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Rhode Island’s Lack of Domestic Terrorism Victim Compensation
by Carolina de la Pedraja – On April 15, 2013, the United States was shaken by yet another act of terrorism. The two bombs that went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon that morning killed three spectators and wounded more than 260 others. Although this was an act of domestic terrorism, investigators concluded […]
Failures of the Current H1-B Visa Program
By Tiffany-Ashley Disney – The first step in being granted an H1-B Visa is obtaining a spot in the lottery of submitted applications. After surviving the lottery, the petition is reviewed by an immigration officer who makes the determination whether the worker is highly skilled and qualifies for the awarding of an H1-B Visa. There […]
Rhode Island’s Lack of Domestic Terrorism Victim Compensation
by Carolina de la Pedraja – On April 15, 2013, the United States was shaken by yet another act of terrorism. The two bombs that went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon that morning killed three spectators and wounded more than 260 others. Although this was an act of domestic terrorism, investigators concluded […]
Failures of the Current H1-B Visa Program
By Tiffany-Ashley Disney – The first step in being granted an H1-B Visa is obtaining a spot in the lottery of submitted applications. After surviving the lottery, the petition is reviewed by an immigration officer who makes the determination whether the worker is highly skilled and qualifies for the awarding of an H1-B Visa. There […]
Merrick Garland: Views on Marijuana and Guns
by Kevin Peterford – Wednesday, March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States. Merrick Garland is currently the chief judge for the U.S Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He was appointed to this position in 1997 by President Bill Clinton. He has served in […]
The Islamic State’s Laundry List
by Carolina de la Pedraja – Recently, Germany’s intelligence agency, a Syrian newspaper and other news organizations including Britain’s Sky News, acquired collections of leaked Islamic State documents. Unfortunately, these documents have not been authenticated and could be easily replicated on many computers. However, Germany’s interior minister believes the data in the documents could aid […]
Security v. Privacy: Does One Always Compromise The Other?
by Ashley George – On December 2, 2015 a mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California left 14 people dead and another 22 injured. The attack came to end by way of an armed confrontation between the shooters and police resulting in the death of both attackers. Investigations quickly began into […]
H-bomb or No H-bomb? That Is The Question
by Carolina de la Pedraja – Earlier this year, it was brought to the attention of the United Nations Security Council that North Korea clearly “violated (past) resolutions…and of the nonproliferation regime,” when it bragged about the “‘spectacular success’” of its first hydrogen bomb test.” At a meeting on January 6 of this year, […]
War, War Never Changes: Primary Candidates’ Views on Going to War – Issue One
by Kevin Peterford – In the midst of Primary season, National Security remains one of the biggest issues that voters are concerned about. Obviously all of the candidates want to stop terrorism in its tracks, but different candidates propose different means of achieving this goal. This article will be the first of many articles that […]
Why The Boston Bombing Trial Should Not Have Been In Boston
By Theodore Chakos “More than one student of society has expressed the view that not the least significant test of the quality of a civilization is its treatment of those charged with crime, particularly with offenses which arouse the passions of a community.” –Justice Frankfurter Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may not deserve our sympathy and compassion, but […]
Civility In War: New Policy For Military Rules Of Engagement
by Ashley George – War has been a part of human history and our evolution for many millennia and through out this time the rules of war have often changed. But does war really have rules? It seems to be a free-for-all in many cases, but the United States has directives called Rules of Engagement […]
Children vs Soldiers
by Carolina de la Pedraja – Children in the United States are protected at all costs. Conversely, the Islamic State views children very differently. The “cubs of the caliphate” is the child army that the Islamic State has built. The Islamic State has no age limitations when it comes to recruiting, taking as young as […]
