As female soccer players receive growing recognition on a global level, pay disparity on the field is being subject to increasing scrutiny, and becoming evidently indefensible - both from a social and economic standpoint. Summer Journalism Fellow Millie Muroi explores pay structures in Australia vs. the US, economic arguments for and against equal pay, and costs vs. benefits of changing to an equal play, equal pay system.
Read MoreSo you’ve just landed an internship – congratulations! What are the steps you can take to succeed in your role? While this piece is relevant for remote internships during the summer of 2020, the advice can be widely applied to any internship. Business Today explains how students and recent graduates can define their goals for the summer, get to to know the people around them, communicate with their managers, attend as many social and career events as they can, and connect with fellow interns.
Read MoreIn 1921, Black Wall Street, one of the most prosperous and affluent African American communities in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was set ablaze and burned to the ground at the hands of racial violence. Nearly 100 years later on Juneteenth, the legacy of the former entrepreneurial hub is remembered as the Tulsa community shares in the commemoration of African American freedom, establishing a sense of hope and opportunity for forward action and future reconciliation.
Read MoreChoosing which college to commit to can be very daunting. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, the Class of 2024 will not have the opportunity to attend the preview days of colleges they were admitted to. Other ways that incoming freshmen can observe the culture of their universities involve analyzing their COVID-19 response, from looking at how their administration has accommodated students, faculty, and workers to how they have handled emergency relief funding from the CARES Act.
Read More‘Made in’ labels reveal as much about a product as they do about its country of origin. A strong national brand can attract capital—technological and human—that drives growth. Countries build up their national brands over decades, yet China and the European Union are among those launching ambitious programs to rehaul their brands within just several years.
Read MoreSenator Bernie Sanders has been one of the most vocal supporters of a single-payer Medicare plan, and he has not shied away from calling out the pharmaceutical industry for driving up drug prices. However, is his approach truly the panacea for the American healthcare crisis?
Read MoreIt is commonly said that the world is becoming a “smaller place” as communicative technologies become increasingly more accessible. While the world itself is not actually shrinking, it feels as if the practical barriers of traveling, retrieving information, and consuming entertainment are minimizing for everyone—including children. Children are now, more than ever, an increasingly reachable audience for digital services. A growing number of online businesses and industries are creating platforms that specifically target younger audiences to capitalize on their growing profitability.
Read MoreNate Massari is the co-founder and managing partner of Rumpus Therapeutics, a company devoted to combining business with research to help contribute towards the development of drugs and medicines targeted specifically at curing diseases in children.
Read MoreDuolingo has just added two new endangered languages to its free educational app. In this article, Anne Wen examines the implications of Duolingo’s pivot to endangered languages.
Read MoreMax Makeev is the Co-Founder of Owl Labs and the creator of Meeting Owl -- a smart 360° video conferencing camera that aims to serve as a bridge between the 40 million office conference rooms around the world. Owl Labs is disrupting the way firms get things done, and is taking connectivity to a new level.
Read MoreLouis Noirault explores shareholder activism and complications at play.
Read MoreIn Arizona, coal mines remain in heavy operation, with the majority of their employees being members of the Navajo Nation.
Read MoreSmart prioritization within the U.S. Department of Defense is perhaps more crucial today than ever before.
Read MoreBy promoting information that causes Americans to believe dairy is healthy, the dairy industry can continue to grow their market.
Read MoreHowever, the fundamental problem of the company—the fact that not only is it not attracting new users, but existing users are defecting to Instagram, among other apps—remains unaddressed.
Read MoreI completely relish my identity as an athlete, but I am a student first. That’s why the stories of parents and counselors photoshopping kids onto water polo players, football kickers, and rowers alike, and bribing coaches and athletics officials to have their “student-athletes” admitted to college leaves me feeling disgusted.
Read MoreOn March 2nd, in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, President Donald J. Trump declared his intention to sign an executive order supporting free speech on colleges’ campuses.
Read MoreKareem Abukhadra started Forgotten Neighbors, an organization dedicated to sharing the stories of the homeless. Since starting the organization in his sophomore year at Columbia University, he has since amassed tens of thousands of views on his posts.
Read MoreSlowly, however, a trend has emerged wherein top recruits—the kinds we associate with programs like Alabama football or University of Virginia basketball—are choosing Ivy League programs over their Power 5 alternatives once again.
Read MoreWhen, on Wednesday, December 19th, President Trump ordered the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Syria, he probably expected a more positive response. Instead, Defense Secretary James Mattis added his name to the long list of those to exit the White House, effective February.
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