by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | May 26, 2015 | Entertainment
Medill News Service reporters interviewed red carpet attendees at the GI Film Festival, including military film icon R. Lee “Gunny” Ermey, about their favorite military films of all time. Published in conjunction with
by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Aug 26, 2014 | Demographics
WASHINGTON – Discrimination today involves class distinctions that hold people back as much as racial issues, according to two leaders of the 1964 Freedom Summer. The solution, they say, is education. Today’s prejudice comes in a more “pernicious” form, said Larry...
by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Dec 7, 2009 | Education
A majority of students sexually assaulted on campus do not report the crimes. And according to a new report by the Center for Public Integrity, those who do could face several barriers. (Alex Keefe/MNS) From daunting bureaucracies to administrators who are sometimes...
by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Nov 30, 2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The young invincibles. That’s what the insurance industry calls them. They’re the 13.7 million Americans under 30 who don’t have health insurance because, they firmly believe, they just don’t need it. Why waste money on...
by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Nov 17, 2009 | Politics
Despite the media fracas surrounding the release of Sarah Palin’s new book, “Going Rogue,” things were pretty quiet outside one Washington bookstore Tuesday morning. And several local bookstore owners say they expect it to stay that way. Alex...