Tag: Public service
AmeriCorps is on the chopping block – despite research showing that...
Pamela Paxton, The University of Texas at Austin
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. nonprofits provide vital services, such as...
Washington Post’s turnaround on its opinion pages is returning journalism to...
Joseph Jones, West Virginia University
Jeff Bezos, the world’s third-richest person and owner of The Washington Post, announced in...
Police academies dedicate 3.21% of training hours to ethics and other...
Galia Cohen, Tarleton State University
Police academies provide little training in the kinds of skills necessary to meet officers’...
Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes – and they bragged...
Thomas Martin, College of the Holy Cross
In ancient Athens, only the very wealthiest people paid direct taxes, and these went to fund the city-state’s...
Is it time for a Cyber Peace Corps?
Scott Shackelford, Indiana University
Hackers around the world are attacking targets as diverse as North Dakota’s state government, the Ukrainian postal service and a hospital...