Skip Navigation

United States

Popular Articles

Latest

For a century, the United States government refused to recognize the systematic murder and explusion of 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as genocide. This was despite the fact that the Armenian diaspora was the most active group of surv...

The G-Word: Why The US Needs to Recognize Genocides

For a century, the United States government refused to recognize the systematic murder and explusion of 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as genocide. This was despite the fact that the Armenian diaspora was the most active group of surv...

Dramatic music. Aerial shots of imposing ships. Rugged soldiers storming a battlefield to sonorous narration. The clip ends on the emblem of the Marines, along with the tagline “The Few. The Proud.” Despite the veneer of governmental legitimacy, ...

Force Advertising: The Problem with Military Ads

Dramatic music. Aerial shots of imposing ships. Rugged soldiers storming a battlefield to sonorous narration. The clip ends on the emblem of the Marines, along with the tagline “The Few. The Proud.” Despite the veneer of governmental legitimacy, ...

In 1996, when Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was speaking at an event in Quebec, he shoved a heckler aside. He was charged with assault. In the United States, the broad interpretation of executive privilege could protect the president from be...

Trump v. Vance: An Assault on the Constitution

In 1996, when Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was speaking at an event in Quebec, he shoved a heckler aside. He was charged with assault. In the United States, the broad interpretation of executive privilege could protect the president from be...

From California, where there are more than three times as many illicit cannabis dispensaries than licit ones, to Oregon, where the State Police Sergeant laments a growing problem with illegal marijuana, the black market for weed has persisted in stat...

The State of the Marijuana Black Market

From California, where there are more than three times as many illicit cannabis dispensaries than licit ones, to Oregon, where the State Police Sergeant laments a growing problem with illegal marijuana, the black market for weed has persisted in stat...

Public transit in major American cities is undergoing a facelift. The New York City subway, after a recent investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, has been dubbed “no longer a daily disaster.” Atlanta has paid 95.6 million dollars to drama...

Joyful Straphangers: A New Target for Public Transit

Public transit in major American cities is undergoing a facelift. The New York City subway, after a recent investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, has been dubbed “no longer a daily disaster.” Atlanta has paid 95.6 million dollars to drama...

Today, as the temperatures drop in Nashville, people experiencing homelessness  in the city may find themselves retiring to a jail to sleep for the night. An empty jail is currently being used as an overflow shelter for the city’s homeless pop...

Finding Shelter in the Local Jail

Today, as the temperatures drop in Nashville, people experiencing homelessness  in the city may find themselves retiring to a jail to sleep for the night. An empty jail is currently being used as an overflow shelter for the city’s homeless pop...