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Persecution in China Leads to Uyghur Genocide
by Phyllis Raybin Emert After the Holocaust, when six million Jews were killed in Adolph Hitler’s attempt to exterminate the Jewish race, the world collectively committed to the idea that genocide...
Garden State Highlights Contributions of LGBTQ+ Community with Curriculum Law
by Maria Wood NOTE: To provide a historical perspective, this article uses outdated terms that may be offensive. In 2019, New Jersey became the second state in the nation to enact a law mandating...
Some Are Critical of New Jersey’s Revised Sex Education Standards
by Maria Wood Teaching sex education to children is a touchy subject for parents who want control over what their children are learning in this sensitive area. A poll conducted by the Eagleton...
Legality of Abortion Up to the States
by Robin Roenker In June 2022, through its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that abortion—a medical procedure to intentionally end a...
Does Banning Books Violate the First Amendment?
by Sylvia Mendoza At the start of every school year, there are renewed efforts to ban books in school libraries and public libraries. According to the American Library Association (ALA), the...
Using Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Court
by Emily Pecot In his song, Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash wrote: “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.” Should that line be taken literally? Did Johnny Cash really shoot someone? Artistic...
Athletes Navigate Transgender Sports Bans
by Emily Pecot Participation in sports—from Little League to high school to the collegiate level—is about more than just winning. Involvement in sports promotes life skills such as discipline,...
Voter Suppression: No Voice, No Representation
by Sylvia Mendoza The U.S. Constitution established the United States as a democratic republic, meaning that representatives of our government—federal, state, and local—are elected by its citizens....
Coping with the Tragedy of Indian Boarding Schools
by Daryl E. Lucas Imagine being taken from your family, told you can’t speak the language you’ve always spoken, wear the clothes you’ve always worn, observe the cultural traditions you’ve always...
Double Burden on Black Farmers in America
by Sylvia Mendoza Farming in the United States is a tough profession for anyone. You’re always at the mercy of Mother Nature for whether you have a good harvest or your crop is destroyed. The life...
Indigenous Women and Girls Seek Visibility and Justice
by Daryl E. Lucas In September 2021, the disappearance of Gabby Petito, a young white woman from New York who was traveling with her boyfriend across the country, made national news. The search by...
Addressing Race-Based Hair Discrimination
by Suzi Morales Chances are that your school has a dress code or other rules to make sure class isn’t disrupted by what students are wearing or by their appearance. By law, such appearance standards...