Myles Walker

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Fake News: The Vote

A South Carolina high school teacher made headlines last Wednesday for a controversial choice of disciplinary action. On Tuesday, his school district took a vote on whether he would face disciplinary action. Under South Carolina Board of Education regulations, public school teachers facing disciplinary action or termination maintain the right to appeal the reversal of […]

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Is Cornel West the Philosopher King America Needs?

In Plato’s Republic, written in the fourth century BC, the philosopher posits that ideal and completely just governance can only be achieved beneath the rule of a “philosopher king,” a ruler who seeks truth through philosophical study. To Plato, only this type of ruler can be permanently in the service of justice because only this

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Mayor Bowser and the D.C. Council’s Clashes on Crime

Since the very beginning of Muriel Bowser’s eight years as the mayor of Washington, D.C., she and the city council have failed to consistently see eye to eye on policy measures and administrative decisions concerning accountability, crime, and the way crime should be policed. This disunity stems from fundamental differences between Bowser’s and the council’s

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