The United States justice system is not known for always serving justice in most cases of police killings. But this time, they have fulfilled their intended purpose. On Tuesday, former Police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd. For Black...
Feminist. Fighter. Champion. Pioneer. The Notorious RBG. To the women of past generations, and to young girls my age, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an icon. As a little girl interested in politics, I looked to her, and other powerful women like Hillary Clinton and Madeleine...
“I can’t breathe!” These have been defining words for the past few months as Americans are faced with the harsh reality that racism is still rampant in our country. Millions of people have protested, donated and signed petitions in an effort to fundamentally change...
With compassion and conviction, I joined more than 400 activists lining along both sides of the street for almost a half-mile to stand up against racism and police brutality on May 31 in Dedham, Massachusetts. The event, organized by Dedham’s Anti-Racism Coalition, is...
The last words of George Floyd’s as former Officer Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police Department murdered Floyd by putting his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes are bone chilling. “I can’t breathe.” The era of slavery and Jim Crow was defined by...
Director Treva Wurmfeld tells the story about the Shinnecock tribe and their battle for land rights in the Hamptons. With rising living wages, $10 million houses, and luxurious gulf courses, the land is running rampant with development that requires the uprooting of...
An animal café is a restaurant or coffee shop that offers the ability to interact directly with domesticated animals as the primary element of a customer’s experience. Animal cafés are more commonly known as cat cafés since they originated with cats; the trend began...
Recent tension has sparked in the Black Lives Satter movement. The recent shooting and killing was Stephon Clark, an African American male who was shot 20 times by two Sacramento police officers. Police responded to a call that a someone was breaking car windows in...
On Sunday, February 14, I got a notification on my phone that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died at age 79. Unlike most people around me, I did not feel a sense of joy or find it humorous. Instead, I felt empathy for the great loss that many must have felt in...
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