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The Black Lives Matter movement has inspired an emergence of prison abolitionist thought as more people realize the unjustness of our justice system, including me. I’ve never thought about what a world would look like without prisons before. I thought police were corrupt, but prisons? Prison abolition is still regarded as radical, but is being …
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A journey through a time of injustice and inequality. A desire to grasp what is truly felt and honestly stated. An excursion on how art, music, math, and other roots shape us. A knowledge that we sometimes lose touch with ourselves and our heritage. A tying of knots that bring it all together. An eye …
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Classical economic theory suggests that an abundance of natural resources is expected to benefit states in the long run via gains to gross domestic product (GDP) and decreased trade dependency. While this theory applies to states like Norway, studies have shown that many other states have experienced the opposite; instead of spurring broadly shared economic …