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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 is made even more difficult for Black farmers who have faced...
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 five different government agencies remained in the public eye until,...
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 in schools or the workplace must be neutral and not single out a...
Looking for Reform with the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
by Sylvia Mendoza On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was detained by police officers in Minneapolis. He had allegedly used counterfeit money to make a purchase at a convenience store. Within minutes, he was face down on the street. Officer Derek Chauvin...
Supreme Court Decision Highlights Conflict Between Religious and LGBTQ+ Rights
by Suzi Morales The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to freedom of religion. But what happens when one person’s religious freedom conflicts with someone else’s rights? In June 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case, Fulton v....
A Hate Lasting Two Thousand Years and Counting
by Robin Roenker Anti-Semitism is often called the “world’s oldest hatred.” The threat of anti-Semitic attacks against Jewish communities still looms large today. The American Jewish Committee, a Jewish advocacy organization founded in 1906, released a survey in...
Voter Suppression Threatens the “Right to Vote”
by Erin Flynn Jay Amendments 15, 19, 24 and 26 to the U.S. Constitution all mention the “right to vote.” All four of these amendments outline who cannot be denied suffrage; however, there is no mention in the U.S. Constitution and no amendment granting an affirmative...
Asian Americans Experience Pandemic with a Side of Hate
by Sylvia Mendoza When the coronavirus pandemic grew rampant in 2020, it took a toll on more than just health. Another problem surfaced—hate crimes against Asian Americans, who were wrongly being blamed for the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States because the origin...
Battling Over How to Teach About Racism
by Michael Barbella After the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, many corporations and schools instituted diversity and inclusion training to address racial disparities. Today, some states are passing bans on teaching about racism at all. In the fall of 2020,...
Promises Made and Finally Kept in Oklahoma
by Phyllis Raybin Emert The treatment of Native Americans since America’s founding has been riddled with betrayal and broken promises. In July 2020, with a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court held the U.S. to at least one of the promises it made to Native American...