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On Monday, Nov. 18, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis at the U.S. Treasury Greg Leiserson ’06 delivered a talk on the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), parts of which are set to expire in 2025. The talk was part

Why people choose to have children is a question becoming increasingly more relevant as birth rates decline globally. In the United States, birth rates are declining by 2% annually. This challenging philosophical idea, among others, was addressed during the Nov. 16 iteration

Walking around Swarthmore College’s grounds, you can see patches of browning grass, contrasted bafflingly with a constant downpour of sprinklers. Despite the heavy artificial rain, the area’s significant lack of natural rain has put the school’s plantings and construction projects at risk.

Swarthmore College’s Islamic studies program has been left without a program coordinator or administrative assistant, raising questions regarding the status of the program. A Title VI complaint filed on Oct. 29 against Swarthmore by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) mentioned the

Last week, across Philadelphia, hundreds of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) workers threatened to go on strike if long-running contract negotiations did not end with a wage increase. The strike would not have directly impacted the Swarthmore regional rail station but would