Vendettas of the Week

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Helping with the Mess: The Federal Reserve’s Efforts

Paul Minassian October 7, 2015

The Federal Reserve chose once again not to… References and FootnotesYlan Mui, "Donald Trump Just Had Some Pretty Interesting Things to Say about the Economy," Washington Post, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩"Sanders Statement on Fed Leaving Interest Rates Unchanged," Bernie Sanders Press Release, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩ Bernie Becker, "Americans Prefer Small Business to Big," TheHill, July 6, 2015, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩"Small Business/Large Business Relationships," Inc.com, accessed September 28, 2015. ↩

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Pursuing Justice

Michael Zucker October 7, 2015

Rape is among the most difficult crimes to prosecute. This is because the American justice… References and Footnotes"What Is a Rape Kit?” RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, Sept. 19, 2015. ↩ "Why Testing Matters," Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Soraya Chemaly, "How Many of the Hundreds of Thousands of Untested Rape Kits in the US Are in Your City?" The Huffington Post, Sept. 19, 2014. ↩ "Where the Backlog Exists." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩"Why Testing Matters." Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Ibid ↩Snow, Kate, and Rich McHugh, "Why Haven't 70,000 Rape Kits Been Tested for DNA?" NBC News. July 20, 2015, accessed on  Sept. 19, 2015. ↩Josh Earnest, "FACT SHEET: Investments to Reduce the National Rape Kit Backlog and Combat Violence against Women," The White House, Mar. 16, 2015, accessed on Sept. 19, 2015. ↩

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The Modern Struggle

Michael Zucker September 30, 2015

The United States is only 5 percent of the world’s population… References and Footnotes Gilad Eldman, "The Real Answer to Mass Incarceration," The New Yorker, July 17, 2015. ↩Aimee Picchi, "The High Price of Incarceration in America $80 Billion," CBSNews, May 8, 2014. ↩"A Brief History of the Drug War," Sept. 26, 2015. ↩"What Are Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Laws?” Attorneys.com,Sept. 26, 2015. ↩ "Criminal Justice Fact Sheet," Criminal Justice Fact Sheet, Sept. 26, 2015. ↩Cox, Robynn, "Where Do We Go from Here? Mass Incarceration and the Struggle for Civil Rights," Economic Policy Institute, Jan. 16, 2015. ↩Ta-Nehisi Coates, "Mapping the New Jim Crow," The Atlantic, Oct. 17 2014. ↩

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The Sun Never Sets

Michael Zucker September 23, 2015

The United States military maintains eight hundred bases on six continents.  The cost to the American… References and FootnotesRepresentative J. Randy, "Puncturing the U.S. Base Myths," The Diplomat, Dec. 2, 2011, accessed Sept. 11, 2015. ↩Tim Hibbits, "Why Does the U.S. Have So Many Military Bases Abroad?" July 24, 2015, accessed Sept. 11, 2015. ↩Representative J. Randy, "Puncturing the U.S. Base Myths," The Diplomat, Dec. 2, 2011, accessed Sept. 11, 2015. ↩David Vine, "Do America's Military Bases Abroad Help Or Hinder Global Security?" NPR, Aug. 23, 2015, accessed Sept. 11, 2015. ↩Ibid. ↩Nick Turse, "How America Operates Its Drone Empire," Saloncom RSS, Oct. 17, 2011, accessed Sept. 13, 2015. ↩Representative J. Randy, "Puncturing the U.S. Base Myths," The Diplomat, Dec. 2, 2011, accessed Sept. 11, 2015. ↩

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The Ol’ Ball Game

Christopher Law September 23, 2015

  Football, baseball, basketball – these professional sports, and many… References and FootnotesChris Isidore, “Scott Walker OKs $250 Million in Taxpayer Dollars for Sports Arena,” CNNMoney, August 12, 2015, accessed September 20, 2015, http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/12/news/companies/scott-walker-tax-dollars-milwaukee-bucks-arena ↩Aaron Kuriloff and Darrell Preston, "In Stadium Building Spree, U.S. Taxpayers Lose $4 Billion," Bloomberg.com, September 4, 2012, accessed September 20, 2015, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-09-05/in-stadium-building-spree-u-s-taxpayers-lose-4-billion. ↩ Tom Sabulis, "Pro/Con: Public Funds for Sports Stadiums?” Atlanta Forward Blog, May 22, 2014, accessed September 20, 2015, http://atlantaforward.blog.ajc.com/2014/05/22/procon-public-funds-for-sports-stadiums ↩Jolie Network, "Taxpayers on the Hook for Stadium Costs," USA Today, November 25, 2013, accessed September 20, 2015, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/11/25/stadiums-taxpayers/3663541 ↩"The True Economics of Taxpayer Funded Stadiums," Americans for Prosperity Florida, April 18, 2013, accessed September 20, 2015, http://americansforprosperity.org/florida/article/the-true-economics-of-taxpayer-funded-stadiums ↩James Brady, "The NFL Brought in Enough Money Last Year to Pay for 10 Pluto Missions," SBNation.com, July 20, 2015, accessed September 20, 2015, http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/7/20/9006401/nfl-teams-revenue-tv-deal-7-billion. ↩

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Voting Out: The Electoral College

Christopher Law September 16, 2015

The United States is currently exercising the… References and FootnotesJimmy Soni, "What Is The Electoral College? How It Works And Why It Matters," The Huffington Post, November 6, 2012, Accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/what-is-the-electoral-college_n_2078970.html ↩Richard Posner, “In Defense of the Electoral College," Slate, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2012/11/defending_the_electoral_college.html ↩ John Samples, "In Defense of the Electoral College," Cato Institute, November 10, 2000, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/defense-electoral-college. ↩Nate Silver, "Would Al Gore Have Won in 2000 Without the Electoral College?" The New York Times, September 20, 2011, accessed September 13, 2015, http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/would-al-gore-have-won-in-2000-without-the-electoral-college/?_r=0. ↩Markn Baldassare, Dean Bonner, David Kordus, and Lunna Lopes, "California Voter and Party Profiles,"PPIC Publication, August 1, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.ppic.org/main/publication_show.asp?i=526. ↩Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 11, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/populations/remp.html. ↩Jason Easley, "Racist Chickens Come Home To Roost As Donald Trump Leads The GOP In New Poll," Politicus USA, July 9, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/09/republicans-flipping-donald-trump-leads-gop-poll.html. ↩Jennifer Agiesta, "Donald Trump Tops 30%" CNN, September 10, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/politics/donald-trump-ben-carson-cnn-poll ↩Rick Ungar, "Trump Throws Constitution And 14th Amendment Under The Bus," Forbes, August 19, 2015, accessed September 13, 2015, http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2015/08/19/trump-throws-constitution-and-14th-amendment-under-the-bus ↩