By: Elaine Ding For the first time in over forty years, the majority of Americans are now in favor of legalizing marijuana (according to a poll conducted by Pew Research Center – released on April 4, 2013). While support for marijuana legalization has slowly and steadily increased over the past twenty some odd years, the [...]
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Is the Time Ripe for Federal Legalization of Marijuana? Leave a comment
Moderate Gun Control Legislation Pleasing No One 1 comment
By Briana Cartwright The United States Senate will soon vote on new gun control legislation but the gun control bill may not pass because of a divided Congress. In preparation for this event, President Obama, Vice President Biden, and first lady Michelle Obama will try to develop support for the gun package. This package includes [...]
Targeted Killings and the Department of Justice White Paper Leave a comment
By: Deborah Goldman Uncle Sam’s got a long arm, and he’s willing to extend it halfway around the world in the war on terror. On February 4, NBC released a leaked Department of Justice (DoJ) white paper discussing the legality of targeted killings of American citizens who are “senior operational leaders” of al-Qaeda. Naturally, this [...]
America’s “Drinking” Problem Leave a comment
By Brian Nistler Like most of America, I was astonished at the moment Senator Marco Rubio reached across the live video-screen to alleviate his cotton-mouth during the GOP response to the President’s State of The Union Address. It did not take long for the internet to go crazy; the reaction to Marco Rubio’s drinking problem [...]
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Finally Makes a Bipartisan Step Towards Progress Amidst Drawn-Out Political Debate Leave a comment
By Cody Perkins After months of amendments, rejections and political turmoil, on February 12, 2012, the U.S. Senate finally and overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill (VAWA). Since VAWA’s expiration in September of 2011, controversy has arisen surrounding new proposed versions of the Act, which could include key [...]
Rigging the Voting System: The GOP’s Plan to Take Back the White House in 2016 Leave a comment
By: Andrew Strauss Well it’s over folks; Mitt Romney will be America’s 45th President. This is what would have happened had the GOP’s new voting plan for 2016 been implemented in time for 2012. The plan most states followed in 2012 is known as “winner-take-all.” In this system the winner of the overall popular vote [...]
