Blogs
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Lake Erie Algae Bloom Raises Questions on Water Policy
Franklin R. Halprin | August 11, 2014Toledo and New York City both face multiple and similar challenges to their drinking water supplies: urban drinking water,...
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Google Really Messed Up With Bomb Gaza Game
Trevor Smith | August 8, 2014As a society, unfortunately, we have come to a point where we normalize violence. We no longer find it unusual when...
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Censorship in Fashion: Where Did All the Controversial Ads Go?
Katherine Fabian | August 8, 2014When it comes to marketing, they say that sex sells. That may have been true ten years ago when...
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Heterophones…Because Homophones Are Just Too Suggestive
Ashley Shaw | August 8, 2014Recently, Weird Al Yankovic used his song “Word Crimes” to teach us all how to not make idiots of...
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Crimes Against the Homeless: Who’s Keeping Track?
Nicole Roberts | August 6, 2014Though homelessness is not recognized as a protected class under the Hate Crime Prevention Act (HCPA), the National Coalition...
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Abused Pit Bulls in Delaware Get a Second Chance Thanks to Governor Markell
Allison Dawson | August 6, 2014It was heartwarming to read that Governor Jack Markell (D) signed Senate Bill 245 into law last week. This...
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The New Key to Breaking and Entering
Trevor Smith | August 5, 2014KeyMe is an iPhone app that allows users to photograph their keys and upload them to the company's servers....
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Levo League’s Advice to Working Women: Look Prettier
Hannah R. Winsten | August 5, 2014Instead of instructing curvy and plus-size women on how to appear thinner and more petite, and dishing to athletic,...
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Hamas Isn’t Entirely to Blame for Sparking the Current War in Gaza
Zaid Shoorbajee | August 5, 2014The current conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has been met with repeated declarations by American politicians about...
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Graffiti Marks Turning Point in Greek Economy
Ryan Purcell | August 5, 2014Graffiti has functioned as “counter-propoganda" for the Greek people who have been devastated by austerity measures and no longer...
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Winds of Change: Renewable Energy Booming in Texas
Franklin R. Halprin | August 5, 2014Texas is now the place to be when it comes to turbines and renewable clean energy. If a red...
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Infographic: Religious Extremism in the United States Today
Marisa Mostek | August 1, 2014Extremist groups twisting religious ideologies to justify their violent acts are still active in the United States today. This...
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Violence in the Name Of Religion
Marisa Mostek | August 1, 2014Lynching, torture, and deliberately planned hate crimes bring to mind antiquated racist and religious extremist groups like the infamous...
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Community Policing in New Jersey: A Model for Stopping Local Violence
Jake Ephros | August 1, 2014Paterson, New Jersey erupted earlier this month after a 12-year-old girl was shot and killed. People rallied for an...
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“Minor” Offenses? Trying Juveniles as Adults is on the Rise in the US
Marisa Mostek | August 1, 2014A slew of recent crimes committed by minors has prompted debate over whether or not they should be tried...
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Is There A Legal Way to Offer Fast Fashion to the Masses?
Katherine Fabian | July 31, 2014Forever 21 blatantly copies designers' prints from big names like Diane von Furstenberg to independent clothing boutiques. In publishing...
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Standing on Four Legs: Animals and the Judicial System
Ashley Shaw | July 31, 2014There is a real movement among animal rights groups to make animals people in the eyes of the court....
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Rep. John Dingell is Better Than You at Twitter
Chelsey D. Goff | July 31, 2014Congressman John Dingell (D-MI) may be the longest serving member of the House of Representatives, but at 88 years...
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Parents Need to Step into the Hot Seat and Take Responsibility for Hot Car Deaths
Trevor Smith | July 31, 2014It seems like every summer a parent leaves their child in a smoldering car to die. Obviously none of...
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America, Sarah Palin Has Her Own TV Channel
Matt DeWilde | July 30, 2014Sarah Palin is fed up with the Liberal Media bias and is doing something about it. She started an...
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Africa Gets Screwed Over Once Again by the White Man
Trevor Smith | July 30, 2014A 19-year-old Oklahoma teen admitted to raping and molesting young girls and boys on a missionary trip to Kenya....
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You Actually Have to Work for Food Stamps in Maine
Allison Dawson | July 30, 2014I like to keep an open mind about our government and how different states run differently, but there are...
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Graffiti Describes the Struggle of Immigrants and Undocumented Minors
Ryan Purcell | July 29, 2014The political graffiti of Oaxaca, Mexico demonstrates that there is much more to the immigration debate than just the...
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A National Park That’s a National Disgrace
Franklin R. Halprin | July 28, 2014Deep within the heart of the notoriously dangerous and underdeveloped city of Paterson, New Jersey, lie the Paterson Great...
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Brazil Lost the World Cup and the Battle Against Crime
Trevor Smith | July 25, 2014While the World Cup brought some of the mot talented soccer players to the forefront, it also brought out...
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First Pregnant Woman Arrested Under Controversial Tennessee Law
Jake Ephros | July 25, 2014Mallory Loyola became the first pregnant woman to be arrested and charged with assault on her fetus under Tennessee's...
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Do You Know What to Do When You Get Pulled Over?
Marisa Mostek | July 24, 2014Knowing even your most basic rights as a driver can only serve as a benefit in the event that...
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NYC ‘Poor Doors’ Separate Rich and Poor Tenants
Trevor Smith | July 24, 2014A new Upper West Side apartment complex joins another building that already makes its lower income tenants use a...
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Yes. All. Women.
Trevor Smith | July 24, 2014“Rape culture” is a term coined by feminists in the late 1970s to describe the way that society blamed rape...
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Why Does the Fashion Industry Protect Alleged Sex Offenders Over Models?
Katherine Fabian | July 24, 2014Last month, clothing retailers American Apparel and Aldo fired fashion photographers Terry Richardson and Dov Charney for sexually harassing...