Top College News Subscribe to the Newsletter

Summer News

Around the World

Opinion

  • Florida work policy legislation a corporate giveaway

     

    Despite extensive countywide efforts to implement employee benefit mandates,  Gov. Rick Scott, backed by numerous corporate sponsors, signed a statewide counter-legislative measure intended to limit the rights of voters to require benefits such as sick and maternal leave from their employers. It’s a move that puts limits on the autonomy of Florida’s 67 counties in determining employment policies and is at odds with referendums across the state.

  • Photojournalist layoffs a poor strategy

    “A picture is worth a thousand words.”  

  • Immigration bill fails to address core issues

     

    The immigration reform bill presented by the “Gang of Eight,” a bipartisan group of senators who crafted the 844-page legislation to remedy the highly politicized issue of approximately 11 million undocumented residents within U.S. borders, passed with overwhelming support by a tally of 82-15 in the Senate chamber.

  • Milani

    Talking points: Iran elections

    After eight years of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency, Iran will hold the first round of elections between candidates, including one hand-picked by Ahmadinjad, on Friday. USF Director for the Center of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies and Iran expert Mohsen Milani weighed in on the upcoming election during a conference call hosted by “Foreign Affairs” magazine.

  • Obama response to NSA scandal inadequate, alarming

     

    During President Barack Obama’s public press conference addressing the leaks from the National Security Agency’s controversial PRISM Internet surveillance program and court-ordered seizure of Verizon phone records, he reiterated his campaign’s most vital commitments — to keep the American people safe and adhere to the principles of the constitution.

  • Media coverage biases Zimmerman trial

     

    As the trial of George Zimmerman, the man accused of fatally shooting teenager Trayvon Martin, nears its start, Sanford, Fla., may soon resemble Orlando during the Casey Anthony trial.

Montage