Morgan McDaniel

Photographs of the “woman in red” being tear-gassed by a police officer at the protests in Turkey have called attention to the role of women in the Middle East. The protests in Turkey have drawn comparisons to the Arab Spring revolutions in Egypt…

Bollywood actress Jiah Khan was found dead in what has been ruled a suicide. Her mother found her hanged in her room on Monday night in her home in Mumbai. She was 25. Details are sparse on what may have caused the young actress to turn to suicide.…

If we forget about her politics for a second, it’s almost shame that Michele Bachmann isn’t running for another term in 2014. Even though a record number of women were elected to Congress in 2012, they still comprise only around 18% of…

Finally, some good news when it comes to reproductive rights. The Supreme Court has declined to consider the state of Indiana’s appeal to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. After years of a constant stream of new restrictions and…

As Oklahoma is still reeling from one of the most destructive tornadoes in its history, the Oklahoma state legislature has decided to take this time to focus on what really matters – going after Planned Parenthood. In a state with an already…

A professor at Ball State University, Eric Hedin, has been accused of teaching creationism in his physics and astronomy classes. The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed an objection based on an anonymous complaint. A letter to the BSU president…

In economics, students are taught to assume that people are essentially rational. In politics, it seems, you have to assume the opposite. Why do people keep re-electing their representatives, even when they're fed up with Congress? A Gallop poll…

After months of a media circus surrounding the trial of Jodi Arias, the jury entered deliberations on Friday to come to a decision on her fate. As media coverage would have it, the trial has been nothing less than a “real-life soap opera,” with…

In the time-honored legal tradition of punny, snarky, and sassy judicial rulings, a federal judge in Texas has shown us once and for all what a law school degree will allow you to accomplish. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery issued a ruling on April…

If you were led to believe that the Working Families Flexibility Act will help working families, I can understand your confusion. Unfortunately, the title is misleading. Even though the bill is being advertised as a solution for workers who need…

Israeli web magazine +972 reported Thursday that the Israeli army has stopped using white phosphorus because it “does not look good” internationally. Israel was widely criticized after its use of white phosphorus in Operation Cast Lead in 2009…

This morning, senior Israeli military officials stated that they had solid evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces used chemical weapons against Syrian civilians. If the evidence is conclusive, it could be a game-changer in the…

According to a poll from the Huffington Post, only 20% of Americans identify as feminists. 37% said that they consider “feminist” to be a negative term. However, asked if they believe “men and women should be social, political, and economic equals,”…