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The DKU Debate and the Future of Global Education: An Investigation
On May 5th, 2025, eighty-three Duke students arrived at Shanghai Pudong International Airport for a 10-day immersion program in China’s Jiangsu Province (one of our writers, Alejandro Nina Duran, participated in this trip). Staff…
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Yeats’ “Gyres”
Yeats’ Byzantium was a state of being—a way that humans could be, in a certain society, at a certain time.
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The Safest Seat in Hollywood
I think it’s safe to say that no one who seems more likely to get Me-Too’d has avoided getting Me-Too’d longer than Quentin Tarantino has.
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Our Friend, the News
The modern, perpetually accessible news machine does not direct our attention toward the real, the local, or the felt. It pulls us instead toward the imagined, the sensational, and the national, toward events that…
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America 250: A Sneak Peek
The Lemur‘s America 250-themed print issue is due to hit shelves soon. Before then, we thought we’d give devoted Lemur readers—who have stuck with us after the past couple of dry posting months—a sneak peek at what we’ve been working on this semester. The following are 250-word articles on overlooked, underappreciated, or unique moments in American history. So far, America 250 culture has been disappointing, ranging from predictable political appropriation to anodyne reflections on Bunker Hill and the “arc of the moral universe.” At The Lemur, we went in a different direction: starting not from the premise that our country…
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Democracy Is Not a Gamble: Why I Defend Germany’s Brandmauer
From my own experience working in the European Parliament, I have seen AfD representatives repeatedly fail to engage in serious legislative work.
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Saving the Missing Middle: Multi-Member Congressional Districts
Transitioning from single- to multi-member congressional districts would help restore political competitiveness and better represent voters.
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Kids Aren’t Bored Anymore. Here’s Why.
Ensuring kids can take a break from technology and have space to practice creative thinking sets them up for future success.
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