BY: Morgan Kirkland “Any society depends on citizens who are concerned about others and the common good.” These are the opening words of the recently published Harvard report on college admissions.[1] The premise is idealistic in its rhetoric instead of a guide to be implemented and followed. Yet, even though the report is arguably utopian, […]
BY: LAUREN MADDOX In 1986, the Supreme Court decided Batson v. Kentucky, holding that use of peremptory challenges to remove jurors from the jury pool based on race is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.[1] The following year, Timothy Tyrone Foster, an 18-year-old black male, was convicted and sentenced to […]
BY: CELESTE MCCAW “Overall, my life has been one of survival, and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have been to survive…”[1] Transaged. Transgendered. Transabled. Transracial. In today’s society, we can just about go anywhere, do anything, and be anyone. Old. Young. Man. Woman. Blind. Deaf. Black. White. Identities […]
BY: AMANDA POWELL It has been ten years since the country watched Hurricane Katrina rip through New Orleans. It has also been ten years since Kanye West made the infamous statement, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” Whether you believed that statement to be true at the time or not, there are current racial […]
