As someone who voted for Bernie in the primaries and viewed Biden as the corporate, neoliberal pick for president, I must admit that Biden has far exceeded my expectations in his first two months in office. This, of course...
After a marathon Senate session full of gut-wrenching twists and turns, the Senate has finally passed Biden’s enormous America Rescue Plan with many of its original proposals well intact. Given its $1.9 trillion price...
TW: Physical and Sexual Abuse, Trauma In March of 1984, 4-year-old Joshua DeShaney was beaten so severely by his father that he became “profoundly retarded” with little to no cognitive function. Four years before the...
Over the past few years, migration out of California has received plenty of media attention. From large tech companies relocating to Texas to ordinary people moving to other states, California seems to be facing a possible...
Economics is probably the most hated social science, for a valid reason. The way economics is introduced to curious students in high school and college is boring, disengaging, and even misleading. Many of those who study...
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In my first blog post, I briefly mentioned a United Nations report that estimated between 200 million and 1 billion climate refugees by 2050 if nothing is done about the climate crisis. I drew a comparison between those numbers...
The internet cheers on as a community of retail investors from the “r/WallStreetBets” subreddit wage war against hedge fund short sellers by mass-purchasing GameStop stock (or GME). In the process, they have managed to...
I am only one of the tens of millions who were inspired by both of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns. Looking back to where American politics were just five years ago, it is truly incredible to witness how far the...
It is no secret that America has been violently sliding towards authoritarianism since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidential term. For the past four years, Trump’s rhetoric has consisted almost entirely of lies and...