While the Cold War and the arms race that ensued positioned the US as the world’s premier superpower, the resources poured into the space...

Colleges across the nation are striving to increase their socioeconomic and ethnic diversity, but the significantly lower graduation...

In early February, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a recognized terrorist organization, released a video that depicted...

The phrase “American accent” is a paradox. There are over 20 recognized dialects of “American English” alone, and there are nearly...

This past week, the Koch brothers announced that they were pledging roughly $900 million to back select conservative candidates during...

President Obama was a celebrity even before he ran for president. In 2007, comedy site Barely Political’s music video “Crush on Obama,”...

When you place a pod of ready-to-brew coffee into one of Keurig’s squat, iconic machines and press the ‘go’ button, you can be sure of a...

Throughout his presidency, and especially during 2014, President Obama has made a concerted effort to connect to young voters through...

With growing alarm regarding climate change in the new millenium, the United States has energized efforts to utilize clean energy...

On January 19, Brown announced a review of its alcohol and social event policies and put into place an interim policy “prohibiting...

The prison-industrial complex (PIC), as defined by Critical Resistance, refers to the vast networks of institutions and systems that...

January 1st, 2015 has been on every American egg farmer’s mind since 2008. On that date, California’s landmark Proposition 2, officially...

On February 5, the Rhode Island House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare heard testimony from supporters of a bill that would...

President Barack Obama recently unveiled his nearly $4 trillion budget, and it immediately made waves. As the unabashedly liberal wish...

“I’m not a scientist.” Such was the key 2014 Republican talking point on climate change for both potential candidates and GOP party...

On January 26, the Supreme Court received a petition to hear Friedrichs vs. California Teacher’s Association. Although the case is yet to...

Paul Gosar, a Republican congressman from Arizona, recently got into trouble for calling Native American tribes “wards of the federal...

December 17, 2014: the day President Obama ended the 53-year suspension of diplomatic relations with Cuba, that tiny Caribbean island of...

A farewell party was thrown for James Kidney in March of this year to celebrate a lengthy career for the Securities and Exchange...

By many accounts, 2014 was a year of unprecedented economic growth. In the second quarter of this year the GDP grew by 4.6 percent, in...