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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By: Zoe Shoul The Texas Heartbeat Act came into effect on September 1, 2021. This law restricts women from getting an abortion beyond approximately 6 weeks of pregnancy.[1] To an untrained eye 6 weeks may seem like enough time. However, a woman with a regular cycle will only have one week to obtain a positive […]
