The Other Feats US Olympians Pull Off Craig Leon Politics & Economics Millions of Americans watch the Olympics, rooting for members of Team USA. Most of them can probably appreciate how hard those athletes worked on their physical training. But few realize the lengths these...
How Your Business is Connected to the Government Walter Bodell Government, Politics & Economics No matter what your thoughts on the situation, your business and the government are deeply intertwined. This relationship is one that can be complicated, providing businesses with the foundations they need to...
Teenage Feminism Decades before “Girl Power” Kera Lovell Politics & Economics As civil disobedience in schools escalated in the postwar era, teenage girls began to assert their political identities more vociferously by joining movements for civil rights, free speech, and against...
Creating Battle Signs: Iraq/Afghanistan War Veterans, Art Therapy, and Rehabilitation Evan Sullivan Arts & Culture, Politics & Economics During my first research trip to the National Archives in College Park I stayed with my family in Lorton, Virginia just outside Washington, D.C. Every morning I drove past Fort Belvoir, a large and seemingly...
New Technologies and the Changes They are Forcing in Business Kevin Gardner Politics & Economics Technology is changing the way business gets done. Computers are becoming faster and more affordable, improving the way the world works. The most important skill now may be to simply keep up with it all. If...
Attention Economics and Fake News Vincent F. Hendricks Arts & Culture, Politics & Economics The author presented the following lecture at the recent the annual celebration of The University of Copenhagen. World Economic Forum recently declared misinformation and digital wildfires as some of the...
The American Dream: Myth, Mechanism, Mess Laurie Cohen Politics & Economics The fundamentals of the American Dream have remained extraordinarily consistent through the years. From the mystique of the frontier era to the realities of the present day, the essential message has always...