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Climate Change and Capitalism: The Choice to be Sustainable Lies in the Hands of the Wealthy
Our planet is currently experiencing a climate crisis, and it is only getting worse. While most people know or have experienced the effects of climate change to some degree, there still remains a lot of misinformation on the subject. So what actually is “Climate Change”? The Earth naturally maintains its climate through a process called…
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Daylight Robbery: A Sociological Analysis of the 2025 Louvre Heist
As 2025 draws to a close and we reflect on the events that captured global attention this year, the October Louvre Heist is undoubtedly one of the most attention-grabbing. Occuring in broad daylight in a Hollywood-esque feat, a group of robbers broke into the Galerie d’Apollon at the Louvre Museum in Paris and stole eight…
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The New Middle Class Mirage: Why Upward Mobility Feels Out of Reach
In Western society, a commonly repeated narrative is “work hard and you will succeed”. Individuals are encouraged to tick off various check boxes to verify this success, such as buying a house, getting married, studying well, raising a perfect nuclear family and retiring in peace after a life of hard work. Being part of the…
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