Written by: Nick Caleb
Researched by: Casey E. Sanders
Edited by: Stefanie Herrington, Daniel Kwak, and Eric Blaine
Managing Editor: Amy E. Seely
ATTENTION: The final buzzer may have just sounded on the Wall Street Era.
The global marketplace is in the midst of a serious financial crisis of which the effects are in no way limited to American International [...]
Written by: Matthew A. Schroettnig
Researched by: Steve Glista
Edited by: Darci G. Van Duzer
Managing Editors: Stefanie Herrington and Lauren E. Trent
“Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it.” -Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 1786
A press that is free to publish [...]
Written by: Jay D. Hall
Edited by: Stefanie Herrington and Amy E. Seely
On May 15, 2008, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles filed charges against Lori Drew for her role in a Myspace hoax that led to the suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier. Ms. Drew told police that she created a Myspace account for the sole [...]
Written by: Kimberly Brandt
Researched by: Nick Caleb
Edited by: Edward S. Bushnell and Stefanie Herrington
Teenagers often do things they later regret, but these days such mistakes can quickly reach a global audience. One incident that has graced the headlines involves two Wisconsin teenagers, Alex Phillips and his ex-girlfriend (referred to as “HLK”). In a breakup that [...]
Written by: Tom Borton
Researched by: Jeff W. Richards
Edited by: Jay D. Hall, Stefanie Herrington, and Amy E. Seely
Over the past few centuries, this country has seen vigorous debate about what kinds of marriages should be recognized valid. As early as 1664, anti-miscegenation laws criminalized marriages between whites and black slaves. In 1862, Congress passed [...]
Written by: Rachel Sowray
Edited by: Stefanie Herrington, J. Aaron Landau, Amy E. Seely
The capitalist society of the United States glamorizes having money, and lots of it. The media covers the beautiful homes, jewelry, and entire islands owned by celebrities and millionaires around the world, and these stories get airtime because everyone dreams of [...]
Written by: J. Aaron Landau
Researched by: Darci G. Van Duzer
Edited by: Stefanie Herrington
For the better part of twenty-five years, emotions have run high on the subject of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Convicted in 1982 for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, Abu-Jamal is to some an unrepentant cop-killer, and to others a gifted and [...]
Written by: Jay D. Hall
Researched by: Amy E. Seely
Edited by: Kimberly Brandt and Stefanie Herrington
There’s a common saying in the legal community: a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. If this old adage is true, it applies with equal vigor to those who decide to represent themselves without any legal training. [...]
Written by: Matthew A. Schroettnig
Researched by: Stefanie Herrington
Edited by: Lauren E. Trent
Neither Tom Cruise nor the Church of Scientology is a stranger to media attention, though lately that attention has taken a very different tone. You’ve no doubt read or seen something about Tom Cruise’s controversial video, which seems to have cropped [...]
This article is not intended to be an argument either for or against either side of the dispute. Nor is it a discussion of what the writers are asking for. Rather, I’m looking at the settlement process. What should be going on right now in negotiations and why is it not happening?
