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Should We Mourn the Wicked?

19 September 2025
Ethan Naber
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Content warning: This article contains quotations of racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, and anti-queer rhetoric, as well as discussions of political violence. On Sep. 10, 2025, American…

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Donald Trump and the Smithsonian: who gets to rewrite history

5 September 2025
Alee Dickey
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History is written by the winners In March 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This directive…

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Paris Climate Agreement withdrawal leaves citizens with lingering concerns

5 March 2025
Molly Haynes
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Photo by Markus Spiske via Uplash. It’s been almost two months since President Donald Trump was inaugurated, and the United States has already experienced drastic…

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The 2024 Presidential Elections Through the Eyes of Jewell Students

27 November 2024
Eliott Labeth
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The Rise of Hamas: Origins and Overthrow

9 February 2024
Ethan Naber
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Author’s note: This is the first in a series of articles that address the war between Israel and Hamas, which started in 2023 and continues…

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Interview with “The Upswing” co-author Shaylyn Romney Garrett

15 October 2021
Zachary Dube
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On Oct. 5, American Public Square hosted an author Q&A at William Jewell College for Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett’s “The Upswing: How America…

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Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 variants

23 April 2021
Alaina Flory
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As we pass the one-year mark of COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 continues to mutate, causing variant strains to emerge and spread across the globe. Currently, the main…

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U.S. based company “Oracle” purchases popular app “TikTok”

25 September 2020
Teresa Mainzer
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TikTok fans no longer have to worry about the end of the app after the announcement of its purchase by Oracle, a U.S. technology corporation.…

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