At the Starting Line: 14% by 2014
The RAC's carbon footprint summary, courtesy of the CoolClimate calcuator.
From YOLO to FOMO in our Nation’s Capital
YOLO- You Only Live Once- has rapidly grown into a trendy motto that encourages daring and reckless behavior amongst today’s youth. When I flew across the country to Washington, D.C. this summer, I committed the impulsive and spontaneous concept of YOLO to my mind.
The Role of Religious Law in America: Interfaith Perspectives on Islam, Shari’ah, and the U.S.
From the White House to the RAC: Two Summers in Washington DC
There isn’t anything quite like summertime in DC. Young adults flock to the nation’s capital for a once in a lifetime living and working experience. But for me, I’m fortunate enough to have a second ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity.
President Signs Bill to RESTORE Gulf Coast
More than two years have passed since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf Coast. The incident led to the death of 11 workers, and additionally devastated the surrounding environment and economy, and poses ongoing challenges to the Gulf’s workforce.
Update: Faith in the Election
In October of last year, Rabbi Saperstein, the Director of the RAC and an expert on church-state law, and Oliver Thomas, a noted First Amendment scholar and lawyer, partnered to lay
School Vouchers: The Next Education Frontier?
School vouchers can be a tricky issue: the Supreme Court ruled that indirect voucher programs that put money in the hands of parents are constitutional, but that direct government funding of private, and often religious schools, is not acceptable.
True Reflections: Summer in The District
Coming off of a semester that I was less then satisfied with this past spring, I knew that I wanted to try to apply myself over my summer break as opposed to merely do some run-of-the-mill activity.