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Lilla Adams

Lilla is a U2 student currently pursuing a degree in Political Science, with minors in Communication Studies and International Development. She specializes in North American/European politics, political theory, and media in politics.

Two Cities, One Culture: The Aftermath of High-Profile U.S. Police Shootings

Lilla Adams Jan 13, 2019

The fallout within city police departments involved in shootings that garnered widespread public outrage – such as those of Laquan McDonald in Chicago and Freddie Gray in Baltimore – highlights much larger issues of the police culture…
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#WhyIDidntReport: Hashtags as Action and Inaction

Lilla Adams Oct 9, 2018

#WhyIDidntReport perfectly highlights this frustrating inaction plaguing hashtag movements: a hashtag exposing the inaction of survivors due to structures of power serves to expose the inaction of the perpetuators of those structures of…
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The Rise of the U.S. Moderate

Lilla Adams Aug 12, 2018

When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy abruptly announced his retirement on June 27th, all of Washington seemed to leap into action. Moments after receiving the news, President Trump announced that the process to fill the vacancy…
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Denuclearization: A History of Crossed Wires

Lilla Adams Jul 10, 2018

When the historic Singapore summit on June 12th brought together North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump at a much-anticipated negotiating table, the eyes of the world didn’t know quite what to expect. For two leaders…
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America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in Danger

Lilla Adams Jun 28, 2018

In her recent article for New York Times Magazine, writer Linda Villarosa details many disturbing revelations about the shockingly high birth mortality rate of black mothers and their babies in the United States. Compiling decades of…
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Part Two of Facebook’s Crisis of Identity: Cambridge Analytica

Lilla Adams May 17, 2018

In March, journalists from UK newspapers The Guardian and The Observer released an in-depth news story about an obscure data-analytics firm called Cambridge Analytica. In an enormous information leak, Cambridge Analytica harvested the…
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Facebook: Russian Bots and a Crisis of Identity

Lilla Adams Mar 11, 2018

Facing recent charges of spreading “fake news” and facilitating foreign interference, Facebook may be compelled to re-market. While not charging the site explicitly, a recent indictment from the Mueller investigation comes as the first…
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Testing the Limits of Digital Privacy

Lilla Adams Feb 6, 2018

Named as the case that could transform privacy law in the digital era, the 2018 Supreme Court case Carpenter v. United States promises to bring the law into the 20th century by directly addressing the use of private location services by law…
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Barring the Opposition: What Does Putin Have to Fear?

Lilla Adams Jan 17, 2018

Tensions among key candidates are quickly rising in Russia as the March presidential election date draws closer. On Christmas Day, the Central Election Commission officially barred opposition leader Alexei A. Navalny from running in the…
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The JFK Files: The Build-Up and Let-Down

Lilla Adams Nov 19, 2017

On Thursday October 26th, the United States National Archives released thousands of pertaining to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. These were set to be released a quarter of a century after they were formally sealed in…
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Take a Knee: NFL Protests and the Concept of Un-Americanism

Lilla Adams Oct 17, 2017

The eyes of Sunday football-goers have been on more than just the game since the start of this NFL season. Widespread national anthem protests by players in response to racial injustices in the United States have sparked controversy across…
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