Gay marriage faces paradigm shift


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This past week, the Obama administration made an unprecedented move in its filing of an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in which it encouraged the court to strike down Proposition 8. The 2008 passage of California’s now-infamous ballot initiative ensured that same-sex marriage would remain illegal under the provisions of California’s state […]

JC Penney prices cause profit fall


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Department store conglomerate JC Penney made headlines this week but not for a reason that any company would want: The department store chain reported quarterly results that were so shockingly bad, they might have been the worst numbers in retail history. The reason for the company’s rapid decline is its recent implementation of the revolutionary […]

Voting policies require continued oversight


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One might think that by year 2013, the question of whether or not people of color can vote in public elections would long have been relegated to the history books. Unfortunately, it is not a matter of the past alone. It appears that the Supreme Court is poised to strike down section five of the […]

Cyberbullying epidemic need solutions


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Harassment, humiliation, teasing, aggression. Cyberbullying, at a glance, seems identical to the traditional school-yard fights and classroom antics that have always existed. In the years since the advent of social media, however, cyberbullying has posed challenges that can be more difficult, in a way, than physical belittling. Though cyberbullying and its dangers have stepped from […]

Should children be subjected to the same TSA rules?


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The Transportation Security Agency must reform its security policy in order to improve the experience.  The lack of prudent screening policies in place at airports is perhaps one of the biggest flaws with modern American airline travel. Apart from security procedures being obtrusive and intimidating, multiple tests have  found them to be ineffective and incapable […]

Sequestration may be necessary


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After months of doomsday predictions regarding the imminent enactment of across-the-board spending cuts, the sequester is finally set to go into effect this Friday. The emergency cuts, which were part of a deal struck between Congress and President Barack Obama in 2011 to extend the United States’ borrowing authority and cut the budget deficit, will […]

Yahoo CEO’s decision should prove profitable


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Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, sent out a memo Friday saying that all Yahoo employees are now required to physically come in to Yahoo headquarters each and every day for work. If employees were unable or unwilling to do so, Mayer said, they could look for employment elsewhere. The decision was sparked, in part, to […]

Dorner escapade reveals racial problems


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The death of ex-Los Angeles Police Department officer and murder suspect Christopher Dorner provided closure for the families and friends of those who were murdered at his hands, not to mention the Southern Californian community at large.   His actions? Inexcusable. Yet the entire Dorner debacle has forced dialogue regarding the effect race has in […]

Equality trumps patient choice in hospital case


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With a twice-elected black president leading the country and increasing diversity in America’s communities, the move toward a world void of racism, sexism and other –isms seems to loom in the near future. Sadly, however, racism continues to persist in appallingly boorish ways, even in places where such behavior should be the last of one’s […]

Should mentally disabled inmates be executed?


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Those considered mentally disabled deserve to be safe from executions that they cannot comprehend.  With less than an hour until his scheduled execution, convicted killer Warren Lee Hill was granted a stay on Tuesday by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Ga. In its statement, the court said the stay was necessary to […]