Weekly News Blast | July 23 - 30
According to the mayor of Moscow and the Russian Defense Ministry, in the early hours of July 30, three Ukrainian drones damaged two high...
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Mahsa Forghani
Jun 8, 20226 min read
The Recent Leaked Draft to Overturn Roe v. Wade May Impact Much More Than Abortion
On May 14, 2022, an estimated 17,000 people in Washington D.C ― and thousands more across the nation ― congregated either in support of...
Emily Zavala
May 24, 20222 min read
Transgender Athletes in Sports
Iowa State Governor Kim Reynolds passed a law prohibiting transgender women from competing in high school to college level sports...
Matthew Inui
Apr 2, 20224 min read
Florida Education Bill Causes National Controversy
Two weeks after passage in the House, the Florida Senate voted to pass SB 1834, the Parental Rights in Education Bill, on March 8, 2022...
Hayleigh Evans
Oct 29, 20214 min read
The Supreme Court Reconsiders Abortion Laws
In Texas and Mississippi, the Roe v. Wade court case from 1973 has fallen under reconsideration. Roe v. Wade has stood strong for nearly...
Audrey Kim
Jul 4, 20213 min read
The Sentencing of Derek Chauvin, and What Comes Next
Derek Chauvin, a former officer at the Minneapolis Police Department, was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on June 25...
Hayleigh Evans
May 18, 20213 min read
The Death of Daunte Wright
Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd appeased many BLM supporters with a slight victory, but another case has arisen...
Audrey Kim
May 9, 20213 min read
A Closer Look at the Shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant
On April 20, 2021, Ma’Khia Bryant, a black woman, died at the hands of the police. Across the nation, citizens took to social media...
Ariel Donato
Apr 24, 20214 min read
Understanding the Derek Chauvin Trial
On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis Police Department officers responded to a call regarding George Floyd’s use of a fake $20 bill...
Jana Abulaban
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Increasing Attacks on Asian Americans
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an alarming increase in racially motivated violence or other hate crimes...
Alexssa Takeda
Oct 16, 20206 min read
Black Lives Matter: A Local Movement with a Global Impact
The Black Lives Matter movement has risen to an international scale and has the potential to change the results of the 2020 election.
Michaela Dumlao
Jul 26, 20204 min read
The Future of Police Reform
Crowds and police clash after a Donald Trump rally in Phoenix, AZ. (AJ Colores/Unsplash.com) As the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna...
Lindsey Kim
Jun 1, 20209 min read
George Floyd: A Summary of the Death that Changed the Nation
On May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd died in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A grocery store called Cup Foods on Chicago Avenue South called the...
Ashley Kim
Feb 11, 20203 min read
The Decades-Long Debate over the Equal Rights Amendment
Nearly a century after its initial proposal, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has returned to the forefront of politics. Although the...
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