In September 2016, the Japanese media was flooded with a scandal concerning Renhō, the Japanese Politician head of the Democratic Party at that time (Mainichi Daily News 2016). The controversy was regarding her dual citizenship (Taiwan and Japan), which resulted in a huge backlash against her as a political figure, […]
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Exploring the limit of Freedom of Expression
We’ve all heard of conspiracy theories like “flat earthers” that are so absurd that they seem hilarious. However, we cannot take all of them lightly. The genocide of European Jews during World War II led to the deaths of approximately six million people, including one million children. These atrocities, which […]
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Political Polarization and Why We Aren’t As Different As We May Think
The political system of the United States has two main parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. The concept of political polarization describes how over the last 25 years, the Democratic party has become more “left-winged” while the Republican party has become more “right-winged”. Today, the major parties, created […]
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LGBTQ: A Movement America Should Be Proud Of
In the past few months, it has become apparent that the fight for advancing the rights of minority groups has just begun. Along with activist groups like BLM and women’s rights, the LGBTQ movement lies at the heart of this battle. Learning the history behind an issue is crucial to […]
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The Police Brutality Riots: It’s No Longer About Justice
In America’s polarized politics, pointing to the errors made on both sides of the conflicts that divide us gets a bad rap. What has the Civil Rights Movement taught us? What did it say about police brutality? It just comes to show how little our society has actually come. This […]
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Democracy During COVID-19
While the world watches on while COVID-19 cases increase, the non-coronavirus government actions -often overlooked- have had negative effects. It has been nearly two months since the coronavirus first landed on US soil (1/22/20), with cases nearing 900,000 and deaths passing 50,000. Across the globe, numbers are reaching 3 million. Democracy […]
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How Does Each Country Enforce Quarantine?
The novel Coronavirus has caused a global pandemic and widespread quarantine. The disease does not discriminate between borders. So how do two countries vary in how they deal with those disregarding stay-at-home orders? How America Enforces Quarantine Surprisingly, America does not have a federal lockdown or anything of the sort. […]
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Universal Basic Income, an Idea for Now?
Universal Basic Income has been brought back into the limelight because of the $1200 COVID-19 relief check. Is UBI a good system?
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The False Paradigms of Innovation
Innovation According to Fiction In the winter of 1865, in a stately room decorated from the floor to ceiling with paintings and paraphernalia observing the recently concluded Civil War, four men sat in armchairs by a raging fire. Their arguments were no less heated, for these grizzled men were debating […]
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The Rising Tide of Student Research
Despite the heavy emphasis on scores, student research in Taiwan is slowly becoming a staple in high school education. What may be the causes behind it?