Super Tuesday: the Voting Rights Act Cory Herro December 1, 2015 2 Comments In Shelby County v Holder, the Supreme Court determined that Section 4 and, subsequently Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, insufficiently relates to voter discrimination in 2015. The Alabama... Read More »
Super Tuesday: Syria Cory Herro and James Stephens November 16, 2015 1 Comment The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, herein referred to as Daesh, made its boldest statement on Friday, November 14th when it organized and executed terrorist attacks in Paris, France. The attacks... Read More »
Super Tuesday: Sanctuary cities Cory Herro and James Stephens November 2, 2015 2 Comments The “Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans” Act, or ”Kate’s Law,” was blocked by the Senate in late October of 2015. The bill is designed to block grants and funding from immigration... Read More »
Super Tuesday: The Safe and Responsible Driver Act James Stephens and Cory Herro September 22, 2015 0 Comments California Assembly Bill 60 (AB 60), passed in 2013 with the purpose of providing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, has been in effect since Jan. 1 2015. AB 60 promotes a substantive... Read More »
Cartels are pushing meth, heroin–and that’s not bad Cory Herro January 20, 2015 0 Comments Why send the product all the way to the US? Weed prices are skyrocketing thanks to the Reagan administration’s War on Drugs. In California, the Reagan administration just launched a massive campaign... Read More »
Hip-hop’s Iggy problem: A New Year’s resolution Cory Herro January 7, 2015 0 Comments I’m going to relax because I believe that for those who are interested in hearing it, there will always be room for the Black experience in hip-hop even as white rappers like Iggy and Macklemore... Read More »
Invest in green business, not a blue Congress Cory Herro November 11, 2014 1 Comment The environmental community just invested more money in politics than it ever has before--just shy of $100 million, all told--and it didn’t work. Local billionaire and Stanford grad Tom Steyer... Read More »
Hey Stanford, don’t let boredom win Cory Herro October 28, 2014 2 Comments For a research university of Stanford’s caliber, it’s easy to stock the faculty with award-winning researchers. It’s easy to demand that professors publish papers and get grant funding. It’s... Read More »