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In MAHA We Trust: Inside the Make America Healthy Again Movement

Eleanor BelinfantiOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

A typical day in the life of Katlyn Bevington includes waking up, doing a devotional, homeschooling her kids, and putting them to bed. She seems like a regular homeschooling mom. She is anything but. 

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Where Are the Men? The College Enrollment Crisis

Hallie BlackOctober 20, 2025October 19, 2025

Registering for the wrong class permanently changed the educational outlook of Joseph Nelson, PhD. Today, he works to ensure that all young men have equal access to education’s transformative effects. 

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Private Speech Made Public: A Yale Professor’s Facebook Comment Goes Viral

Lily Moore-EissenbergApril 27, 2017April 27, 2017

Prof. Jason Stanley finds himself in the middle of the fight over free speech on social media.

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Pizza Politics: Lessons From the Pineapple Topping Controversy

Jane IronsMarch 28, 2017March 31, 2017

Iceland’s president joked he would make eating pizza with pineapple as a topping illegal if he could. Thus a heated debate began.

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Fishing for Truth: Politics in the Era of Clickbait Journalism

Megan McQueenFebruary 10, 2017February 10, 2017

How is the press adjusting to social media?

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The Disappearing Moderator: How Social Media Has Infiltrated Politics

Grant FergussonOctober 1, 2016October 2, 2016

Forget analysis. This is why the debate really mattered.

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You’re a Flake: The Art of the College Blow Off

Adam D'SaJanuary 18, 2016November 28, 2024

While some master a single tactic, others are Renaissance men, dabbling in and perhaps excelling at a variety of methods. In general, though, your typical flake falls into one of three categories.

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Winnie-the-Pooh Politics: The Ingenuity of Chinese Memes

Catherine CrayOctober 6, 2015

In China’s censorship culture, memes have become a valuable medium for political expression.

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