Despite 80% of Americans placing their confidence in the military and that it “will act in the best interests of the public,” most of the American people have no idea how expansive the military is as an institution in the modern era or the realities of military life. Less than one percent of Americans currently … Continue reading The U.S. Military: Its Expansion, its Impact, and Its Role
Author: Anna Cool
Anna Cool is a freshman in James Madison College and is a member of Roosevelt @ MSU.
Since the moment that Trump was inaugurated, his administration has made direct attacks on the rights of LGBT citizens and undermined the progress made by generations of activism. As of 2018, twenty-eight states including Michigan, still lack explicit legal prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment and housing. Due to … Continue reading Thinking Local for LGBT Nondiscrimination
In May of 2018, the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, made what many deemed the lofty promise of free, universal, all day pre-K for every four-year-old in the city. This announcement follows the lead of both the Mayor of New York’s Bill De Blasio’s Universal pre-K initiative and several states that have increased their funding … Continue reading An Equal Start: The Case for Universal Pre-K
On January 5, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) eliminated the “six part test” to determine if the someone could be classified as an “unpaid intern.” The DOL then established a “primary beneficiary test” that does not include a set of requirements to determine if someone could actually be classified as an “unpaid intern.” … Continue reading Unpaid and Unprotected
On October 6th, 1998, Matthew Shepard, 21, was killed in what has been called one of the worst anti-gay hate crimes in American history. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, a hate crime is defined as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias … Continue reading Panic is Never a Justification
To the left, Betsy DeVos has become the human embodiment of all that is wrong with the movement to further privatize public education. Her vision for the future of the American education system revolves around increasing the number of private and charter schools, and school of choice through programs such as vouchers. However, the current … Continue reading The Consequences of Commoditizing Education
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