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What Trump’s presidency means for women
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If non-Americans think the U.S election will not affect you, welcome to your wake up call. We officially live in a time where the future leader of one of the most powerful countries in the world accepts and encourages racism, sexism and bigotry. He believes Syrian refugees are terrorists. This is the same wave of…
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The new paved path to the White House
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Fasten your seat belts. Pinch yourself if you need to and set your popcorn down for a moment. It may seem as though that was the feature film, but this past year was merely the coming attraction for the foreseeable future of American politics. If we’ve been given an accurate representation, it promises to be…
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Understanding the presidential debate
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Was anyone else scared out of their mind for the first portion of the presidential debate? Was anyone else thinking, “holy crap, that Donald Trump might have figured it out. He might actually have a shot at this thing?” Truth be told, he started off the first presidential debate quite strongly, looking as substantive and…
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Unsigned: supporting free transit for lower incomes
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The Alliance Against Poverty is attempting to get the Grand River Transit Commission to allow low-income people to ride the bus free of charge. Obviously, this is a good idea. However, the logistics of such a program are harder to understand, especially from our standpoint as university students. Each semester, we pay a greatly reduced…
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