Epicurean philosophy states that in order to be happy a person should attempt to reduce the scope of your desires to simple ones which are consistently easily achievable.

You are a progressive activist who is finishing up their law degree. You are passionate about criminal justice reform and are seeking a career in criminal law where you can put your values into practice.

In most elections under Brazil’s system of proportional representation, no one party ever wins a majority in Congress (the federal legislative body). Instead, large parties accomplish their agendas through making deals with the Centrão: a loose bloc of small parties whose members lend support to bills in exchange for government resources, generally for their home constituencies (e.g. funds for a local district project, new infrastructure, etc.). Currently, the Centrão comprises roughly 43% of Brazil’s federal lawmakers.

Under a system of “failure standards,” every time a government decides to take an action, it must accompany that decision with a public statement saying that the government will have failed if its action does not achieve certain pre-set results, or exceeds certain limits (e.g. time, staff, budgetary, or other allocations).

For the purposes of this debate, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) refers to the design of classroom and curriculum in a way that is intended to be accessible to everyone without the need for specialized accommodations e.g. allowing students to choose which types of assessments they receive (presentation/test/paper), making all classes available as recordings, etc.

The Song of Songs is one of the scrolls found in the last section of the Hebrew Bible. It tells the story of young lovers living in Jerusalem in the days of king Solomon. They are described to be madly in love ever since their first encounter, and each sees the other as the most virtuous and beautiful person in the world. Due to external circumstances, they never manage to meet again and reunite throughout the story, however their love never burns out

'Anti-electoralism' is a political movement that has grown in popularity recently among progressives. It supports the idea that progressive activists should heavily deprioritize electoral activism (e.g. running for office, supporting a campaign, etc.) and instead refocus their efforts on creating change outside of the electoral process (e.g. organizing protests, direct action, unionizing, etc.).