By Jessica Pasquarello a single, 52-year-old daycare employee, has been coughing and feeling fatigued for weeks; her co-workers urge her to visit a primary care physician, but without insurance, the phrase “I simply cannot afford it” has become her standard response. Meanwhile,…
« read »
The Fried Chicken Frenzy: The Chicken Sandwich Wars and the Fast Food Industry
By: Anu Fawehinmi In 2019, with the intent of usurping Chick-fil-A from their fried chicken throne, Popeyes released their Crispy Chicken Sandwich. This bold declaration of war began the battle for market share turned marketing scheme affectionately known as the Chicken Sandwich Wars of the late 2010s. The battle even made its way to social media, with Chick-fil-A reacting to Popeyes’ recent menu addition and Popeyes responding in jest shortly afterward. Popeyes’ introduction of the Crispy Chicken Sandwich and their marketing campaign that followed revitalized the restaurant chain far beyond the expectations of the company, reestablishing it as a true…
Latest
By Ashton Jones the year of Donald Trump, there is one person who has been left out of the conversation: House Speaker Paul Ryan. Certainly, Ryan has been asked, repeatedly, about Trump’s actions throughout the primaries and now the general election, but…
« read »
By Tommy Desoutter Rica is a country well known by Americans as a destination for beach vacations, surf tourism, and mission trips. It is also widely considered to be a global model of sustainable development: an eco-paradise, complete with pristine beaches and…
« read »
By Torus Lu policy has featured significantly in the 2016 presidential election. Proposals have ranged from deporting every illegal immigrant to providing them with a healthcare plan. However, there is one noteworthy effect of American border policy that receives scant attention: migrant…
« read »
By Seamus Murrock week, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (O.P.E.C.) met in the Algerian capital of Algiers to discuss the two-years long decline in the price of oil. To the surprise of many, the cartel agreed to cut production by around…
« read »
By Bhanodai Pippala The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has led to a confirmation battle over Merrick Garland, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in March 2016 to replace Scalia on the bench. The Senate has yet to vote…
« read »
By Kristin Fillingim the course of history, society has gradually overturned institutions of inhumanity. From slavery to torture, we continue to abandon practices that are deemed cruel and unusual. In 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),…
« read »
By Jep McNair One of the more popular media narratives about presidential politics is that Democrats have built up a major advantage in the Electoral College. The idea is that the Democratic nominee, in this case Hillary Clinton, has secured somewhere between…
« read »
By Paul Oshinski This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 edition of the Georgia Political Review. 1999, college student Ryan Gravel’s master’s thesis was an ambitious proposal to restructure and reconnect Atlanta by drawing a green circlet of parks and rail…
« read »
By Jennifer Watkins support of ISIL in Syria and concurrent terrorism in and around Russia have painted a picture of Russian Islamic radicalism most resembling that seen in the Middle East. Indeed, radicals in the North Caucasus region, including Chechnya, Dagestan, and…
« read »
By Phillip Jones the United States, many assume that voter disenfranchisement is a thing of the past: Jim Crow Laws have been abolished, the Voting Rights Act has been signed, and universal suffrage has become the standard. However, more than five million…
« read »
By Gaby Lohner week, University of Georgia alumnus Brandon Stanton returned to campus to speak to a few hundred students and Athens residents. While some of you may not know his name, you almost certainly know his work – he is the…
« read »Editor's Pick
There once was a story about a man who could turn invisible. I thought it was only a story… until it happened to me. Ok, so here’s how it works: there’s this stuff called Quicksilver that can bend light. Some scientist made…
« read »Join our mailing list
[mc4wp_form id="10980"]