BY: SAWYEH ESMAILI The United States has had the world’s highest incarceration rate since 2002.[1] A racialized perception of crime and a broken criminal justice system are behind the globe’s largest prison population. Our country’s response to crime and the media’s coverage of those who perpetrate it reflect the deeply ingrained racial bias of the […]
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: 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; […]
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 […]
