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For Pregnant Women During the Pandemic, Doulas are More Important than Ever

February 22, 2021 kalena 2777 Views

By Sarah Javaid As the first wave of people receive the COVID-19 vaccine, pregnant women—not included in clinical vaccine trials

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Ancient Solutions to Current Problems: The Case for Restorative Justice

February 15, 2021 kalena 9446 Views

By Yuliya Shyrokonis There are nearly 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States—more per capita than any other country

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Criminal Fines are Taxes on the Poor

January 31, 2021 sehrmatt 4516 Views

By: Katherine Donelly A traffic ticket should not land you in prison–or in a lifetime of debt. But our current

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To Diversify STEM Graduate Programs, Eliminate the GRE

January 19, 2021 sehrmatt 7364 Views

By: Aníbal Tornés Blanco, Biology PhD student at the University of Michigan  If you have ever applied to a graduate

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Georgia’s Unique Runoff System, a Product of Institutional Racism

January 14, 2021 sehrmatt 5167 Views

By: Shaher Zakaria   Last Tuesday, all eyes were on the two Senate runoff elections in Georgia. Because the elections

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Vaccine Distribution Requires That Medical Establishment Reckon With Institutional Racism

January 4, 2021 sehrmatt 3020 Views

By: Trina Shanks, Phd, LMSW; Marquan Jackson, MSW; Alize Asberry Payne; and Patrick Meehan, PhD, MSW As the rollout of

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Rebuilding and Reimagining Middle Neighborhoods for the Post-Covid World

December 3, 2020 kalena 2248 Views

By: Shounak Bagchi and Eli Reilly Since March, experts have speculated wildly about the pandemic’s effects on urban life. Many

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Targeted Voter Suppression is State Silencing

November 2, 2020 kalena 2836 Views

By: Sophie Hart As the 2020 election bears down in the midst of a global pandemic, the precarity of our

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Propane May Be Under-Utilized in the United States

August 11, 2020 kalena 3944 Views

By: Emmanuel Akinbobola and Akinbodunde Akinbobola To secure the frontline against climate change, humanity needs to seriously confront increasing carbon

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Implementing a ‘Good Time’ System in Michigan’s Prisons Would Fight Mass Incarceration

June 22, 2020 mariatus 31032 Views

By: Sophie Ordway In this time of mass incarceration and renewed focus on the carceral state, the Michigan prison system

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