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Ainslie Mohr

Editorial Board Writer

Member since April 2025

Ainslie Mohr is a student with expertise in policy and history, who enjoys looking at the connections and working to incorporate intersections between the two into her writing. Her favorite author is John Irving. In addition to maintaining a love of learning, Ainslie loves spending time outside as a skier, mountain biker, and varsity cross country athlete.

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“The Academy Awards, or the Oscars, are widely considered the most prestigious and famous film awards in the world. Beginning in early 1929 with a $5 dollar dinner and 15-minute-long celebration just m...”

— Where Art Meets Politics: Inside the 98th Academy Awards

Articles by Ainslie Mohr

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Editorial Board

Where Art Meets Politics: Inside the 98th Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, or the Oscars, are widely considered the most prestigious and famous film awards in the world. Beginning in early 1929 with a $5 dollar dinner and 15-minute-long celebration just m...

Mar 28, 20267 min read

Editorial Board

On Iran

The death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, on the first day of the War had a symbolic effect, but it did not dismantle the organization of the Islamic Republic, which is structured in several n...

6 min read

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The Epstein Files

On January 30, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released 3 million new pages of the Epstein Files—the batch includes more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. The pages consist of email chains, text m...

8 min read

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The Quiet Decline of U.S. Education

The United States, long regarded as the world’s dominant power, has long prided itself on technological innovations and universities that are a symbol of academic excellence. With 420 Nobel laureates,...

8 min read

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Trumpist Foreign Policy and Its Consequences

The state of these United States is grim. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have ravaged the country with illegal invasion practices, summarily executing two legal observers in Minnesota and ...

7 min read

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The Power of Youth Voice

A debate over the extent of youth participation in politics has existed at some level through generational shifts and ideological changes. But today, the argument that young people are apolitical, apa...

11 min read

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A Tale of Two Economies

On the 25th of September, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that in the second quarter of 2025 the projected annual gross domestic product (GDP, the value of all finished goods and services ...

9 min read

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[title Revoked for National Security Purposes]

On September 25th, the White House released a National Security Presidential Memorandum aimed at countering the spread of political violence and domestic terrorism that has, in their words, “dramatica...

8 min read

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Five Boroughs and a Socialist: Zohran Mamdani’s Challenge to the Democratic Party

On July 1st of this year, Zohran Mamdani emerged from the primary election as the Democratic nominee to become mayor of New York City — a massive upset win over Andrew Cuomo, former governor of the st...

9 min read

Global Affairs

Where is the Russian Opposition, and Who is the New Navalny?

Russia is often referred to on the international stage as an “imitation democracy.” Consisting with a parliament and a direct presidential election, a system that hypothetically should guarantee democ...

6 min read

Opinion

The Company, Crops, and Chemicals Curated to Poison America

Though now controlling 33% of the global seed market, Monsanto did not start out as an agricultural giant, but as a chemical company producing plastics and synthetic fibers. Eventually, it became the...

6 min read

Science

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence

By 2030, artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to contribute nearly $15.7 trillion US dollars to the global economy. That’s roughly the combined GDPs of Germany, Japan, India, and the UK....

3 min read

Media Analysis

The Modern Media Machine: How Competition and Sensationalism Have Transformed Political Impact

Today, the rapid flow of news and social media has inundated mass populations with mass media. As of April 2025, 68.7% of the world’s population has access to the internet, and it’s boundless. Quickly...

6 min read