The ISIS Sex Slave Market
For the Yazidi people of Iraq, Thursday marked a particularly horrifying day. On October 8th, ISIS fighters participated in the female sex slave market, where Yazidi girls were the prize item.
Read MoreThe Winkelvosses’ Bitcoin Scheme
In one memorable scene of The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg and then-co-worker Sean Parker discuss the low moments in their lives that motivated them to succeed in the tech world. Today, Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss, who experienced a low moment of their own when Zuckerberg’s Facebook outdid their efforts to create an online social network, are laying claim to a comeback tale of their own in the form of bitcoin, a controversial digital currency.
Read MoreThe Shadow Economy of Compliance
I have a big backlog of emails from the college saying things like “change your email password,” and “take this sexual assault training course,” and “you have five days to find that anteater a new home, because it can’t live in your dorm room.”
Read MoreDiscrimination in Fair Housing?
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently adopted a new definition of housing discrimination. In addition to prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, national origin, etc. the HUD’s duty is to “affirmatively further fair housing goals.” That means the question of fair housing is no longer one of actual discrimination, but rather one of disparate impact.
Read MorePutting Putin in his Place
Last week, Russia thrust itself onto the stage of a complex international conflict when its forces began conducting airstrikes in the middle of ISIS-controlled territory. Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director for Research at the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, discussed the development in a lecture on Thursday sponsored by the Dean of Faculty, the Levitt Center, and the Government Department.
Read MoreCarly Fiorina: Legitimate Contender?
Carly Fiorina impressed everyone at the last Republican debate with her eloquence, intelligence, and powerful ability to articulate ideas. Fiorina emerged victorious from the debate and has garnered national media attention.
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