Florida voters share concerns on the future of the Supreme Court
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy recently announced that he will be retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest tribunal in the nation that rules on equal justice under law and…
Category: Muslim Ban
Travel bans enduring hostility toward Muslims
This piece was originally published in the Orlando Sentinel. When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s travel ban, imposing travel restrictions on several predominantly Muslim-majority countries, it affected many people in our…
Justice for marginalized communities not a factor in filling SCOTUS seat; it’s up to us to vote, voice our concerns now
Whether you care about voting rights, affirmative action, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights and especially a woman’s right to control her own body, filling retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s…
The Austin Bomber case shows we are quick to label POCs, but not whites, when they do wrong
Photo credit: Ted Eytan, Flickr Creative Commons The citizens of Austin were terrorized by a series of bombings that left two people dead, and injuring others. The suspect ultimately blew…
Trump’s Hypocrisy On Full Display: Bomb Syria, But Don’t Let Syrians In
Over 400,000 Syrians have been killed since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, yet the Trump administration has done nothing about it.