Four years ago, the American economy changed forever. During the Great Recession, Americans lost more than just jobs and wages; we lost defining elements of our economy and infrastructure. More importantly,...

According to virtually every polling metric, the American people have made it emphatically clear what issue is most important to them in the 2012 election: the economy. The Great Recession officially...

Around this time last year, my grandmother went into remission for breast cancer and I couldn’t have been happier. I can remember talking to my dad on the phone before class that day and feeling so relieved...

Waiting in line for coffee is a student ritual. No matter how many people are in front of you, caffeine is more important than worrying about lost time. And this has become such an integrated part of...

In 2004, Republicans engineered gay marriage initiatives in several states to encourage conservative turnout at the polls on the day of the presidential election. George W. Bush, in a tight race to win...

America is a nation of immigrants. But with 11.5 million illegal immigrants in the United States, the issue of illegal immigration is no longer just a social problem; it jeopardizes our national and economic...

President Obama has been vocal in his plans to set up a bipartisan path to citizenship, enabling those immigrants who have become productive members of society to become legal citizens. One of Obama’s...

The world of writing has changed greatly since Winston Groom wrote his novel “Forrest Gump” in 1986 and it found its way to the number one spot on The New York Times best-seller list. In a quick interview...

While President Obama favors an after-the-fact approach to fixing our current immigration problems with legislation such as the DREAM Act, Mitt Romney has taken a stance that aims to actively reduce the...

Any credible policymaker, regardless of party affiliation, will concede that legislating environmental and energy initiatives is a balancing act. On the one hand – with over 23 million Americans unemployed,...

In 2009, the Republican Party blocked a proposal for a cap-and-trade approach to carbon emissions. This would mean that CO2 emissions would be capped, and any company wanting to exceed the cap could buy...

Gas cost an average of $1.90 a gallon when President Obama took office four years ago, but it is selling for about $3.75 a gallon today. The president says gas prices have risen because the economy has...