| Nov 6, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyThis is my fifth unpaid internship. I’ve worked for non-profit organizations that couldn’t have afforded to pay me and a fancy magazine that could. Some were worth it, others weren’t. But I accepted each one with the same sense of desperation and...
| Sep 23, 2013 | Peace / SecurityThe flag positioned at half-mast was the only indication that anything had happened at all. American University was lush with early-autumn excitement and the quad was full of beginning-of-the-semester, carefree energy. There were no panicked email alerts, no worried...
| Sep 18, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyCollege lifts us From the mob, But not all do A nifty job. Before World War II, college was mostly for the rich. Starting with the GI Bill, which gave thousands of WW II vets a shot at getting an advanced degree, education became a more common route for upward...
| Aug 13, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyWell, finally! Hard-right congressional leaders and the Obama White House ultimately agreed that interest rates on student loans should not double to nearly 7 percent, as they let happen early in July. Instead, college students will be billed at a rate that will...
| Aug 7, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyThe immediate response to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial on my campus was a mixture of outrage and frustration. A reaction of this kind isn’t surprising at a historically black university, especially here at North Carolina A&T State University....
