Jacob Lonon, Scarlet Staff
September 14, 2018
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When Congress ratified the 13th Amendment to the Constitution outlawing slavery, it left an important caveat, a single circumstance under which slavery could still be legal in the United States: “Neither slavery nor involuntar...
Matthew Levin-Nussbaum, Contributing Writer
September 14, 2018
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On Tuesday, Sept. 4, Massachusetts voters went to the polls to vote in the 2018 primaries. The Massachusetts primaries went largely as expected. On the federal level Tuesday’s results will have little effect on the partisan m...
September 14, 2018
Jason Fehrnstrom, Scarlet Staff
September 14, 2018
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On September 6, 2016, The New York Times published an article entitled “Campuses Cautiously Train Freshmen Against Subtle Insults.” The lionshare of this article was focused on Clark University’s orientation programs which focu...
Erlend Lane, Contributing Writer
April 16, 2018
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Almost everyone has something to say about how to maintain the well-being of children, but unfortunately people usually disagree on how and when that well-being is threatened, and how it should be protected.
For more than ...
Sarah Reinbrecht, Scarlet Staff
April 16, 2018
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One month after the mass school shooting in Parkland, FL, students across the nation walked out of their schools to protest gun violence and a lack of gun control in America. Despite facing disciplinary actions from their school’s a...
Mike Cox, Contributing Writer
April 16, 2018
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On March 28th Amnesty International and Students Against Mass Incarceration invited five formerly incarcerated persons to Clark University. These survivors of mass incarceration shared their experiences in prison, and the work that th...
Andrew Rose, Scarlet Staff
April 16, 2018
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The steady stream of scandals emanating from the Trump administration is an excellent reminder of just how thin the line between tragedy and farce can be. The most recent example, involving Ben Carson, the incumbent Secre...
Max Ellas, Scarlet Staff
March 3, 2018
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Late one autumn night, State Trooper Ryan Sceviour pulled over Alli Bibaud on I-190 after she crashed her car while drunk. Bibaud protested vehemently and tried to get around any form of punishment, most notably by offering Scev...
Jason Fehrnstrom, Scarlet Staff
March 3, 2018
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Fourteen months ago, the citizens of Massachusetts voted to legalize the cultivation, possession, and sale of recreational cannabis. In spite of this pivotal development, citizens in Shrewsbury, Mass., a suburban enclave borde...
Sarah Reinbrecht, Scarlet Staff
March 3, 2018
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Anyone who has ever watched “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” is probably aware of rape kits and the dreaded backlog that prevents Olivia Benson and her team from catching the serial rapist. As much as one would want to be...
Andrew Vontzalides, Scarlet Staff
March 3, 2018
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On Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Massachusetts State Senate voted in favor of a bill that would broadly ensure confidentiality in healthcare for Massachusetts patients. The bill would require health insurance companies to issue “Explanati...
