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Social Justice Equals Clean Water

BY: SAMUEL BOOKHARDT IV Reasonable people may disagree about the definition of social justice; however, there is probably little disagreement that water provided by the government should be safe to drink. Indeed, the Safe Drinking Water Act delineates the standards with which all public drinking water should comply.[1] Under federal law, the Environmental Protection Agency […]

#IStandWithAhmed: A Case of Islamophobia or An Appropriate Reaction to School Safety Threats?

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; […]