Trending News Monday: Tick-Tocks Taunt Capitol Hill

The House of Representatives and the Senate have not yet, and will mostly likely not, come to an agreement on the 2014 federal budget before the end of the fiscal year at midnight tonight. As such, Americans expect to see the first federal government shutdown in 17 years. This Trending News Monday, we’re highlighting the […]

Wednesdays without Will: Faster than Real-Time Branding

We’ve seen brands jump on current events countless times before, but Social media has upped the ante because it’s a real-time mass communication medium. Whether that means coordinating protest demonstrations or just making snarky comments during live television, brands are part of social conversations. One of the most popular recent examples of this is Oreo’s […]

Two for Tuesday: Headlines On Capitol Hill

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That […]

Wednesdays With Will: Brands, Social Media and Social Issues

Mixing brands and political commentary can be risky, but that’s not stopping a number of brands from using their social media accounts to support LGBT rights this week. While the Supreme Court hears both sides of California’s Proposition 8 Case regarding same-sex marriage, several brands have jumped on the buzz changing their profile pictures to […]