Erdoğan’s plan to deport the displaced population is short-sighted and politically motivated rather than an adequate valuation of the potential benefits…
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Minimum Wage Revisited: Why Policymakers Shouldn’t be Afraid to #RaisetheWage
“Research has shown that fears of significant increases in unemployment or prices are largely exaggerated…”
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The Limits of Our Free Press
“Fake news and post-truth politics seem to be the word on everyone’s tongues these days when they talk about today’s news media…”
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Crippled by Student Debt? She Has a Plan for That.
Senator Elizabeth Warren introduces comprehensive student debt forgiveness bill.
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Adoption and LGBTQ+ Discrimination
The current imbalance between children entering the foster care system and children being adopted will only be exacerbated if our government continues to allow religiously affiliated adoption agencies to deny LGBTQ+ couples access to adoption.
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The Selective History of American Education
“As the U.S. continues to debate issues with deep historical roots, correctly analyzing the past is imperative to the future.”
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Congress, the Time is NOW! We Need National Paid Family Leave
By: Stephanie Djordjevic Becoming a parent is often a dream come true. The blessing of bringing a new life into this world is something that should be celebrated, but the responsibility that comes with raising a newborn while also working can be extremely stressful. This begs the question; how are parents supposed to find time […]
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness – The Likelihood of Approval is as Slim as Getting Struck by Lightning
By: Farrah Pappa The odds of being struck by lightning in your lifetime are 1 in 3,000. It seems like the odds of getting loan forgiveness are just as slim with just 96 applicants out of 33,000 being approved. Approximately 99 percent of applicants applying for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) have been rejected. Moreover, […]
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#GunControl: An Update Since Parkland’s Tragedy
By: Alex Gillett The U.S. media is constantly reporting on a mass shooting, in what seems like every few weeks. Casualties from gun violence are so prevalent, we almost have become numb to them and feel like we are waiting for the next one. In a rare, but tragic event, one survivor of the Las […]
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Buckle Up, America: We’re Going to Feel the Effects of Healthcare Rule Changes and Mandate Repeal
By: Annaliese Johnson Back in July of 2018, the Trump Administration issued new rules that expanded short-term limited-duration insurance (STLDI) plans and association health plans (AHPs). Congress also reduced the tax penalty of the individual mandate to $0 starting in 2019, and a Federal judge found the individual mandate unconstitutional (though the Supreme Court may […]
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Why Are Our Elections So Broken?
By: Kimberly McKee Now that we have had time to recover from the mid-term elections and the holidays, perhaps it is a good time to examine U.S. electoral systems. If your circle of friends is like mine, you have probably had countless conversations about how “broken” the system is: spoiler candidates, virtual hopelessness of third-party […]
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Trump’s Executive Order on Caravans and What Asylum Means
By: Shea Lamanna There is a group of people that originated in Honduras, slowly moving through Mexico. It has been reported that they intend to approach the US-Mexican border and seek asylum within the United States. The news outlets covering the story of this group have referred to them as a caravan of migrants, refugees, […]
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Threats to Overturn Birthright Citizenship
By: Shea Lamanna President Trump has recently spoken publicly about his skepticism over the United States’ Birthright Citizenship Policy. The discussion over the revocation of Birthright Citizenship has emerged as a potential strategy to lower the number of individuals in the United States as a result of immigration and to prevent the availability of citizenship […]
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Disability Activists Speak Out on Their Needs for This Election Cycle
By: Isabel Taylor As the midterm elections draw near, tensions are high, and there has been much speculation on who will or will not vote. Much is at stake as we look forward. Yet, one community is trying against opposition to make their voices heard this election cycle: the disability community. The #CripTheVote hashtag is […]
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#FamiliesBelongTogether: The “Zero-Tolerance” Policy Dilemma and Family Border Separation
By: Indira Bhattacharjee
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