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Dana Malapit

Dana Malapit is a U3 Honours Political Science student. She is particularly interested in urbanism, environmental issues, and politics in Canada and Asia Pacific.

The State of the Unions: What the Bessemer Union Drive Means for The Future of Organized Labour

Dana Malapit Apr 18, 2021
While the Bessemer union drive signified a potential turning point for organized labour in the US, Amazon’s robust anti-union campaign marks a continuation of the impunity with which corporate America’s standard union-busting playbook is…
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Aba Diktati: Haiti’s Unfinished Democratic Project

Dana Malapit Mar 26, 2021
While statements from the United Nations and the Organization of American States focus on the ongoing constitutional dispute between politicians, issues of violence, impunity, and widespread poverty have been overlooked so as to not further…
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Timor-Leste’s COVID-19 Response: A Global Perspective

Dana Malapit Feb 23, 2021
Timor-Leste has had remarkable success in containing the virus within its own borders, yet the future of its public health efforts may unfortunately lie with the whims of large pharmaceutical companies and the generosity of international…
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Protecting Pancasila: Indonesia’s Fight Against Religious Extremism

Dana Malapit Dec 20, 2020
To a degree, Indonesia’s fight to uphold Pancasila parallels Macron’s quest to defend the secular values so dear to the French republic. However, Indonesia’s push to neutralize the threat of radical Islam predates post-9/11 anxieties about…
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The Power of Public Transportation in Social Justice

Dana Malapit Nov 18, 2020
Seemingly mundane transportation policies are far from a peripheral issue in the national reckoning with race — rather, they represent the next frontier for racial justice, as transportation provides racialized communities with the…
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Where Does Fracking Fit in Biden’s Big Tent Campaign?

Dana Malapit Oct 22, 2020
While Biden’s pledge to “Buy American” seems less brash than Trump’s commitment to put “America First,” fundamentally, both are trying to appeal to the economic interests of blue-collar workers.
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Streaming Killed the CD Star: How Spotify Transformed the Music Industry

Dana Malapit Sep 1, 2020
If Spotify is to reach its goal of allowing one million artists to live off their music, it is clear that that the platform must reconfigure itself to better pay the artists who drive traffic on their platform. Unless streaming services…
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The “Airbnb Effect” on Affordable Housing

Dana Malapit Aug 5, 2020
Despite Airbnb marketing itself as a home-sharing platform driven by people trying to make some extra cash, many Airbnb listings act like hotels: entire properties dedicated to servicing short-term visitors, run by companies handling…
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Segregated Suburbia: The Single-Family Home and the Struggle for Integrated Housing

Dana Malapit Jul 6, 2020
Although today’s exclusionary zoning policies do not explicitly mention race, the American myth of the single-family home continues to stand in the way of equitable and integrated housing across the nation.
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How Malaysia’s Democratic Transition Came to a Screeching Halt

Dana Malapit Jun 18, 2020
Although Mahathir stated that the 1MDB scandal was the catalyst for ousting his former party, Mahathir himself, in addition to elements of Pakatan Harapan, remained inextricably linked to the legacy of patronage and personalized politics of…
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The Solution to a Sinking City? Build a New One

Dana Malapit Apr 20, 2020
Building a city from scratch is hard, but the task of building a sustainable city may prove to be even more difficult, and is a project that is likely to go beyond the end of Jokowi’s term in 2024. As the old adage goes—Rome wasn’t built in…
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Crisis and Continuation: India’s Citizenship Amendment Act Protests

Dana Malapit Feb 20, 2020
Although analysts have remarked that the international community’s tepid response to India’s ongoing citizenship crisis has been informed by the country’s position as a potential democratic counterweight to China, the tensions polarizing…
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