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Is It Your Right to Grow Your Own Food? The Criminalization of At-Home Agriculture

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Most Americans get their food from a supermarket or supercenter, like Walmart. But increasingly, people are opting to grow their own food....

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Sinclair’s Syndicated Propanda Infiltrates Local News

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Since 2016, discerning fact from fiction, real from fake, and truth from lies has become increasingly difficult....

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Shoot for the STARS: Conn Receives Silver Environmental Status

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“We are going to make gold if it is the last thing I do,” said Professor of Government and Environmental Studies Jane Dawson, in an uncharacteristically assertive tone.

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Faster, Higher, Not Far Enough: Jack Ewing and the VW Scandal

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During winter break, I saw an event on Facebook from the Goodwin-Niering Center advertising guest speaker Jack Ewing, a journalist at The...

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Reflecting on a Recent TRIP Course to Socialist Cuba

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Associate Professor of History Leo Garofalo’s Modern Latin American History class arrived in Cuba with fluttering nerves and heightened...

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Engagement with New London: An Uphill Battle

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At Connecticut College, some students take classes for which they must complete community service in New London as a requirement.

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Welcome to the Revolution: We March for Our Lives

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In the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, 800,000 people stood strong. We sang songs, cheered, and shed tears. ...

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David Grann: An Explorer of Myths, Legends, and Murder

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Despite rarely slapping a Tilley hat on his head or strapping Merrell boots on his feet, David Grann is an explorer. ...

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Don’t Militarize Our Schools

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After the tragic Valentine’s Day shooting in Parkland, Florida, President Donald Trump vowed to make our country and schools safer. He...

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A Generation Defined by Mass Shootings

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While reading the New York Times a couple weeks back, my self-identity received a serious blow.  I was born on October 6, 1996;...

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