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Am I an Activist?: An Identity in Crisis
By Audrey Bang

The Youth Activist Club
Nov 2, 20205 min read


My Problem with K-Pop: A Korean-American Perspective
By Audrey Bang

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Oct 26, 20204 min read


Obedience to Authority
In July of 1961, three months after the beginning of the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram...

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Oct 26, 20207 min read


CHOP in Hindsight
Since May 29th, protests had raged in Seattle in response to the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek...

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Oct 18, 20206 min read


The Problem with ‘Call-out’ Culture
By Matilda Cox

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Oct 4, 20203 min read


Reform is not the answer
By Chikamso Chijioke In what system can a select group of people gain so much power, so much political backing, that the state will help...

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Sep 28, 20203 min read


The Response to Racism
By Audrey Bang I’m disturbed to see that the widespread response to racism is increasingly myopic, elitist, and fatphobic. Whenever...

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Sep 28, 20204 min read


Does comedy really need to be politically correct?
By Matilda Cox Political correctness. Increasingly over recent years, this phrase has been met with more eye rolls and groans. We’ll see...

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Sep 12, 20203 min read


Why Christians Refuse To Support #BlackLivesMatter: An American Perspective
By Audrey Bang (@audreysooeun on Instagram) Whenever I see someone touting an American flag, Bible, rifle, and MAGA hat, I can’t help but...

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Sep 9, 20204 min read


The Coup In Mali
8/21/20 Since June of 2020, the people of Mali have taken to the streets calling for Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who had been in power since...

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Aug 24, 20203 min read


Chicago in conversations of race and police violence
By Chikamso Chijioke Imagine this: you see a news article of protests about an unarmed black person being killed. The death angers you,...

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Jul 30, 20203 min read


Explaining Affirmative Action: Its merits and opposition
By Chikamso Chijioke When you think of affirmative action, do you envision a less qualified minority applicant getting chosen over a...

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Jul 14, 20204 min read


The Corrupt American Policing System
By Chikamso Chijioke Trayvon Martin, Sam Dubose, Philando Castile, Terence Crutcher, Alton Sterling, Eric Harris, Tamir Rice, Micheal...

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May 24, 20206 min read
Heroic Changemaker Twins Raise Funds To Help Victims Of Coronavirus In America, Europe, and Asia
Twins Renee Mendoca & Rhea Mendoca organized a garage sale to raise funds and donated 1000 Coronavirus Sanitizers kits and food cans to...

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May 24, 20201 min read


Why have marginalized people’s achievements been overshadowed in history?
By Chikamso Chijioke It seems as though when we reflect upon the history, it is the people that have always been on top who are hailed...

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Apr 18, 20204 min read


Tara Reade Accuses Joe Biden of Sexual Assault
By Lizzie London Tara Reade has accused her former employer, presidential candidate Joe Biden, of sexual assault. Reade says the assault...

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Apr 12, 20202 min read


Trump and yet another one of his failures
By Tilly White COVID-19 has rampaged over our world, testing and pushing society to its limits. It's the ultimate test for the world's...

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Apr 4, 20204 min read


Coronavirus: The Chinese Virus?
By Monika Khadka President Donald J. Trump referred to the novel coronavirus as the Chinese Virus: “Because it comes from China. That’s...

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Apr 2, 20202 min read


The Historic $2 Trillion COVID-19 Emergency Bill: Analysis
By Yash Permalla The $2 trillion Coronavirus relief package, executed through the CARES Act, recently passed in the Senate 96-0, and has...

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Apr 1, 20204 min read


Feminism: Myth vs. Truth
By Chikamso Chijioke Feminism is famously defined as the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes (Merrimack...

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Mar 29, 20203 min read
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