Racial disparity in the United States often echoes the trials of social injustice that framed American history. The same issues leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. fought for still render African-Americans paralyzed today. Even as a new decade approaches, Black people in America are still struggling with employment, education, poverty, the criminal justice system, and… Continue reading How Insulin Uncovers Institutional Racism
Earlier this month, a gunman entered two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand and killed 50 Muslims during Friday prayer. The gunman has been named by several newspapers, but, New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, has refused to name him. Therefore, his name will not be mentioned. The gunman was a white male terrorist. He was… Continue reading The Plague We Don’t Mention
Change is shoring up to Miami but it’s disguising itself as flourishing development whilst doing it at the expense of the minorities who’ve built the city. This change has rippled through several metropolitan hubs but has never sailed to the south. This is gentrification-- and it’s leaving a bitter taste in Miami’s mouth. Condos have… Continue reading How Gentrification Mirrors Segregation
For over ten years, my life was paralyzed with an education that focused on the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Every morning, we sang the pledge of allegiance and then shifted our right hand from our heart to our forehead, chest, and shoulders. In fifth grade, I was threatened with suspension when I wrote… Continue reading Catholic School, Anti-Abortion Indoctrination, and National Politics
Today marks the beginning of the second month to the longest government shutdown in American history. The standstill hinges on President Donald Trump’s most prominent campaign promise. A $5.7 billion dollar and two-thousand miles long border wall dividing the United States and Mexico. House Democrats, accompanied by a few Republicans, refused to approve billions for… Continue reading The Decline of American Democracy in The Face of Furloughed Federal Workers
With four degrees from top universities in the country, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is a professor of psychology at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University of Medicine. Now, Dr. Ford has become a hero to many and a liar to others, after bringing forth her accusations against now Supreme… Continue reading The Pain After Partisan Victory
With over 25 thousand homicides alone in 1998, I was born into one of the murder capitals of the world: Colombia. According to the Department of Homeland Security, over 40 thousand Colombians immigrated to the United States between 1990 to 1999. These figures include only immigrants who obtained legal permanent status; the numbers are estimated… Continue reading Finding the American Dream in an American Prison
