Marc Kilstein

Marc Kilstein appears in the following:

Facebook's Mobile Problem

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

We’ve been talking all week about Facebook’s looming step into public life, set to take place this Friday. But since the social networking giant filed for its IPO back in February, th...

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How Risky is Investing in Facebook?

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

On Friday, Facebook begins tapping into the public market and hits the Nasdaq Exchange in what will be one of the largest initial public offerings in history. Eric Jackson, founder an...

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American Efforts to Train Iraqi Security Forces Nears Failure

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

This week, the New York Times reported that a multibillion-dollar police training program in Iraq intended to serve as the centerpiece of an expanded civilian mission in the country h...

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Yahoo CEO Steps Down, Company's Future Questioned

Monday, May 14, 2012

After just four months on the job, Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson will be leaving his post following a resume padding controversy that brought more than a week’s worth of unwanted scrutiny ...

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Fallout From JPMorgan Chase $2 Billion Loss

Monday, May 14, 2012

The fallout from JPMorgan’s incredible $2 billion trading loss is officially underway: three-high ranking officials are set to resign and damage control is in full-effect. Michael Gre...

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Ph.D's on Food Stamps?

Friday, May 11, 2012

All this week we’ve been taking a hard look at the financial realities for students graduating from college. But how about the difficulties facing students in higher education? Accord...

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Are African-Americans "Evolving" on Same-Sex Marriage?

Friday, May 11, 2012

President Obama’s endorsement for gay marriage was a landmark moment for the nation, but African-Americans have historically been against the issue. Is that about to change? Rev. Delm...

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President Obama Supports Same-Sex Marriage

Thursday, May 10, 2012

“I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” President Obama told Robin Robe...

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Advice on Employment After Graduation

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

It’s May, the beginning of graduation season in America. And all this week, we’re looking at the realities that this year’s grad will be facing. Yesterday, we talked with two experts ...

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Lugar Loses Primary to Tea Party-backed Challenger

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Republican Senator Dick Lugar of Indiana has been in the Senate for more than 35 years and until this election cycle, he had not once been forced to run a primary campaign. But Indian...

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Does Obama Support Gay Marriage?

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

The issue of gay marriage is back in the national spotlight after two high-level members of President Obama’s administration — Vice president Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Du...

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PTSD: Will Changing the Name Lead to Less Stigma?

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

The American Psychiatric Association, the organization that writes the Diagnostic Statistical Manual and decides what counts as a mental illness, is meeting this week in Philadelphia....

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Vatican Reprimands American Nuns for Promoting 'Radical Feminist Themes'

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

The largest and most influential group of Catholic nuns in the United States has been reprimanded by the Vatican for promoting“radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic f...

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NBA Playoffs: Weekend Recap and First Round Predictions

Monday, April 30, 2012

The NBA playoffs got underway this weekend and the playoff picture has already been flipped on its head. Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, Takeaway sports contributor, recaps the action and makes ...

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Children with Type 2 Diabetes Resist Drug Treatment, Study Finds

Monday, April 30, 2012

As obesity rates in children have climbed over recent years, so too has the childhood incidence of type 2 diabetes. Dr. David Nathan, an author of the study and director of the diabet...

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A History of Political Sex Scandals, From Grover Cleveland to John Edwards

Friday, April 27, 2012

It’s day five of the John Edwards trial. We take a step back to contextualize the former North Carolina senator's sex scandal within the storied history of political infidelities. Rem...

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US to Escalate Drone Campaign in Yemen

Friday, April 27, 2012

The CIA and the Pentagon have been granted new and broader authority to carry out drone strikes in Yemen. The Obama Administration reportedly approved the clandestine campaign's expan...

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Charles Taylor Found Guilty of War Crimes

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia who was on trial at the International Criminal Court's Special Court for Sierra Leone has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes agains...

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The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia

Thursday, April 26, 2012

In Jim Crow America, African Americans were relegated to the status of second class citizens. Through laws and social norms, racism was legitimized and the practice operated as a way ...

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Supreme Court Considers Arizona's Immigration Law Today

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Fresh off hearing oral arguments for and against President Obama’s health care overhaul, the Supreme Court is stepping back into the political spotlight. Today, the high court will co...

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