Monthly Archives: May 2009

This past¬†Friday, former U.S. Army soldier Steven Green was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of four Iraqi civilians in March of 2006. Green‚Äôs case, and countless others,¬†have become an example of the military‚Äôs growing¬†failure to properly screen¬†recruits prior to enlistment (e.g. Green was one of over 5,000 soldiers granted conduct waivers in 2005). And the fact…

This past February, Detroit rapper Invincible submitted the video for her track “Ropes” to mtvU for consideration in the channel’s lineup. The video was accepted in mid-March. But after MTV’s standards department further reviewed the video’s content, they reconsidered, providing Invincible with the following response by email: