Oscar Kim Bauman, Scarlet Staff
April 26, 2019
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Teachers and other workers here in Massachusetts are struggling; and tax reforms to ensure millionaires pay their fair share could help fix that. On April 11th, workers, politicians, and labor advocates testified before the Massachuse...
Oscar Kim Bauman, Scarlet Staff
April 5, 2019
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Last November, I was all in for Beto O’Rourke. That is, Beto O’Rourke for Senate. As Democratic fervor over the chance of a “Blue Wave” midterm election rose, I found myself excited for many of the candidates running ...
Oscar Kim Bauman, Scarlet Staff
March 30, 2019
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Last November, I was all in for Beto O’Rourke. That is, Beto O’Rourke for Senate. As Democratic fervor over the chance of a “Blue Wave” midterm election rose, I found myself excited for many of the candidates running ...
Maral Askari, Scarlet Staff Member
March 22, 2019
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As a set of proposed economic stimulus programs aiming to address climate change and economic inequality, The Green New Deal (GND) has taken over the news recently. The movement began to gain momentum again after the November 2018 e...
Sarah Reinbrecht, Scarlet Staff
March 22, 2019
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On Thursday, March 15, the newly refurbished Grind reopened at 10pm. Clarkies seemed eager to enter the space, as the line to get in stretched out the UC door well after 10pm. Once students were admitted into the Grind, they w...
Jason Fehrnstrom, Opinions Editor
March 22, 2019
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The Juul device, a sleek, chic electronic cigarette which delivers a distinctively powerful punch of nicotine, has become ubiquitous in American society in recent years. Juul, the e-cigarette market’s conspicuous victor, captured 70...
Maral Askari, Scarlet Staff Member
March 22, 2019
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At least 50 people were killed and 48 were injured Friday, March 15th, in a mass shooting in two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. The attacker Brenton Tarrant, a 28 year old Australian, has been arrested and will go o...
Jason Fehrnstrom, Opinions Editor
March 2, 2019
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The elaborate schemes of Jussie Smollett, a prominent actor arrested this past Thursday on Felony accounts of orchestrating a hate crime, are emblematic of a larger tendency, possessed by Donald Trump himself, that is pervasiv...
Monica Sager, Scarlet Staff
March 2, 2019
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Picture a college student. You may see an affluent, young adult who comes from a privileged background with plenty of money for college, groceries, and any other necessary spendings. You may even imagine a lazy, privileged, and...
Sarah Reinbrecht, Scarlet Staff
March 2, 2019
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Though the upcoming presidential election is more than a year away, multiple Democratic candidates have already officially joined the presidential race and it’s likely more will join. Quite frankly the idea of researching each ca...
Isabella Frederick, Contributing Writer
March 2, 2019
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Since my freshman year at Clark, I've been heavily involved with NARAL Pro-Choice, a reproductive health advocacy group. Through this work I learned about crisis pregnancy centers (also called fake women’s health centers), whic...
Samantha Whittle, Contributing Writer
March 2, 2019
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On February 19th, 2019, Bernie Sanders announced he would be running for president in 2020. This isn’t his first time in the presidential elections; in 2016, he ran against Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries.
It...
