Earlier this semester, a few guys got together to form a university recognized organization now known as the GW Veterans.  This year we have been featured in several articles, the most recent is immediately below (Veterans Day) and our previous event Ask a Veteran's Forum was featured on MTV, CNN, and the Pentagon Channel.  I share with you these articles to keep you posted on our progr

During a staff meeting at my Leadership Academy (LA) placement, The Greenlining Institute, LA alum and fellow staff member, Ami Patel, facilitated a discussion on our reactions to the election results. We began by watching a CNN slideshow (Obama: This is our moment, http://www.cnn.com/interactive/allpolitics/0811/slideshow.ob...)

3am Saturday morning: I got up, packed my bags, and got in the car of someone who I've never met in person (actually, our prior interaction was just a few exchanges over email and phone). No worries, it's okay. I consented...

The 'real' America, really

America today looks less and less like the one extolled by GOP mythmakers. Rosa Brooks

In a listserv, a fellow scholar posted an honest question about patriotism. In one post, she asked if being critical about the country would call into question her patriotism. I remembered how Obama's patriotism was questioned when he was found not wearing an American flag lapel.

(Crossposted at Future Majority, www.futuremajority.org)

William James, 20th century American philosopher, called civilian service "the moral equivalent of war." James, in 1906, proposed the creation of a full-time citizen service corps for young people to address the pressing needs of their day. Today, James's ideas are being taken up as The U.S. Public Service Academy Act (S. 960 in the Senate and H.R. 1671 in the House of Representatives), backed by big-time names in the National Service movement: Sen. Hillary Clinton, Former Senator and CEO of the Corporation for National Service Harris Wofford, and Teach for America's founder and president Wendy Kopp.