Millions of low income Americans today receive federal assistance in obtaining food for their families or themselves. The most popular program for this is colloquially known as the Food Stamp Program, although the name was changed to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2008. This past Friday, November 1, signaled a change in public … Read more
The phenomenon has happened time and time again. It followed the events of October 17, 1989; September 11, 2001; August 29, 2005; and April 15, 2013. In every instance, an enormous tragedy had shaken a city. Still reeling from the pain of each disturbing incident, the city’s population took emotional refuge in their local sports … Read more
Johanna Lee and Avika Dua go out to the Graham and Parks Alternative Public School to talk with voters about the candidates and the issues that are important to them, as well as how much of a voice they think students should have on Cambridge politics. You can access additional content by subscribing to our YouTube … Read more
Mounting unemployment. Empty city blocks. Foreclosed properties. Soup lines. If not for the conspicuous signs of modernity – the 21st century high-rises, the passers-by using mobile phones – you’d be forgiven for mistaking downtown Detroit for any Depression-era American city. On July 18, 2013, the city, once an industrial powerhouse buoyed by the likes of Ford … Read more
Osaremen Okolo sits down with Beth Myers, former Chief of Staff, Campaign Manager, and Senior Advisor to Governor Mitt Romney, to discuss the 2008 and 2012 presidential races, the electoral system, and plans for the future. You can access additional content by subscribing to our YouTube channel and visiting our iTunes page. Interview by Osaremen Okolo Filming by … Read more
Judicial review regarding “due process of law” impacts a range of legal fields: contract law, issues of racial equality and citizenship rights, economic regulation, and campaign finance restrictions. From its earliest interpretation of due process of law in Dred Scott v Sanford (1857), the Supreme Court has applied the term to enforce legal uniformity across … Read more
Despite a lack of national attention in the media, education reform has been spreading across the country, primarily in the form of charter schools. These publicly funded, privately run schools now educate over two million students with another 610,000 students on wait lists. As a market based solution, the rapid growth of charters suggests the … Read more
Momentum is a curious thing. Just when you think it’s on your side, it can change, fade, and then surge as if nothing had happened. Immigration, like all other political issues, suffers from the unpredictable turns of momentum. After the 2012 presidential election, the politics surrounding immigration reform changed. Democratic and Republican leaders spoke in … Read more
The city of Boston decided in October that it had enough of the raucous MIT fraternity parties after a student fell through a skylight, crashing down four stories. The city’s ban on these parties represents widespread concern that parties, fueled in part by alcohol, are not just noisy and distracting for nearby residents, but … Read more
I seriously considered taking a gap year before starting college, exhausted after the grind of high school. Perhaps to do a bit of community service in my hometown. Or a temple stay in South Korea to clear my mind, look back on the four hectic years that had passed, and put priorities back in order. … Read more