5 ways to fix America’s crippling student debt problem
Published: Daily Dot (April 28, 2015)
Back in 2011, Occupy Wall Street swept America due in large part to its members’ savvy use of social media (one professor of journalism even referred to the movement as a “hashtag revolt”). While no catchy Twitter slogan has yet been created for the student loan reform movement, the Internet is warming up to the cause in a similar fashion.... Read Original Article
The case for reparations in Greece
Published: Daily Dot (April 9, 2015)
Last month, the “Digital Economy and Society Index” determined that Greece ranked close-to-last among European Union nations in keeping up with the progress of the digital revolution. This is hardly surprising, considering how far behind that nation lags in so many other metrics, but it is telling here for one reason: If the Greek public was better connected online, there is a chance they could stimulate more support for their movement to receive long-overdue World War II reparations.... Read Original Article
How Elizabeth Warren’s plan to expand Social Security could win the Internet
Published: Daily Dot (April 6, 2015)
If Elizabeth Warren has her way on expanding Social Security, Americans might learn a valuable lesson—namely, that you can be a political game-changer without running for president. Perhaps more importantly, if supporters of Social Security expansion utilize the Internet to its fullest potential, they could fundamentally transform not only one of America’s landmark entitlement programs, but also the Democratic Party as well.... Read Original Article
The 5 most important takeaways from Obama’s State of the Union address
Published: Daily Dot (January 21, 2015)
The gist of President Obama’s State of the Union speech can be found in one sentence: “The shadow of crisis has passed and the State of the Union is strong.”
This was not the address of a president whose party suffered a historic shellacking in the most recent set of midterm elections, but one whose approval rating has reached 50 percent and is emerging as a tough, creative statesman during his lame duck years.... Read Original Article
Equality Before The Law – 2014
Published: Good Men Project (December 10, 2014)
Matthew Rozsa explains the difference between the perception of equality and the reality of discrimination.
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A friend recently observed that I’ve developed a reputation for anchoring my editorials with quotes, and as the year 2014 reaches its close, a particularly choice one by Anatole France comes to mind as capturing the zeitgeist of our times:
... Read Original ArticleIn its majestic equality, the law forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread.