President Obama's State of the Union in January emphasized the need to raise the minimum wage, and planned action related to raising the aluminum wage, including signing executive orders as needed. On January, 28, 2014, Obama signed an executive order raising the minumum wage of federal contractors in the future1. This is a relatively small step in the federal government, and … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: Raising the Minimum Wage–A High School Econ Problem
The European Union vs. China as Global Actors – Focusing on African Perceptions
Luodanni Chen is an international student from Shanghai, China majoring in International Relations, and minoring in Psychology. She is currently spending the spring semester of her junior year in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. The research project she is working on is about the impact of Scottish independence referendum on its status in the European … [Read more...] about The European Union vs. China as Global Actors – Focusing on African Perceptions
One Nation Under Who?: Pope Francis the Rebel
Pope Francis has been Pope for little over a year. As the head of one of the largest institutions in the world, his message has softened the general tone of the Catholic Church as he attempts to reorient the Church to speaking less about social issues. Opinions around the world of the pope were high from the beginning of his papacy, and even now, approximately eighty-five … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: Pope Francis the Rebel
Science, Censorship, and Security: Mammalian-Transmissible H5N1 and the Dual Use Dilemma”
Otana Jakpor is a senior double majoring in Global Health and Biological Sciences, with plans to matriculate into medical school in the fall. When she is not happily harmonizing with Overflow A Cappella or dutifully delving into rigorous readings, she enjoys injecting as much alliteration as practically possible into her prose (frequently to her friends’ … [Read more...] about Science, Censorship, and Security: Mammalian-Transmissible H5N1 and the Dual Use Dilemma”
One Nation Under Who: The First Lady As a Wife
Following up on last week's blog entry about how women are less convinced of the effectiveness of the United States' democratic system, I decided to turn towards Michelle Obama as First Lady. Michelle Obama, who met her husband when her husband became her mentee at the law firm where she worked, arguably was just as capable as her husband of becoming a politician. However, as a … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who: The First Lady As a Wife