Jillian Weinberger appears in the following:
Is Facebook the Best Place to Archive our Memories?
Friday, February 07, 2014
Since Facebook celebrated its tenth anniversary earlier this week, hundreds of millions of users have created their own "look-back" movies, a one-minute-long reflection on a user's mo...
An Inside Look at the History of Sochi
Thursday, February 06, 2014
On the eve of the Opening Ceremony, so much attention of the attention on the Winter Olympics has focused on security and internal domestic policies in Russia. Putting all that aside,...
Keystone XL Pipeline: The Local Perspective
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Over the last few months, the Keystone XL pipeline has become a national controversy. While environmental groups protest the pipeline's expansion from Cushing, Oklahoma to Alberta, Ca...
We're Having Another Heroin Epidemic
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Some researchers are tying the rise in heroin use to tighter restrictions on prescription opiates like Oxycotin and Vicodin.
An Inside Look at Death Penalty Decisions
Friday, January 31, 2014
Yesterday the Justice Department announced that it will pursue capital punishment for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man accused of plotting and executing the Boston Marathon bombings. Should...
With New Leader, Will Change Come to the NSA?
Thursday, January 30, 2014
National Security Agency director Keith Alexander is preapring to step down in March, and according to reports, President Barack Obama is interviewing Alexander's potential successor ...
Big Block of Cheese Day: From Andrew Jackson to 'West Wing' to Obama
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
In the first season of "The West Wing," the White House hosts an open house for "Big Block of Cheese Day," a nod to President Jackson, who hosted a similar event for the American peop...
The State of the Union Through an Artist's Eyes
Monday, January 27, 2014
Artist, composer and performer R. Luke DuBois developed his signature style through data mining. In his 2008 piece, "Hindsight is Always 20/20," DuBois isolates the most frequently me...
Takeaway To Do List: Obama's State of The Union
Monday, January 27, 2014
In advance of the State of the Union on Tuesday, we're creating a Takeaway to do list called "SOTU To Do,"—and we need your help. What should be on Obama's to do list? Tweet us @TheTa...
NC Leads the Way in Cutting Aid for the Jobless
Thursday, January 23, 2014
At the end of last year as the federal government allowed long-term unemployment benefits to expire for 1.3 million Americans, and North Carolina led the way in also reducing benefits...
'Agony and Horror' in Ohio Execution
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The case of Dennis McGuire has raised questions about the future of death penalty execution in the United States. Ohio officials executed McGuire last Thursday, through a new, two-dru...
Bill and Melinda Gates on the Myths of Poverty
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Since launching their foundation in 2000, Bill and Melinda Gates have granted nearly $30 billion to organizations and individuals working to eradicate poverty. In an interview on Tues...
A Defense of Russia's Vladimir Putin
Monday, January 20, 2014
With less than three weeks until the opening ceremonies at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been put in the international spotlight. Dmitry...
Obama Overhauls NSA's Surveillance Programs
Friday, January 17, 2014
President Barack Obama has announced a major overhaul of the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance practices. The president said that in order for the nation's intelligence co...
Water in America: In the Tap We Trust?
Friday, January 17, 2014
How did America’s water system get the way it is today? Martin Melosi, author of The Sanitary City and professor of history at the University of Houston, explains. Jennifer Weidhaas, ...
A Cryptologist's Critique of NSA Reforms
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Cryptologists have their own opinions about how best to protect the American public. And because they design many of the privacy programs that the National Security Agency has thwarte...
MTV's '16 and Pregnant' May Reduce Teenage Pregnancy
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
While some have criticized the MTV shows "16 and Pregnant" and "Teen Mom" for making stars out of very young mothers, a new study co-authored by economist Melissa Kearney indicates th...
Economist Claims U.S. Economic Recovery Best Yet
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
While most economists are still arguing about why our economy still has such a long way to go, Kenneth Rogoff, a professor of economics and public policy at Harvard University and for...
Iraq War Vets Reflect as Al Qaeda Rebounds
Monday, January 13, 2014
Al Qaeda flags now fly over Fallujah and Ramadi, two of the major conflict zones for American troops throughout the Iraq War. For U.S. veterans who fought in the region, that news is ...
How Does Christie's Scandal Stack Up in NJ Politics?
Friday, January 10, 2014
In the annals of Jersey political history, in the myths and stories explored so well by the likes of Tony Soprano and Nucky Thompson, how does the Chris Christie Administration compa...