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Police Blotter: The B&S Reports a Shocking Crime

Many columnists and pundits have pondered the state of the American Dream, but it took the sharp journalists of The B&S to discover its true fate. The B&S is a student-produced satirical magazine of Grinnell College in central Iowa. This article first appeared in the fall of 2011.

Read it here: The B&S, “American Dream Found Dead, Foul Play Suspected”

 

Who Made This Mess?: David S. Meyer Follows the Blame Trail

While it seems safe to say that every person in the United States has been hurt in some way  by the current economic situation, there is plenty of diversity in our approach to economic problems. Sociologist David S. Meyer looks at the Occupy movement and the reactions to it through the lens of blame assignment. This article was posted on October 20, 2011, on the blog Politics Outdoors, which covers protests and demonstrations of all types.

Read it here: Meyer, "Occupy and the politics of blame"