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(01/29/18 2:05am)
During the earlier part of the 20th century, an “Economic Calculation Debate” took place between economists; one side argued for a centrally planned socialist economy, the other for a laissez-faire capitalist one.
(01/15/18 3:13am)
On June 8, 2017, the United Kingdom’s governing Conservative Party called a snap election in an attempt to gain a larger majority in Parliament.
(11/29/17 2:27am)
As it currently stands, the Federal Communications Commission is planning to repeal net neutrality. Net neutrality effectively prevents internet service providers from being able to slow speeds for those websites and internet users who don’t pay extra.
(11/20/17 4:13pm)
For as long as there has been capitalism, there have been economic crises which have been responsible for drastic shifts in the global economic order.
(11/06/17 4:07am)
In response to the ongoing buffoonery of President Donald Trump, there has been a disturbing trend among liberals to attempt to rehabilitate the image of George W. Bush so that he functions as a contrast, an ahistorical example of a president who was “not as bad.”
(10/30/17 3:10am)
I don’t know about you, but if you ask me, instigating a war with Iran is a really, really bad idea.
(10/23/17 1:57am)
Professional wrestling has been on a long downslide in popularity since its heydays in the 1980s and 1990s. But even at its height of popularity, professional wrestling has never been seen for what I believe it is: art.
(10/09/17 2:20am)
A popular, emerging conspiracy theory among the far-right is that protests against President Donald Trump, the alt-right, police violence, and other perceived social problems are not in fact grassroots movements coming together in reaction to issues that concern them. Instead, they are part of something much more sinister.
(10/02/17 3:13am)
Puerto Rico is in the middle of a humanitarian crisis. The entire island is without power. 70 percent of hospitals have stopped operating. Officially, 16 people have died from Hurricane Maria; however, experts are claiming the numbers are larger, and rising.
(09/25/17 3:10pm)
In polite society, the most blatant forms of discrimination are usually considered unacceptable.
(09/13/17 2:27am)
Whenever I bring up socialism, whether in columns or in conversation, someone will inevitably butt in with the same tired point: “But what about Venezuela, Claude? Everyone in Venezuela is starving because socialism! Why didn’t you think of that?” So, with the recent expansion of sanctions imposed on the Bolivarian nation, let’s ask ourselves: what about Venezuela?
(08/28/17 3:40am)
Why do I protest? Because I believe in Lux, Libertas, the motto of our University. These words have deep meaning to me:
(07/12/17 1:51am)
Alongside the benefits of our growing understanding of genetics, there’s been the dark shadow of its pseudoscience.
(04/28/17 6:13am)
Note: I’d like to thank Jakobi Williams, a professor of history at Indiana University Bloomington who specializes in the Black Power and civil rights movements, and Hy Thurman, a member of the original Young Patriots and Rainbow Coalition, for contributing their invaluable insight and expertise to this column.
(04/21/17 2:20pm)
I am on the autism spectrum. It’s part of my identity. It shapes the way I interact with people on a day-to-day basis, and I’m proud to say it’s a part of who I am. Autism affects different people in different ways, and to varying degrees, but it tends to involve impaired communication and repetitive behaviors.
(04/07/17 7:05am)
I have a vested interest in Appalachia due to my family history there. On my father’s side, I am a descendant of Scotch-Irish settlers who fled from indentured servitude to the Appalachian region where they could live freely.
(03/24/17 4:04am)
Almost 250 years of slavery, 100 years of legal segregation and discrimination and over 50 years of redlining and other forms of institutional racism beyond that. All of these factors have led to the disproportionate poverty found in black communities in the United States, and all of them are cause for the need for reparations.
(03/10/17 1:52am)
A central component of Trump’s campaign was his promise to “bring back jobs.” And to give credit where credit is due, his administration has been fantastic for one particular industry: private prisons.
(03/03/17 4:36am)
Michael Flynn resigned as National Security Advisor on Feb. 13 amidst reports of his having promised the Russian government that the Trump administration would lift some of the sanctions placed on Russia by President Obama during his administration.
(02/24/17 4:22am)
Socialism — one of the greatest Bogeymen in the minds of the American Republic throughout the last century. From newspaper cartoons at the turn of the 20th century, hyping up fears of bearded, bomb-throwing foreign anarchists, to Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s spearheading a witch hunt in search of Soviet spies and “fellow travelers” in Washington and Hollywood, to modern depictions of neoliberal former President Barack Obama as some sort of fanatical communist who’s going to put your life in the hands of a sinister “death panel.”