Issues
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Eighteen Months After Snowden Leak, What’s Next for PRISM?
While Snowden remains out of the reach of the American justice system, what's next for PRISM?
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What Brain Science Tells Us About the Insanity Defense
How can you definitively prove they exist in courtroom arguments over the insanity defense?
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Is the Key to Surviving Ebola in Your Genes?
A recent study conducted on mice suggests that the ability to survive Ebola may be because of your genetics....
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Voter ID Laws: Are They Necessary?
The majority of states have voter ID laws to regulate elections, but are they actually necessary?
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Social Media Oversharing: Why Do We Do It?
Social media oversharing is the norm--why do we do it?
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Social Media in the Courtroom: What is Admissible?
Snapchat and Facebook are now integral parts of many people's lives.
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Are We Doing Enough to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance?
Discovery of antibodies is one of the single most important scientific advancements in history.
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Daylight Saving Time: Have We Outgrown the Need?
Daylight Saving Time has become a ubiquitous practice twice a year.
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YouTube for Social Change: Can Improving the World go Viral?
Individuals and groups are increasingly using YouTube as a means of promoting social change.
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The Washington Redskins: What’s Next in the Name Debate?
Midway into a new football season, there are certainly plenty of controversies surrounding the National Football League. Between the...
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How the Government Regulates Obesity
This question might conjure chilling images of flavorless fixed rations, compulsory exercise regimes, and the foreboding scales of a...
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The Senate Filibuster: On Its Way Out?
The ability to filibuster has long been an important tool for the United States Senate and some state legislative...
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Campaign Finance: Free Speech or Unfair Influence?
In an ideal world elections would be determined by a competition of ideas. But in today’s world, politics in...
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Diversity on TV: The New Normal?
Is the industry changing?
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Publicity Law: The Line Between Creativity and Identity Theft
In such a celebrity-obsessed society, famous peoples' identities are sometimes co-opted for other reasons.
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EDM Stands for Electric Dance Music, Not Eating Dem Mollies
Electronic Dance Music ("EDM") is here and it's taken the United States by storm. T
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Yes or No? GMO Labeling Is Not That Simple
Welcome to the world of genetically modified organisms.
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Fracking and the Environment
Fracking. The word is thrown around in newspapers, in political debates, in discussions about the future of our global...
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School Vouchers: Are They Worth It?
If there's one thing most Americans can agree on it's that our education system is in dismal shape. A...
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Infidelity in the United States: Why is the Trend Growing?
The advent of social media networks introduced endless applications, opportunities, and hundred of thousands of attention-seeking men and women...
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Fighting Fire With Fire: Can Viruses Cure Cancer?
Our bodies can fight off viruses efficiently. What if we could hijack that fighting spirit and direct it towards...
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Affirmative Action Laws: A History of Political Controversy
In our increasingly diverse society, one debate that's pretty common to hear floating around is about "affirmative action." Particularly...
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The Politicization of Natural Gas Exports
The world has a complicated relationship with non-renewable resources.
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Just a DREAM? In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Should these young people receive in-state college tuition?
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Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws: The Discrimination Continues
Russia's treatment of its gay citizens has long been very unforgiving.
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Fans vs. Player Safety: The NFL’s Concussion Dilemma
More bad press for the NFL.
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Logging in National Parks and Forests: A Contentious Debate
Logging was once a major industry in the western United States and often supported entire towns in rural areas....
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Making the Grade? MBA Programs and Grade Non-Disclosure Policies
Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs around the country cultivate today's students to become the pilots of economics and...
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The Heat is On: The Debate Over Woodburning Stoves
Wood is the oldest and most reliable source of heat known to man. Twelve million Americans still use wood...
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The Social Security Privatization Debate
The Social Security program was enacted in 1935 to provide post-retirement income security for workers and their families. Since...
