When Enron and WorldCom went bankrupt in 2001 and 2002, scholars, legislators, and corporate leaders scurried to find ways to prevent another major collapse in the U.S. equity markets. They scrutinized accounting practices, financial disclosure requirements, and the various components of corporations to develop new or stronger laws that would prevent future corruption and market… continue reading
Should the rights of over two million people to live freely, self-govern, and ultimately decide their own fate, be sacrificed for the sake of preserving an ever-eroding principle of territorial sovereignty? The aforementioned is a dilemma that the international community will face when deciding the future status of Kosova. Six years after the conclusion of… continue reading
Federal and state housing programs were created decades ago to increase the availability and quality of affordable housing in the United States. Among the most well-known of these federal programs is the Housing Choice Voucher Program (“Section 8”), that provides rental assistance to help meet the housing needs of the poor. Section 8 is administered… continue reading
Most Americans are familiar with whistleblowers, people who go public with information about corruption, fraud and abuse in their own organizations. Whistleblowers are often seen on the nightly news and discussed in the morning newspapers. In December 2002, three whistleblowers were named Time magazine’s “Persons of the Year.” Whistleblowers have been the subject of The… continue reading
The U.S. war on drugs has been waged along class and race lines, both domestically and internationally. Rather than finding long-term solutions to the social development issues in target communities, drug policy has exacerbated problems of poverty and social marginalization. This paper examines how the war on drugs has prejudicially targeted poor people of color… continue reading
We make bad choices. We also make choices for other people. This seems to be an unfortunate pair of statements, and it would be just as unfortunate (or maybe worse) in the reverse: We make choices for other people. We make bad choices. These two sentences are more palatable with some qualifiers. People do not… continue reading
The homeless have questionable and variable access to legitimate private space. They live over time with little consistent unperturbed space to develop and manifest their inner identity in outward actions. They have no free space to experiment, make mistakes, or just “be” themselves, to learn or grow in a comfortable environment. Unlike the homed, the… continue reading
The cover story of a recent issue of Newsweek Magazine was entitled “The Scary New World of Identity Theft” and asked the question, “Are You A Victim?” The article informed an already concerned readership that identity theft is the “fastest-growing crime of this century” and that perpetrators steal approximately $53 billion per year through assuming… continue reading
Much of the attention to contemporary privacy invading technologies focuses on the actions of governments and large organizations. Yet the actions of big brother and big corporation must be seen alongside of those of little sister and brother, not to mention mom, dad, friends and strangers. Interpersonal uses of the technologies are a prominent and… continue reading
Much of the attention to contemporary privacy invading technologies focuses on the actions of governments and large organizations. Yet the actions of big brother and big corporation must be seen alongside of those of little sister and brother, not to mention mom, dad, friends and strangers. Interpersonal uses of the technologies are a prominent and… continue reading
