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The line between bureaucracy and privacy has been crossed and blurred throughout American history. Through Cambridge Analytica, I was inspired to write a short story called "The Butterfly's Code". It envisioned a world where a machine has access to every human's data. We, theoretically, would be able to stop all crimes if we were always watching. Is that... peace? 

In reference to the stereotypes dating back to the 90s, coupled with our perception of mainstream hip-hop, it seems rap has always been questioned. Some outward aggression has always defined the genre. As the industry grows progressively larger, even more than pop, it's key to ask why we are hesitant about its everchanging styles. 

CHILD SOLDIERS. MINORITIES. EDUCATION. It's a program funded by the Department of Defense. And it's gotten a lot of heat from the media recently. The Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps aims to build disciplinary skills in high schools across the country. High schools that are located in majority-black and majority-Latino ZIP codes. Ones that are burdened by the cost of the JROTC and don't have enough prep courses for college. Maybe the JROTC is truthfully a leadership program. Maybe it's spreading more exposure to guns in an already violent country, 

You're the judge.

Chinese technology company Huawei has been almost entirely blocked from the United States.  But when we trace down the impetus, we must ask ourselves: was the ban motivated by evidence or fear? Should the U.S. prioritize diplomatic relations or a great leap in the world of 5G? 

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Last month, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler wanted to make the fuel economy regulations for cars more lenient, arguing it would decrease pollution in the long run.  Current regulations were already stopping pollution. So did Wheeler want to change standards for the environment? Or politics? When partisanship gets in the way of environmental governance, there's one tool that comes into play: lawsuits. 

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