May 29
As prison reform becomes a bigger issue in politics and social movements, people have started contributing more and more resources towards enacting change. This is wonderful for the beneficiaries of this progress, the prisoners and parolees, but it leaves out a large group of people who are equally as affected by the prison system: the …
May 28
If I asked you to define “capitalism” I’m sure you could come up with some sort of adequate description no matter your knowledge of economics; it is, after all, the American system. It may surprise many of you to learn, however, that “capitalism” is far from easy to define, as there are a large number …
May 22
Immigration has been a hot button issue throughout the Southern United States for years now. With an undocumented population of approximately 11.5 million, state and federal governments have proposed a multitude of ideas on how best to manage the situation. The most extreme responses have come from Arizona and Alabama with the Support our Law …
May 15
In the United States, schizophrenia is something that we fear. Ignore. Avoid. When we think of schizophrenia, our first thought jumps to an image of Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Time and time again, the media portrays individuals with schizophrenia as crazy, violent, and dangerous. But it doesn’t have to be …
May 03
I consider myself a bit of a beer snob, shunning the classic college staple of Natty Light for the much more expensive—but much better—craft beers like Dogfish Head, Bell’s, and Devil’s Backbone, so when I came across an article about how craft brewing companies were improving Colorado’s economy it got me thinking. See, this article …
Apr 17
India’s National Rural Health Mission was launched in 2005 with the goal to “improve the availability of and access to quality health care by people, especially for those residing in rural areas, the poor, women and children.” With the ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) program, the country has been making remarkable strides in the improvement …
Apr 12
Whenever I tell people that I’m an economics minor, I tend to get the same reaction: ew, why? There are a lot of misconceptions about economics out there; I’ve been told by various people that the subject is boring, that it’s too hard, that there’s too much math involved, that the professors are too dry, …
Apr 09
After three posts on the materials economy we’ve followed the story of our stuff through extraction, production, distribution, and consumption. What’s left? Well, what do you think happens to our stuff after we’re done with it? I mentioned in my last post that 99% of the stuff we purchase gets thrown away within 6 months. Today …
Mar 29
I’m sure that you were expecting to read a post about the latest development in Syria today, and, to be honest, that’s what I was planning on writing about. But as I was reading news article about Assad’s latest peace plan and the continued violence, I realized I really didn’t have much to say that …
Mar 08
Today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day, and in honor of this event the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars released a special report on how women have fared in the Arab Spring. They asked a variety of women to comment on the events, and a surprising number of them were not very positive. Women …
