Author: Jessica Kern

Archive, News & Features

Supreme Court Considers Affirmative Action

Three years after the University of Michigan Law School began enforcing affirmative action in their admissions process, Michigan voters repealed its ruling. Instead, they opted for the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which prohibits the government from granting preferential treatment to any individual or group based on race, sex, color, ethnicity […]

Opinions

Terrorists Celebrated, Morality Insulted

In July, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (aka Boston Marathon bomber)  made the cover of Rolling Stone.  The magazine’s sales for that month’s issue doubled and Rolling Stone was praised for “thinking outside the box”. Admittedly, this particular issue was highly successful at capturing the attention of their targeted audience, but what underlying […]