BY: TABATA FREITEZ ARTEAGA On March 20, 2016, history witnessed the first sitting U.S. President’s visit to Cuba since the Cold War.[1] Even before landing in Cuba, President Obama greeted the Cuban people with a warm tweet, reading: “¿Que bolá Cuba?” However, only 5% of the Cuban population has access to the Internet, which is […]
BY: SYLVIA FRANCA In 2008, America elected its first black president. “It seemed so heady – such a landmark moment in racial justice.”[1] The election of an African-American to our highest political office was alleged to demonstrate a triumph of integration.[2] Americans of all stripes were justifiably proud when the country elected President Barack Obama, […]
BY: MARLON BAQUEDANO The American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section has catalogued more than 38,000 statutes nationwide that impose collateral consequences on people convicted of crimes; these statutes create barriers to jobs, housing, welfare benefits, and voting.[1] The majority of these statutes (80%) work as denial of employment opportunities.[2] This means that statutes that make […]
BY: CHANTELLE MELENDEZ On Monday, September 14th, 2015, Ahmed Mohamed, a fourteen-year-old freshman student at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, was handcuffed, detained, and subsequently suspended from school for constructing a homemade clock, which officials believed to resemble a bomb, and then bringing it to school.[1] Since then, Ahmed’s case has gained enormous attention; […]
