| Dec 13, 2017 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyFree and open access to the internet is a virtuous democratic principle known as “net neutrality.” It means that it doesn’t matter if you’re a brand-name corporation or an unknown start-up, a billionaire or a poverty-wage laborer — you’re entitled to...
| Dec 6, 2017 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyIf you’re expecting a gift card from your boss as an end-of-year bonus, enjoy it this year because you probably won’t get one in 2018. The Senate tax bill would ban such rewards. Why? Because Republican lawmakers are determined to prevent ordinary workers from...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyAs the Trump tax cuts fly through Congress at breakneck speed, one has to wonder: What’s the big rush? Surely a body known for gridlock and deliberation would want to hold hearings, interview stakeholders, and gather public input before restructuring the world’s...
| | Environment / HealthEveryone’s familiar with the typical holiday waste we’re left with every year after the festivities end — wrapping paper, uneaten food, disposable cutlery, among other things. But something we often don’t consider is that as purchasing skyrockets from...
| | Rights / Democracy“It’s structure vs. agency,” my professor said to me, as if that cleared everything up. It didn’t. It was my first week of graduate school in sociology, and I had no idea what he was talking about. Fast-forward three years, and I’m now teaching an...
