During the election of 2008, the McCain campaign portrayed Barack Obama as a celebrity with very little substance. The liberal left fought against this stereotype. Now that he has been elected, the...
If I could give any piece of advice to President Obama besides the obvious ones for any transperson lucky enough to get some face time with him would, it would be this: Next year, give a commencement...
Some people describe 2008 as "the year of African-Americans," due to Barack Obama's successful bid to become the first black American President. However, could his success be used as an example of...
Susan Feiner, PhD is a professor of economics and director of the Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Southern Maine. In addition to her academic work, she writes for Dollars & Sense,...
Kim Phillips-Fein is an assistant professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. She specializes in the history of the conservative movement in the second-half of...
“History shows that it does not matter who is in power… those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end...
Joshua K. Frathole, of the prestigious AΣΣ fraternity deals with… A bad organic chemistry exam score: Hey, professor, appreciate you seein’ me. …Oh, yeah, it’s like 1:30. Office hours?...
This might surprise you, but I’m not exactly the star of the club scene. I know a lot of you have imagined me as the center of attention, lowering my sunglasses to playfully scold supermodels for...
This is a review of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation by Saree Makdisi. W. W. Norton. 2008. Saree Makdisi is a Palestinian-American academic. What makes this UCLA professor stand out right...
Ahron Bregman teaches in the War Studies Department at King's College, London. He specializes in the Arab-Israeli conflict and is the author of several books, including Israel's Wars: A History Since...
