| Nov 2, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyWhen 95-year-old Rosanell Eaton first registered to vote in the Jim Crow South, she was forced to pass a written literacy test and recite the preamble of the Constitution from memory. Seven decades after becoming one of the first African American voters in her county,...
| Oct 5, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyA University of Michigan student has officially changed his personal pronoun to “His Majesty.” The student, who is politically conservative, did so to call attention to and ridicule the university policy which allows students to select their own designated...
| Sep 28, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyThis summer brought too many new videos of black men — Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Phillando Castile in a St. Paul suburb, Terrence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma — losing their lives at the hands of police officers. As these videos circulated, I found myself crying...
| Sep 14, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyWhen voters go to the polls this November, they won’t just be choosing the next president, they’ll also be deciding the direction of the Supreme Court. The fate of our rights and liberties as Americans — everything from voting rights, to immigration, to...
| Aug 10, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyMost media coverage of racial injustice has understandably focused on our country’s unfair policing and criminal justice system. But to fully understand the current reality of racial inequality in America, we also need to take an honest look at our nation’s shocking...
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