What do Barack Obama and a five-time bank robber have in common? They both passed the Character and Fitness test to become lawyers. To verify their moral character as part of the Bar Exam, law school graduates must complete a 36-page questionnaire ab...
Picture a field peppered with wildflowers, tall grass swaying in the wind. A picnic blanket cradles plates of fresh fruit while friends frolic nearby. They collapse on the ground, exhausted but elated, savoring the joy of existing alongside one anoth...
Internment camps; raids in schools, hospitals, and churches; and a “small army” of private citizens—efforts are underway to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportations of undocumented residents with the goal of remo...
Marilynne Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist, best known for her novels Gilead and Housekeeping as well as her writings on modern Christianity. She was named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people in 2016 and graduat...
Marilynne Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist, best known for her novels Gilead and Housekeeping as well as her writings on modern Christianity. She was named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people in 2016 and graduat...
Leslie Lewin is the Executive Director of Seeds of Peace, a leadership development program founded in 1993 committed to developing mutual understanding among high schoolers from opposing sides of conflicts, with a particular emphasis on the Israeli-P...
Leslie Lewin is the Executive Director of Seeds of Peace, a leadership development program founded in 1993 committed to developing mutual understanding among high schoolers from opposing sides of conflicts, with a particular emphasis on the Israeli-P...
Reverend Leah Daughtry is a renowned activist, preacher, and political strategist. She has held positions in the US Department of Labor, Congress, and served as the CEO of the Democratic National Convention in both 2008 and 2016, making her the fir...
Reverend Leah Daughtry is a renowned activist, preacher, and political strategist. She has held positions in the US Department of Labor, Congress, and served as the CEO of the Democratic National Convention in both 2008 and 2016, making her the fir...
Tyler Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University, General Director of the Mercatus Center, and a New York Times best-selling author. In 2011, Foreign Policy magazine named him one of its “Top 100 Global Think...
Tyler Cowen is the Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University, General Director of the Mercatus Center, and a New York Times best-selling author. In 2011, Foreign Policy magazine named him one of its “Top 100 Global Think...
Ernest Moniz is the current U. S. Secretary of Energy. He was unanimously confirmed to the position by the Senate in 2013. Moniz is an esteemed nuclear physicist and has served as Head of the Physics Department and Director of the Bates Linear Accele...
Ernest Moniz is the current U. S. Secretary of Energy. He was unanimously confirmed to the position by the Senate in 2013. Moniz is an esteemed nuclear physicist and has served as Head of the Physics Department and Director of the Bates Linear Accele...
Miami Beach has often styled itself as the perfect tourist destination by the ocean; a modern day Atlantis. But this comparison may soon be all too accurate. Miami Beach is at the epicenter of the climate change crisis in South Florida, a regional gr...
Miami Beach has often styled itself as the perfect tourist destination by the ocean; a modern day Atlantis. But this comparison may soon be all too accurate. Miami Beach is at the epicenter of the climate change crisis in South Florida, a regional gr...
Facing incessant drought, cities across the state of California have been forced to consider every potential water-saving measure. But though desperate times call for desperate measures, one city’s water-saving solution may be deemed a bit too extr...
Facing incessant drought, cities across the state of California have been forced to consider every potential water-saving measure. But though desperate times call for desperate measures, one city’s water-saving solution may be deemed a bit too extr...
Tom Gores, the owner of the Detroit Pistons, recently shelled out $100 million for a 33,000-square-foot house in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, paying roughly $3,333 per square foot. Bruce Makowsky, an LA developer who made a name for ...
Tom Gores, the owner of the Detroit Pistons, recently shelled out $100 million for a 33,000-square-foot house in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, paying roughly $3,333 per square foot. Bruce Makowsky, an LA developer who made a name for ...
There’s no denying that the US education system is trigger-happy when it comes to passing out suspensions. According to some reports, 1 in 3 students in America are suspended at some point between kindergarten and 12th grade. In 2011, enough stude...
There’s no denying that the US education system is trigger-happy when it comes to passing out suspensions. According to some reports, 1 in 3 students in America are suspended at some point between kindergarten and 12th grade. In 2011, enough stude...
Over the past year, the average American has consumed an extra pound of dairy products. However, this is not a conscious decision in response to the Department of Health’s report that over 80 percent of the population’s dietary intake of dairy is...
Over the past year, the average American has consumed an extra pound of dairy products. However, this is not a conscious decision in response to the Department of Health’s report that over 80 percent of the population’s dietary intake of dairy is...
Over the last few years, companies like Uber and Airbnb have exploded onto the national and international economic scenes. Uber was recently valued at $68 billion, and Airbnb at $30 billion. In less than a decade, these two companies have built the ...
Over the last few years, companies like Uber and Airbnb have exploded onto the national and international economic scenes. Uber was recently valued at $68 billion, and Airbnb at $30 billion. In less than a decade, these two companies have built the ...
The week before the US presidential election, then-Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Kaine made history by delivering the first presidential campaign speech conducted entirely in Spanish. “No hablo español perfectamente,” he began, adop...
The week before the US presidential election, then-Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Kaine made history by delivering the first presidential campaign speech conducted entirely in Spanish. “No hablo español perfectamente,” he began, adop...