Will ending the scourge of domestic violence require the kind of mass public campaign that helped reduce drinking and driving? Community advocates and practitioners speaking at a conference at John Jay College Wednesday argued that, despite the pervasiveness of intimate partner violence (IPV) across all economic...
The Bratislava Castle, overlooking the Danube The D&O Diary’s Eastern European sojourn continued earlier this week with a very brief stop in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, which is located about a two-hour train ride from Budapest. With a population of only about 450,000, Bratislava is...
On May 16, 2018, the Consumer Product Safety Commission held a public hearing to receive testimony on the Internet of Things (IoT) and issues related to product safety (IoT Hearing). Thirteen diverse stakeholders presented at the IoT Hearing. Of the thirteen presenters, there were three...
If you haven’t already, make sure you have specific, measurable, achievable goals for your life and career, and set a deadline for achieving them. Remember, your goals should cover at least these four things: How much money you want to make. How many hours you want to...
In the escalating battle between California officials and President Trump over immigration, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck contested a statement by the president that the LAPD had released an immigrant in the U.S. illegally who then committed a murder, the Los Angeles Times reports....
Three more teens have been charged as adults with first-degree murder in the death of a Maryland police officer, reports the Associated Press. Darrell Jaymar Ward, 15, Derrick Eugene Matthews, 16, and Eugene Robert Genius IV, 17, were charged in the killing of officer Amy...