By Natalia Holliday, Editor-in-Chief The digital age brought the digitization of just about every aspect of our lives into data points, to be analyzed and used by businesses, researchers, and the government to further their respective causes. Our “digital fingerprints” allow entities to predict our behaviors en masse and target […]
By: Natalia Holliday, Editor-In-Chief “It’s the government’s final insult to force grieving families to visit both the undertaker and the IRS on the same day,” remarked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in a plea to repeal the federal estate tax, commonly known as the “death tax.”[1] On […]
By Natalia Holliday, Editor-in-Chief At an October 4, 2018 protest against the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, comedienne Amy Schumer declared to a crowd gathering at the steps of the Supreme Court that “a vote for Kavanaugh is a vote saying women don’t matter.”[1] During a 2017 Trump rally, […]
By Natalia Holliday, Editor-in-Chief On July 1, 2018, Mexico elected its newest president after an election season pocked by murders of over 100 politicians.[1] Perhaps taking note of the 30,000 murders across the country in 2017 –primarily related to rampant drug cartels[2] – Mexico’s frustrated citizenry chose Andrés Manuel López […]
Letter from the Editor Law and the Media | Media and the Law Discussing the media has perhaps never been more relevant than ever before, and the events from the past academic year produced the perfect storm of subjects to weigh in on. Where media distrust seems to be at […]
By Natalia Holliday, Web Editor “[Public school education] is a principal instrument in awakening the child to cultural values, in preparing him for later professional training, and in helping him to adjust normally to his environment…Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which […]
Letter from the Editor It would be an understatement to say that 2017 has been a year of remarkable change. From the confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch, to renewed tensions about “fake news” (reflected on by former editor-in-chief Mike Jones just one year ago), it can be overwhelming to think […]
