Essay Undergraduate 1,946 words

Empty Skies: Why Spirit's Collapse Was Inevitable

Analyzing the May 2026 Spirit Airlines collapse: how structural ULCC model flaws, the failed JetBlue merger, legacy competition, and the Iran war fuel shock ended an era.

Business

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,656 words

Beyond Adjustment: Why AI Demands Societal Restructuring Now

This argumentative essay makes the case that AI and automation demand major societal restructuring — UBI, retraining, and shorter working weeks — drawing on economic forecasts and historical analogies.

Technology

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,744 words

Integrity in the Age of AI: Rethinking Academic Honesty

Argues universities should reframe academic integrity policies around AI dependence vs. assistance, using pedagogy and disclosure rather than detection software.

Education

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,772 words

Digital Kindling: How Social Media Reshapes Protest

Analytical essay examining how social media reconfigures political movements—from Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter—trading organizational depth for networked visibility.

Communications

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,677 words

Geopolitical Fracture: How Modern Conflicts Rewire the World Economy

Analyzes how Russia-Ukraine, U.S.-China, and Middle East conflicts have structurally reshaped global trade, supply chains, and long-term economic costs.

Economics

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,682 words

Structured Access: Why AI Belongs in Classrooms, With Limits

Should AI tools like ChatGPT be allowed in K-12 and college classrooms? This argumentative essay makes the case for structured, pedagogically guided AI access in education.

Technology

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,865 words

Made, Not Meaning: Why AI Generation Is Impressive But Not Creative

A comparative essay arguing that AI-generated art differs fundamentally from human creativity in process, meaning, and stakes — not just in outputs.

Technology

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,916 words

Grounded in Reality: Why Aristotle Outpaces Plato Today

This argumentative essay examines whether Aristotle's empirically grounded philosophy proves more useful for contemporary inquiry than Plato's rationalist idealism by analyzing their fundamental metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical differences.

Philosophy

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,750 words

Broken Ladder: Why the American Dream Is No Longer Earned

A rigorous undergraduate essay arguing that structural inequality—not lack of effort—has dismantled American upward mobility, drawing on Chetty, Lareau, and education research.

Sociology

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,630 words

Stress Test and Survival: How Three Elections Tested Democracy

Analytical essay arguing that the 2016, 2020, and 2024 U.S. elections have durably weakened American democracy through norm erosion, legitimacy crisis, and democratic deconsolidation.

Government

~9 min read

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