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Haspel should not be confirmed as CIA director due to her involvement in torture

By Yu Rong Lim

Recently, Gina Haspel, Trump’s nominee for director of the CIA, has been criticized in the media for using torture during…

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The federal government is too negligent of infrastructural failings

By Yu Rong Lim

Recently, the Oroville Dam experienced an overflow that caused alarm amongst policymakers and residents in Oroville, CA. The Oroville dam…

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Unity won’t come easily to Trump’s America

By Yu Rong Lim

On Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, the whole world was astonished. Trump became the President-elect. The 2016 election was one…

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Current U.S. policies fail to deliver mental illness treatments

By Yu Rong Lim

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 18.5 percent of Americans experienced mental illness in the past year,…

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Everyone is a journalist: the truth of social media

By Yu Rong Lim

With increased social media and more expedited modes of communication, the face of journalism has changed from television hosts to…

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Wellesley Women in Business hosts founder of dynamic new startup

By Yu Rong Lim

Wellesley Women in Business recently invited Max Meyer, the co-founder of a new app called Getmii, to speak about his startup….

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