Table of Contents
International
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CHINA’S ONE-CHILD PROBLEM
Revision to infamous one-child policy will
have little real effect
by MAX STALOFF ‘14
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SPRING IS IN THE AIR
How the Arab Spring has sparked civilian
protests across the globe
Interview
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OPENING UP THE HERMIT
KINGDOM
Economic reform is the best way to promote
change in North Korea
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by KEVIN SCHOELZEL ‘14 and
SID SAPRU ‘14
Could educational inequity be a catalyst of
today’s partisan divide?
AN OLD-BOYS CLUB NO MORE
Democrats are vying to win with women in 2014
by CHRISTOPHER JERROLDS ‘14
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11 CHECKS AND BIASES
An empirical analysis of polarization in the
U.S. Supreme Court
A LESSON NOT YET LEARNED
by EMILY STEWART ‘16
by PETER LIU ‘16
Feature
Sameer Fraser ‘15 sits down with the Republican Senator from Kentucky
Domestic
by ZACHARY GREENE ‘15
8
SENATOR RAND PAUL
A COMPROMISED DEMOCRACY?
Texas as the testing ground of stricter voter ID
laws
by NATHAN CHAN ‘16
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TAKING A HIT
How federal inaction is delaying marijuana
legalization efforts
by KATE HARSH ‘16
27 FEELING THE BLUES
Tennessee Democrats face an uphill battle in
2014
by WILL STEWART ‘16