Jillian Weinberger

Jillian Weinberger appears in the following:

Major Companies Accused of Racial Discrimination

Thursday, June 13, 2013

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has brought two separate lawsuits against two major companies: discount retailer Dollar General and car-maker BMW. The E.E.O.C. alleges tha...

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Carl Hiaasen's Florida

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Celebrated author, columnist for The Miami Herald, and born-and-raised Floridian Carl Hiaasen discusses his latest foray into fiction and the news form his home state, where the Georg...

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Race and College Admissions: Desegregation and Affirmative Action

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

In the next few weeks, the Supreme Court will determine the fate of affirmative action in college admissions. Most Americans think of affirmative action as a post-Civil Rights Era phe...

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What Can the N.S.A. do With Cell Phone and Internet Data?

Friday, June 07, 2013

There is growing outrage at the revelation this week that the Obama administration required Verizon to provide call data on their customers. The news yesterday that the NSA is also mi...

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U.S. and Chinese Presidents Meet in California

Friday, June 07, 2013

Today President Obama meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping far outside the beltway, in sunny Palm Springs, California. The two leaders have much to discuss, from North Korea to cybera...

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The Possibilities and Limitations of Affecting Change Through the United Nations

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Samantha Power, President Obama's nominee to replace outgoing United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, has focused her career on the study of genocide and humanitarian intervention, If P...

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The Coming Revolution in Higher Ed

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Last year Harvard and M.I.T. announced a joint online learning initiative called edX, that promised to reach students across the globe by providing online classes free of charge. Rece...

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Bono and the Polarizing Face of Celebrity Activism

Monday, June 03, 2013

Is there a more polarizing contemporary rockstar than Bono? For some, the U2 frontman's international relief efforts epitomize what can be accomplished when a celebrity harnesses hi...

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Author and Veteran Kevin Powers Reflects on Memorial Day

Monday, May 27, 2013

From Erich Maria Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" to Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried," the combat novel takes its readers right into the action, into the horrors of ...

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Oklahoma High School Seniors Graduate in Tornado's Aftermath

Friday, May 24, 2013

It has been a devastating week for the people of Oklahoma. Monday’s tornado left twenty-four people dead, hundreds injured, and an estimated 2 billion dollars in damage. Despite the d...

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Drone Strikes and Diplomacy, from Yemen to Pakistan

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Today, in an address at National Defense University, President Obama will describe his administration's legal justification and framework for drone strikes and targeted killings. This...

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The DSM and Mental Health in America

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

This week, the American Psychiatric Association released the fifth edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual. Known as psychiatry's bible, the DSM provides mental health profession...

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The IRS Scandal: Who Gets Tax-Exempt Status?

Friday, May 17, 2013

The IRS scandal continues to plague the Obama Administration. In part because of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the 2010 Citizens United case, applications for tax-exempt status have i...

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From 'Spinal Tap' to 'Family Tree,' the Wild Worlds of Christopher Guest

Friday, May 17, 2013

In 1984, Christopher Guest and collaborators Michael McKean, Rob Reiner and Harry Shearer unveiled "This Is Spinal Tap," a comedy shot in documentary form that follows the life and ti...

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Sexual Assault in the Military: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s Proposals for Change

Thursday, May 16, 2013

By removing the case from the chain of command, commanding officers with potential conflicts of interest would no longer be in charge of deciding whether a case should go to trial.

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Immigration, Race and Hair, Through Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's Eyes

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The immigrant experience has long been part and parcel of the American literary tradition."Americanah," the new novel by celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, explores the immi...

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U.S. Seizes A.P.'s Phone Records: Media Surveillance and the Law

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

On May 7, 2012, the Associated Press published an article about a Yemen-based terror plot that was thwarted by the C.I.A. Around that time, the Justice Department began collecting the...

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Rep. Keith Ellison on Islamophobia and Home-Grown Terrorism

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

In the wake of a Minnesota case in which nine Somali immigrants left the U.S. to fight with Al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-linked militant group fighting to create an Islamic state in Somalia...

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The Drama and Lasting Influence of 'The Great Gatsby'

Friday, May 10, 2013

In anticipation of Baz Lurhmann’s “The Great Gatsby” opening in theaters this weekend, novelists Chang-Rae Lee, Jeffrey Eugenides and Nell Freudenberger discuss the novel's influence ...

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Cleveland's Puerto Rican Community Reacts to Kidnappings

Friday, May 10, 2013

As a member of Cleveland's Puerto Rican community, Arielle M. Rios distinctly remembers the day of Gina DeJesus's disappearance. She describes the community's reaction DeJesus's relea...

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