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Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts 

Local news has been languishing for decades, but the decline is accelerating, according to NPR's Terence Samuel, a 2023 Sine fellow

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From Fixers to Figureheads 

SPA professor Tricia Bacon's groundbreaking new research explores terror in transition 

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At Issue 

Women are burned out and fed up, according to a new poll from SPA's Women and Politics Institute 

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(Environmental) Justice for All 

SIS alumnus Ramón Cruz, the first Latino president of the Sierra Club, aims to build a more inclusive and diverse coalition 

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3 Minutes on Transgender Rights

Trailblazing Delaware state senator Sarah McBride, SPA/BA '13, explains the rise in legislation aimed at trans youth 

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Audacious Changemaker: Duty of Care

Kevin Hagan and the PAN Foundation have provided medication copay and other assitance to more than one million patients over the last 18 years

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Biblio File: Take My Hand 

CAS professor Dolen Perkins-Valdez chats about her latest novel, named one of Amazon's top 20 of 2022

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Audacious Changemaker: Research Mission 

Kogod professorial lecturer and Air Force veteran Joseph Mortati takes on painstaking research to piece together details about unaccounted for service members

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3 Minutes on PEPFAR 

SIS dean Shannon Hader breaks down the groundbreaking HIV/AIDS initiative, which has saved more than 21 million lives since 2003

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H2 Oh No

How much water are you unknowingly flushing down the drain each day?