By: Karly Berezowsky The Obama administration mandate requiring employee healthcare coverage of contraceptives has fueled heated debate over the past month and widened the political wedge between the religious right and women’s rights advocates. On one side of this highly charged issue, which is part of the Affordable Care Act, pro-choice activists argue it is the law and all employers, […]
For-profit College: Route to Opportunity or Unemployment?
By: Karly Berezowsky For-profit colleges have landed in the spotlight for deceptive advertising and unaccredited degrees. Also known as “diploma mills,” these institutions promise job placement to recruit students and the Career Education Corporation, for example, has falsified its numbers. More than 70 percent of college students are considered non-traditional by the U.S. Department […]
Texas Ultrasound Bill Dispute
Written by: Karly Berezowsky Can an ultrasound amount to rape? The Sonogram House Bill 15, passed by the 82nd Texas Legislative Session and signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry last month, mandates that Texas doctors have to perform an invasive exam with an ultrasound probe before performing an abortion. According to The […]
Legal Immigration Controversy and the Non-Bias in Academia
According to the U.S. Immigration Support website, “Florida is home to 2.7 million, of 17 percent, foreign-born residents.” Florida may be a melting pot for people of all sorts of nationalities but it is also a border state with an immigration problem, according to the Florida Immigrant Coalition. […]
How Florida’s 75 Percent Recycling Goal is Progressing
Florida has the highest recycling goal of any state in the United States. Florida’s Legislation passed Florida’s 75 percent recycling goal to be completed by 2020 in regard to the House Bill 7243 that was passed in 2010. Former Gov. Charlie Crist passed signed the bill into law. Currently, […]
Pollution Pandemic in the St. Johns River
Sixty-one-year-old Jacksonville resident Neil A. Armingeon, the St. Johns Riverkeeper, said "The St. Johns River, and the communities that depend on it for our economy and our quality of life, are at a crossroad. We cannot continue to pollute the St. Johns River and expect it to […]