Water Conflicts on the Rise
Water scarcity is a major factor in conflicts in drought-prone and arid parts of the world.
Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 by Sara Rubin
Apple Gets Patent to Censor ‘Sexting’
The technology may give parents an unprecedented amount of control over the content their children are consuming and sharing.
Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 by Byard Duncan
Yale Fraternity Pledges Chant About Rape
Read more at Salon
Google Backs Huge Offshore Wind Farm Project in the Atlantic
The wind farm will stretch across 350 miles of the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Virginia (approximately 12 to 15 miles from the shore) and will generate enough energy to power 1.9 million households on the East Coast.
Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 by Jessica Newman
Merit Pay Is Now Trending in Real-Time; U Penn Newspaper Features Plight of Undocumented Students
Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 in Campus Informer by Derrick Haynes
VIDEO: CP’s Sara Haile-Mariam Talks Jay Z and Youth Vote with CBS’ Bob Schieffer
On CBS’ Washington Unplugged, Sara introduces the veteran newsman to Mr. Shawn Carter.
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2010 in Staff Blaahg in Video by Katie Andriulli
New Study Predicts Immigrant Labor Contributes to Overall Job Creation
While many have argued that stepped up enforcement of immigration policies is necessary for economic growth, a new study shows that immigrants are actually good for the economy.
Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 by Braden Goyette
Weekly Mulch: When Will Our Water Be Clean?
American industries and consumers are steadily polluting our water system.
Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 in Reprints by Sara Laskow
Mass Incarceration and the Cycle of Poverty
Mass incarceration in the United States is creating a class of citizens who have little hope of moving into the middle-class.
Posted Friday, October 15, 2010 by Jessica Newman
Campus Progress Covers Obama Youth Town Hall Live Today
Watch a recap and read the tweets from today’s presidential town hall meeting.
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2010 by Kay Steiger
Congressional Study: Denial of Health Insurance for Medical History Jumps by Nearly Half
A congressional study shows that the four largest for-profit insurers have been denying coverage to one in seven applicants over the last two years. The parts of the health care reform bill that would ban such a practice don’t go into effect until 2014.
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2010 by Kayvan Farchadi
Five Minutes With HIV/AIDS Activist Paula Akugizibwe
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2010 in Five Minutes With by Kayvan Farchadi
Can a Judge in California Bar the Entire Armed Services From Forcing Out Gays?
Read more at LA Times
Weekly Diaspora: The Burden of Record-Breaking Deportations
The Department of Homeland Security is breaking records for deporting more immigrants than ever before, a sign of the Obama administration’s stepped up enforcement on immigration.
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2010 in Reprints by Catherine Traywick
Obamamania Becomes a Faded Memory; UMD Suspends Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity
Students are far less enamored of President Barack Obama than they were two years ago.
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2010 in Campus Informer by Derrick Haynes
The 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps
Fifty years ago, a charismatic presidential candidate named John F. Kennedy asked young people to volunteer abroad. Today that idea is known as the Peace Corps.
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2010 in Reporting by Adam J. Welti
Offshore Drilling Moratorium Lifted, But Likely Months Until Drilling Will Resume
Despite the Obama administration lifting the moratorium on offshore drilling, the oil industry and Republicans fear the new regulations are so stringent they will lead to an indefinitely extended “de facto moratorium.”
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2010 by Sara Rubin
