In The News

Tripp Mickle November 27, 2014
Big-factory beers have fallen out of favor as customers increasingly demand the flavors offered with small and local craft beverages. Some bars no longer sell major brands like Budweiser. Meanwhile, many of the craft beer makers began as do-it-yourself home brewers, tinkering with recipes and relying on local ingredients. Young beer drinkers have flocked to the diverse flavors, paying more for...
Paul Lewis November 21, 2014
The US president took steps to allow millions of immigrants to remain in the country without fear of deportation. He has authorized increased resources for border security, and set priority of removing “felons, not families.” Another program will defer action on 3.7 million immigrants who are parents of US citizens or legal residents – if they have lived in the country for more than five years,...
Emily Schwartz Greco November 10, 2014
Since summer, the number of child immigrants arriving at the border has decreased by 7,000 per month – a drop attributed to increased detention of children seeking refugee status and growing xenophobia in the United States. US foreign policy for Latin America, whether interventions on the drug trade or discouragement of family planning, has contributed to crises in countries like El Salvador and...
Simon Reich November 5, 2014
Republicans won control of both chambers of the US Congress in mid-term elections, but the win may not deliver either change or greater certainty for voters. The majority and minority parties are polarized, too, explains Simon Reich, political science professor at Rutgers University for the Conversation. The United States was once united over foreign policy, with leaders in both parties putting...
Colleen McCain Nelson, Melanie Grayce West and Betsy McKay October 27, 2014
Politicians in the United States are adding to challenges of health care workers traveling to West Africa to combat an Ebola epidemic. The federal government agreed to funneling travelers from West Africa, including health workers, to five airports. Three of those airports are among states that required 21-day mandatory quarantine for anyone reporting direct contact with Ebola patients, reports...
David Edwards October 23, 2014
Education must prepare students for a fast-changing world, argues David Edwards for Wired. The world must handle 2 billion more people over the next 20 years along with a stressed food supply and climate change. “The many rich and varied human cultures of the earth will continue to mix, more rapidly than they ever have, through mass population movements and unprecedented information exchange, and...
Carren Jao October 22, 2014
The world is entering a new Space Age as entrepreneurs spearhead advances in space technology and travel. This renewed Space Age is attributed to a greater commercial role in the space industry; in the United States, NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, adopted a decentralized market strategy in 2005, and interest in the space industry has exploded since with the expansion of...