The 14th Amendment of the Constitution declares that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The language is plain and simple—a conscious choice for a country still reeling from a bloody civ...
Paint me a picture of anguish. Tell me a story of hurt. Make it aching… agonizing. Let it scintillate with tortured tears and sing with cries of pain. Let it reverberate in darkness and bleed through curtains of silence. Let it corrupt innocence, p...
Against the backdrop of a rapidly growing market for plant-based alternatives, an even bolder product has emerged: lab-grown, or cultivated, meat. Industry trailblazers like GOOD Meat are attempting to produce animal flesh through nonviolent means wi...
Shamar El-Shabazz works at a Burger King in Delaware for the state minimum wage of $8.25 per hour. At 50 years old, he lives in a one-bedroom apartment with his daughter and wife, who cannot work due to a medical condition. Shamar had previously work...
Shamar El-Shabazz works at a Burger King in Delaware for the state minimum wage of $8.25 per hour. At 50 years old, he lives in a one-bedroom apartment with his daughter and wife, who cannot work due to a medical condition. Shamar had previously work...
By 2060, 115 percent more Americans will be of Hispanic origin than in 2015. Consequently, pundits identify “the Hispanic vote” as the next frontier for ensuring political success. Political elites have thus scrambled to investigate, quantify, an...
By 2060, 115 percent more Americans will be of Hispanic origin than in 2015. Consequently, pundits identify “the Hispanic vote” as the next frontier for ensuring political success. Political elites have thus scrambled to investigate, quantify, an...
Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 1997 encountered similar obstacles to the ones he faces now for placement on the highest court in the land — a Republican majority in the Senate and a Democrati...
Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 1997 encountered similar obstacles to the ones he faces now for placement on the highest court in the land — a Republican majority in the Senate and a Democrati...
Over the past six years, the Obama Administration has drawn government attention and funding toward the problem of America’s food deserts. The US Department of Agriculture defines a food desert as a district or neighborhood where at least 500 peopl...
Over the past six years, the Obama Administration has drawn government attention and funding toward the problem of America’s food deserts. The US Department of Agriculture defines a food desert as a district or neighborhood where at least 500 peopl...
In 2013, 28 percent of Rhode Island’s 1800 foster children were living in congregate care institutions, group homes in which children do not grow up with a nuclear family. Beyond Brown’s doorstep, 57,000 children nationwide are currently living u...
In 2013, 28 percent of Rhode Island’s 1800 foster children were living in congregate care institutions, group homes in which children do not grow up with a nuclear family. Beyond Brown’s doorstep, 57,000 children nationwide are currently living u...
Technology permeates almost every aspect of our lives, and its influence on us is only expected to grow. Yet, computer science is overwhelming under-taught at schools across the country. 90 percent of schools don’t even teach computer science cours...
Technology permeates almost every aspect of our lives, and its influence on us is only expected to grow. Yet, computer science is overwhelming under-taught at schools across the country. 90 percent of schools don’t even teach computer science cours...
Throughout history, a foundational divide in American politics has split the federal government. In the early days of the republic, quarreling between the Federalists (represented by John Adams) and Democratic-Republicans (led by Thomas Jefferson) o...
Throughout history, a foundational divide in American politics has split the federal government. In the early days of the republic, quarreling between the Federalists (represented by John Adams) and Democratic-Republicans (led by Thomas Jefferson) o...
Last November, Hillary Clinton declared that “Every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be heard, believed, and supported.” In December, at a campaign event in New Hampshire, the former Secretary of State was asked, “You say that all rape vi...
Last November, Hillary Clinton declared that “Every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be heard, believed, and supported.” In December, at a campaign event in New Hampshire, the former Secretary of State was asked, “You say that all rape vi...
Snapchat, the four-year-old picture messaging app, is having its moment in the 2016 election cycle. While the app has a solid track record among young people — the app boasts upwards of 200 million users — its entrance i...
Snapchat, the four-year-old picture messaging app, is having its moment in the 2016 election cycle. While the app has a solid track record among young people — the app boasts upwards of 200 million users — its entrance i...
Recently at an MSNBC town hall, moderator Mika Brzezinski asked Donald Trump to identify the unnamed candidate she would go on to describe. She portrayed that candidate as a “political outsider…populist, believes everyone in the country should ha...
Recently at an MSNBC town hall, moderator Mika Brzezinski asked Donald Trump to identify the unnamed candidate she would go on to describe. She portrayed that candidate as a “political outsider…populist, believes everyone in the country should ha...
On July 31, 2009, American journalist Sarah Shourd was hiking in Northern Iraq with friends when she was captured by Iranian soldiers and placed in solitary confinement. She spent the next 410 days in a tiny metal cell, pacing around her cage and sta...
On July 31, 2009, American journalist Sarah Shourd was hiking in Northern Iraq with friends when she was captured by Iranian soldiers and placed in solitary confinement. She spent the next 410 days in a tiny metal cell, pacing around her cage and sta...
Once a symbol of human ingenuity and power over nature, the 79,000 dams scattered across America’s landscape are now falling into disrepair and disuse. Even the larger, highly functioning dams struggle to generate enough energy to justify...
Once a symbol of human ingenuity and power over nature, the 79,000 dams scattered across America’s landscape are now falling into disrepair and disuse. Even the larger, highly functioning dams struggle to generate enough energy to justify...