Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon

El Paso, Texas. Dayton, Ohio. These two cities are the latest in a long string of communities that have experienced horrific mass shootings. And once again, the news of these shootings bring up many q...

22 Elo 201926min

The US Congress is a bedrock of American democracy, but as it stands, it often seems to be stuck in the dark ages. With more and more technology emerging to help connect people, ideas, and information...

15 Elo 201924min

Around five years ago, Ferguson, Missouri erupted in violent protests after the fatal police shooting of teenager Michael Brown. The Ferguson protests were part of a wave of protests nationwide spurre...

8 Elo 201924min

At the beginning of his campaign for president, Donald Trump disparaged Mexican immigrants coming to the US and since then, immigration has been a centerpiece of his administration. But to say that Am...

1 Elo 201926min

When the 2016 Academy Award acting nominations all went to white performers for the second consecutive year, a trending hashtag - #OscarsSoWhite - swept Twitter. But in the span of just a few years, t...

25 Heinä 201926min

When politicians run for local office, they try to appeal to lots of different kinds of voters. And one way they do this is by collecting endorsements from public figures and organizations those voter...

18 Heinä 201924min

The CIA has become an almost mythical government agency, viewed as full of super spies who carry out the US government's wishes across the globe. And perhaps one of the most infamous of these accounts...

11 Heinä 201926min

In 1890, the Supreme Court called solitary confinement "barbaric," speculating that it would be abandoned altogether as a correctional practice. But now, nearly 130 years later, it's clear that their ...

27 Kesä 201928min