The Prospector

Students of Great Recession: Transfers rising, completion declining

Jordan Gass-Pooré, SHFWire Intern • March 3, 2015

There’s been a push in the last decade to accurately calculate college graduation rates as a way to address the education gaps between low-income students and their more affluent peers President Barack Obama upped the ante in 2009 when he promised...

Latinos join March for Life, but also face other issues

Jose Soto, SHFWire Intern • January 27, 2015

WASHINGTON – Priscilla Trastaway and Jair Vergara, both 20, from Paterson, N.J., are a young couple who have decided that chastity is the best way to prevent difficult situations, including a possible abortion. “We decided that we were going to be...

Congress unlikely to react soon to Obama’s immigration order, debaters say

Jose Soto, SHFWire Intern • January 20, 2015

WASHINGTON - Two political commentators agreed Monday that President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration reform will probably remain in effect because Congress is unlikely to take action to change it. “The intention was to provoke a response...

Muslim leaders see new cartoon as further insult to Islamic faith

Joe Mussatto, SHFWire Intern • January 20, 2015

WASHINGTON – The latest edition of Charlie Hebdo has offended the leader of a U.S. Muslim advocacy organization, just a week after Islamic extremists murdered 12 employees of the magazine because of controversial depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. Nihad...

Anti-abortion group confident House will pass ban on late-term abortion

Jordan Gass-Pooré, SHFWire Intern • January 20, 2015

WASHINGTON – Marjorie Dannenfelser is a self-described reluctant convert to the anti-abortion movement. Dannenfelser made it her life’s mission to end abortion after a philosophical debate when she was a Duke University undergraduate, she said at...

Countries of the American continent condemn terrorism

Alicia Alvarez, SHFWire Intern • January 20, 2015

The debate, conducted in Spanish, was translated by reporter Alicia Alvarez WASHINGTON - The principles of the French Revolution “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” were underlying every speech given Thursday during the Permanent Council meeting of...

Officials urge legislation to promote cyber security

Tori Kneuven, SHFWire Intern • January 20, 2015

WASHINGTON – Cyber security experts rallied behind President Barack Obama’s proposal this week to increase cyber security. Obama and United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday announced the need to increase information sharing between...

Transgender Day of Remembrance honors victims of hate crimes

Wesley Juhl, SHFWire reporter • November 24, 2014

WASHINGTON – Earline Budd came out as transgender to her Baptist family when she was a 9-year-old boy. Like many transgender women, the Washington native was in for a rough time. Her family didn’t accept her, and she said it was a traumatic experience. The...

White House launches campaign to prevent campus sexual assaults

Lorain Watters, SHFWire reporter • September 19, 2014

WASHINGTON – Sexual assaults have become too common at many college campuses, leaving students feeling unsafe and confused when sexual assault does happen. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden hosted an event at the White House Friday...

Students sue universities for violating free speech rights

Kate Winkle, SHF Wire Reporter • July 2, 2014

This story has been updated to include a statement from Ohio University. WASHINGTON - Erin Furleigh is going to court for wearing a T-shirt. She and other members of Iowa State University’s chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana...

Supreme Court upholds ban on ‘straw man’ gun purchases

Anna Giles, SHFWire reporter • June 16, 2014

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court upheld a federal gun law banning someone from purchasing a gun on another person’s behalf and lying about it to the dealer - even if both can legally own a gun. Monday’s 5-4 decision upheld the conviction of former...

My Brother’s Keeper initiative to aid black and Latino boys

Alejandro Alba, SHFWire reporter • March 4, 2014

WASHINGTON –President Barack Obama launched a new initiative to help black and Latino boys across the nation. The My Brother’s Keeper Task Force will establish mentorship programs and support networks to help minority boys stay on track in school. “By...