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Trickle-up revolution | The Way Things Are

Trickle-up revolution | The Way Things Are

By Nikhil Pol April 1, 2026

This article is the first of a two-part series. The need for radical systemic change has never been more apparent than in the current political and social situation we find ourselves in. The elephant...

The pendulum of freedom | The Way Things Are

The pendulum of freedom | The Way Things Are

By Nikhil Pol November 3, 2025
Freedom is perhaps one of the most passively exercised aspects of human life. And yet, we take active pride in publicly displaying our civic freedoms. Our mere possession of freedom rarely does justice to the immense appetite for boasting about the individual liberties that the modern political world has allowed for.
Analise Bruno | Graphic Artist

Where there’s popular will, there’s a way | Beyond the Compass

By Kevin Mani April 3, 2023
The case of Israel raises some interesting questions about the role of popular opposition in the government's workings. Typically, we understand democratic governments — representative democracies, to be more specific — to be machines that enable the will of the citizens. When the public does not support a particular law, or at least when there is a majority opposition, proposals are, in effect, non-starters.
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