?
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The Virginia Moment
The fate of progressive reform and representation lies in the hands of the Virginian voters, are you prepared to demand a better future?
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La Importancia de Los Sindicatos en La Era de Precios Crecientes y Salarios Estancados
Los ingresos de los trabajadores estadounidenses permanecen estancados, pero los sindicatos proveen esperanza. La solución viene de los sindicatos fuertes y el trabajo organizado.
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Jalen Johnson and the NCAA’s Billion Dollar Gamble
Jalen Johnson’s recent departure from Duke, and his treatment in the media afterwards, show how NCAA athletes are still being commodified in the face of COVID-19.
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¿Se acerca el final de la monarquía española?
Este artículo cubrirá el debate actual sobre la monarquía española. Algunos dicen que es una institución anticuada y que ahora es corrupta y fuera de contacto con la gente española. Sin embargo, otros creen que es un símbolo clave de la unidad y la tradición, y por lo tanto debe ser preservada como una institución. A pesar de todo, es un debate que probablemente continuará para España, y creo que, si la monarquía desea sobrevivir, debe escuchar las preocupaciones de la gente y tomarlas en serio.
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Twitter’s Dangerous Ban on Trump
Twitter’s permanent ban on Trump is dangerous because Twitter as a public forum for sharing unfiltered ideas unjustifiably censors unpopular opinions assaulting freedom of speech.
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Life Imitates Art Imitates Politics
Twenty-Twenty assured a range of experiences and emotions in times without a conventional “togetherness”-- art was this year's best substitute.
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Democracy Survives…This Time
What did Donald Trump’s presidency illustrate about the strengths and weaknesses of the Presidency and other American institutions? What does this tell us about what reforms we must enact?
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The Benefits and Flaws of Radical Analyses
Radicals see the right problems but find the wrong solutions.
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Obama’s Renegades and the Content-Creating Politician
Obama and Springsteen’s “Renegades: Born in the USA” represents the further entangling of celebrity and political life. Yet, it might also suggest a hope for egalitarian storytelling taking arms against polarization.
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The Rise and Fall of The Lincoln Project
In 2020, the Lincoln Project exploded into a massive, uncontrollable powerhouse in American politics. In 2021, it fell apart. As its founders consider how to move forward, it has become clear that its best option is to shut down completely.
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Reasonable, Radical Worker-Ownership
From employee-owned mom-and-pops to large-scale enterprises, worker co-ops offer a compelling, sustainable, and democratic alternative to the traditional top-down business model.
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As Always, Silence Is Betrayal
The Virginia Review of Politics stands in solidarity with APIDA communities on Grounds, in Charlottesville, and throughout the country.
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Online Fanfiction and the Roots of Online Censorship
Fanfiction has helped shape the internet as we know it. Here's how it might help legislators shape the future of online censorship laws.