Illinois State University Professor of Politics and Government Lane Crothers says militia groups like the one occupying buildings on federal land in Oregon, have a unique interpretation of citizenship under the U.S. Constitution that motivates their actions.
Publication: Reactions
Reactions: The Fed hikes interest rates after nearly seven years
The Federal Reserve increased interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis. Professor and Chair for the Department of Finance, Insurance and Law Gary Koppenhaver talks about what this means, what happens next, who will win, and who will lose.
Reactions: Mass shootings all point the same direction
Author of the up-coming book Beyond Columbine, Professor Julie Webber sees similarities in the incident at the Inland Regional Center to other mass shootings that paint a larger picture.
Reactions: The future of gas prices
Professor of Finance Edgar Norton talks about the current decline and future of gas prices. If you don’t like the weather in Illinois, some say—wait a while. It will change. The same holds for gas prices at the pump. Fortunately, in recent months, the trend of the price at the pump has been drifting down
REACTIONS: 22 shipwrecks found in the Aegean
Georgia Tsouvala weighs in on the discovery of 22 shipwrecks in the Aegean.
Reactions: Ridin’ shotgun on class action suits
Illinois State University’s Professor Carson Varner, who specializes in finance, insurance, and law, weighs in on consumer access to class action litigation.
Reactions: VP viables are anyone’s guess
In the slight chaos that is the 2016 presidential election, Assistant Professor of Politics Carl Palmer takes a wary stab at naming possible vice presidents.
Reactions: European migration differs from post-World War II
Professor of History Richard Soderlund says the comparison of today’s mass migration to post-World War II is misleading.
Reactions: New weapons in the digital arms race
Assistant Director of Convergent Media Nathan Carpenter, weighs in on the new changes coming to Facebook.
Reactions: Goals for Syria vastly different for U.S. and Russia
Illinois State’s Yusuf Sarfati reacts to the calls for a coalition between East and West for the Syrian civi war.