Lauren Sanders
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Remembering Stephen Hawking’s legacy
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Stephen Hawking, arguably the greatest — and definitely the most well-known — contemporary physicist, died on March 14, 2018. He died at the age of 76, which is quite an achievement for someone who was given just a few months to live at 21. Stephen Hawking was justifiably famous for two things. He was a…
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Looking at identity politics critically
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Identities are essential, as they are one’s sense of self. Identity politics, however, have a far murkier history. Identity politics are political positions based on the interests and perspectives of social groups with which people identify. Identity politics includes the ways in which people’s politics are shaped by aspects of their identity through loosely correlated social organizations. Examples include social…
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Considering different identities within society
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Democrat or Republican; Conservative or Liberal. Party affiliation has become an incredibly important way of labeling yourself, a way to express your values and find a like-minded community. It has become an increasingly important aspect of one’s identity, much like ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender. However, party identification isn’t the only aspect of identity…
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