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The Uneven Race to Economic Recovery

By: Jennifer Harper As vaccinations have risen and health risks have started to subside, people have started to go back to work and the journey to economic recovery has begun. While many have gone back to work, and businesses have re-opened, lower paying industries and jobs have experienced a slower recovery.[1] Many of these jobs […]

More Than Just a Trend: Minority Missing Persons and Missing White Woman Syndrome

By: Alyssa Vincent Over 600,000 people go missing in the United States annually.[1] In September 2021, one of those people was a young woman, 22-year-old Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito.[2]  In June, three months before she went missing, Gabby left on a cross-country road trip with her longtime boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, to explore the national parks.[3] She […]

Racial Disparities in Higher Education & Debt: Why Student Loan Forgiveness is a Prerequisite to Equity in America

By: Ashley Plotkin What is the difference between equality and equity? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “[t]he idea that sometimes sameness of treatment (equality) does not result in proportional fairness (equity) is one way that these words are distinguished from each other, even in similar context.”[1] In recent decades, America has worked toward equality in […]

Capital Punishment: A Barbaric Act in a “Civilized” Society

By Monica Larsen John Ramirez, Rick Rhoades, Stephen Barbee, Ruben Gutierrez, Fabian Hernandez, Kosoul Chanthakoummane, and Ramiro Gonzales will be executed by the state of Texas before the end of the year.[1] If Texas is anything like the state of Florida, the executioner will be paid $150 for each life taken.[2] Even if these men […]