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Hush! The Silent Imperialism of Jane Eyre by Trevor Howell
Trevor explores the ways in which Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre fails as a novel of liberatory resistance because of its ideological alignment with imperialism.

The Impact of Factory Farming on Global Water Supply by Alexis Wyrofsky
Alexis Wyrofsky engages in an in-depth analysis of the ways in which factory farming impacts the global water supply. Moreover, Alexis evaluates both the national and international responses to water pollution problems and makes subsequent recommendations for a more strategic, viable, and environmentally sustainable land-based approach to agriculture.

Can You Keep a Secret? The Role of Madness in Lady Audley’s Secret by Trevor Howell
Trevor engages in an analysis of the ways in which Braddon's Lady Audley's Secret criticizes 19th century conceptions of mental illness.

What were policymakers’ and intelligence services’ respective roles in the decision to deploy Stinger Missiles to the anticommunist Afghan mujahedin during the rebels’ struggle with the Soviet Union? by Tim Sullivan, Matt Singer and Jessica Rawson
In this essay, the authors explore the differing roles of policymakers in the decision to deploy Stinger missiles to the Afghan mujahedin. The authors analyze deteriorating producer-consumer relationship of the intelligence process and examine the way this deterioration was a result of bureaucratic-political competition.

Infinite Justice by Trevor Howell
In this essay, Trevor indicts the current ethical framework of the current Western neoliberal order and advocates Jacques Derrida’s “New International” as a framework for a more inclusive and liberatory system of ethics.

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